1940-06-27 — Page 17

"We Are Confident That The Enemy Will Be Beaten Off,” Says Eden

Rousing, Optimistic Broadcast Speech

LONDON, June 26 (Reuter), ~Broadcasting_to-night, Mr. Anthony Eden, Minister for War, said that the time was approaching when the enemy, having over-run all outlying forts of herty, would launch his assault on the main citadel-our own land.

Enemy bombing attacks at night would be continued' and possibly other forms of attack would be attempted also. Vy

"They will be repulsed and we shall subject the enemy in his own country to constant and heavy counter-attack from the air

"We are confident that the enemy will be beaten off.” Giving the reasons for his strengiji and our spirit are sufficient complete confidence, Mr. Eden for any trial.

No battle can be won by standing said that character of then the defensive or even by a sue- Britons was the first reason.* cessful.counter-attack alone. When "We know you will never flinch. the Ume comes, as assuredly it will, We have learned from the tengie fate to carry the war against the enemy of the French nation that civilisation wherever he may be found, you can cannot be preserved by material be certain that we shall do so with

all our might.

muuns alone.

Concrete Ramparts Not Enough ""Already" In other parts of the "We have seen that ramparts of world we are achieving success in emerete are not enough.

offensive operations. It is this of-

spirit which tensive

50 clearly animates our forces. In the Middle Eust. It augure well for the future"

"It is unly by dedication of human) spirit and human will through the length and breadth of the land that

- a complete and Braf victory can, be

Won..

These are dangerous days days! when the fibre of our race will be

FRENCH EMPIRE

pul to a hard test. But we also know E

of great opportunity such as come to

few generatious.

"It Ig our privilege us my Empire standing alone tu preserve, to restore and in the end to extend the frontlers

of freedom,

Stirring Sign Of Unity

"The presence of troops in these: islands from every part of the

JANALYSED

Vast, But Has No Dominions

Commonwealth is a stirring sign off LONDON, June 26 (Reuter). the deep unity of purpose whichThe fate of the French Em- inspires all its peoples.

"The French nation, in its agony, pire is a matter of close concern has nowhere to look but to us for the to all, but many do not know salvation of the precious heritage of very much about it, said a Pro- civiligation which must inevitably fessor of Imperial History of Ox- pass from Europe unless we, with our brothers from oversens, show unford University in a broadcast invincible will to defend it,

to-day.

"Those over whom the fron

Do we realise that, like the British wheels of the conqueror has passed Empire, it is a great world-wide poli- base their hopes on our victory, tical and economle structure? That

"We sbatt not fail them."

the French flag fles beside the Bri- "Stay Where You Ara" Lish in Asta, Africa, Amerlen and in Underlining the official advice to all the continents except Australasia? "stay where you are" when attacked, That the same complex of races in Mr. Eden remarked, "The mass of all quarters of line corth awe nilegi- refugees helped to lose the battle of unce to the French Republle as they France; they will not lose the battledo to the British Crown? of Britain."

The French Empire covers 4,250,- The enemy would soon learn that 000 square miles and contains nearly It was not the nature of our people 05,000,000 people, he went on.

to sit placidly and be bombed with- |·

aut retort...

No Commonwealth.

In one respect, I

It is different from

"We have an exceedingly powerful the British Empire. Frenchmen have

Air

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PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE was taken at a wayside station somewhere in England after the Dunkirk evacuation. Officers of the B.E.F. are having a light lunch of sand- wiches on their way for a brief leave. Many of the Officers wore their tunics and battle trousers. All bore signs of the last trek to the coast. In the centre of the group, stand- ing with folded arms, is Captain R. F. Walters, R.A., who was A.D.C. to Sir William Peel when he was Governor of Hongkong.

France Shy Of ELECTION

Peace Treaty

Force which will give the enemy always been more atay-at-home folk Wants Subject Avoided

u very bad time," he continued.

than Englishmen, Scotsmen

the

Dominion

of

PLATFORM

·

De Gaulle's Volunteers

Republican Party's

Financial Backing and For Time Being "Already, though operating at

Programme

By British Govt. Welshmen. Except for the colony of great disadvantage, it has inflicted the St. Lawrence, which for many

PHILADELPHIA, BORDEAUX, June 26 (Reu-

June 26 LONDON, June 20 (Teuter)—It severe losses upon him.

years past now has been happlly inter)-In a "It has ne

never

yet met an enemy corporated in

statement issued (Reuter). The Republicans announced that General de Gaulle Is forming a French Volunteer Legion without numerical odds being in the enemy's favour. But remember what Canada, there are no large French to-day, "Havas" news agency Party's election platform, as pre- in Britain in full egrcement with, and

communities oversca.

declares that the French Govern. pared by the resolutions of the will have the financial backing of, the happened on the only occasion when There are no dominions and noment has no indication of what Committee of National Conven- British authorities. they were operating from their own

commonwealth of nallons. The

He is also setting up a French cen- bases and the numerical odds were nearest approach to a dominionist is considered, however, that no can-Party--stands-for-Ameri search, placing French brains at the

tion, declares that the Republi- the peace treaty will be.

tre for Armaments and lentide re- not-utterly fantastic.

Can Do Still Batter

Algeria, which was occupied 100, years ago. About 1,000,000 French-study of this peace treaty should be canism, preparedness in peace, disposal of the Alller cause, "During the evacuation from Dun- men live there, beside some 8,000,-undertaken immediately.

no foreign war, and an army The Legion will be recruited from kirk, the RA.F. is known to have 000 Arabs.

Discussion On the peace treaty

and men now destroyed as many as 70 German aircraft in one day,

Algeria has a Governor-General should only be broached together and navy so strong that no un-French forces and Consultative Council, but it is with the whole question of the friendly Power can successfully British soil.

Arrangements have been made for "Our airmen can still do even bet- not independent like the British future of Europe when the war be- attack America or its essential billeting and arming the first batch, ler and this time in their own skies," Dominions.

tween Germany, Italy and Great outposts. Adding a word of warning, Mr. On the

They urged that there should be 28 Killed In Raid Eden said, "If some enemy planes get physical contrary, just as its life and Britain is over.

Not A Separate Peaco .through, and they will, or if the sky much the same as those of southern very

The Franco-German and Franco above your head contains no British France, so it is treated politically as Italian treaties could then be incor-

On Palermo It charged the New Deal Ad- aircraft, don't ask angelly what the

The Governmentporated within the general peace. a part of France.

ministration with having falled ROME, June 20 (Reuter)-It R.A.F. are doing.

They will be bringing down, or was until recently, controlled

Concerning the relations between America, having left the nation un- officially announced that 28 people from Paris. Its representatives sit France and Britain, it is pointed out prepared to resist foreign attack and were killed during the Allied air raid enemy planes hundreds of miles in the French Parliament, three in that there is not, properly speaking, having attempted to adjourn Congress over Palermo on Sunday. away preventing damage to those the Senate and 10 in the Chamber ofa separate peace and that the things by which and through which

"turing the

It has been announced that world's most tragic hour Deputies.

armistice merely recognises the de so we

by people were injured. we and our defence will live-the| docks, factories, ships and serodro-

Mediterranean Possessions facto situation, namely the end of so we might be egged into

deed" during the Congress- word or wold men."

France has three other territories hostilities.

men's absence.

The Administration was specially

talis of the United States equipment | to foreign Powers, despite the pro- tests made by the Head of the United States armed defence.

characteristics are

You Will Be Bombed, Warning on the Mediterranean-Tunisia, be-

Mr. Eden continued:

CONTINUE

no third term for any President.

Accuses New Deal

war

tween Algeria and Italian Libya, TIN CONTROL TO charged with disclosing military de "We have with a European population of over great numbers of machines and we 220,000, of whom over half are are gelling more every day, but we French; Deserta, where a naval base shall always have to use

them where they can

has been bullt; and French Morocco. enemy. And do not forget our guns.nexed like Algeria but are protector- Tunisia and Morocco are not an- with which this country is now bristates, and their life is that of the Arab ling, nor our balloon barrage which

world.

unenviable.

most harm

the

runean are Syria

Full Confidence In Committee

The European Wor Concerning the war abroad, the de claration saki: "Our sympathies caught a couple of raiders the other At the eastern end of the Mediter-

have been profoundly stirred by the LONDON, June 20 (Reuter).-In invasion night.

nations whose ideals "I cannot promise you that you which, like Palestine, are mandated Under-Secretory for the Colonies, most closely resemble our own. will not be bombed but 1 can and do promise you that the lot of the territory. A treaty was drafted to Mr. G. H. Hall, replying to a ques

"We favour an extension to ull invader will become increasingly llance with France, but with the out- undesirable in the national interest to liberty a threatened of such aid as

make them independent states in al- tion, said it was unnecessary and people fighting for Uberly or whos "We are now a fortress-until the break of war, it has not been rati-bring the tin control scheme to an shall not be a violation of inter- time comes to sally to attack. It is

Replying to a further question, national law or inconsistent with the whether lie would consider Instruct- Out in the Far East is Indo-Chino, ing the International Tin Control to Mr. Eden sald the 1.250,000 men running from the south Chinese bor increase the quota to 130 per cent..he zero hour is bere. under arms in this country had now der along the China Sea and which Mr. Holl sold the International Tin been increased by the arrival of Aus- includes Cochin-China and the pro- Committee was taking all possible and by the return of a large number Tonkin and Laos.

and Lebanon. the House of Commons to-day, the by the ending countries and

not sufficient merely to defeat an at-] tack on these islands,"

*

iled.

Indo-China

end.

of

our own

national

efences,

the platform declared; :

tralian and New Zealand contingents, lectorates of Combodia, Annam,steps to secure that no restriction will, our shores, our homes, our lives and

do

"America must prepare to defend

of British and Allied troops from 300,000 square miles and a populnmeet the needs.

This country has an area of nearly quantities of tin as are required to this by building up national defence

Interfere with the production of such our most cherished Ideals."

The Republicans proposed to France.

Many of these men had met the ton of over 24,000,000, enemy and were confident that they

It was for the Committed to decide to a point at which it will be able to the south-east in the there are French Islands as well as purpose, he enld.

Pacific the exact quantities needed for that "not only defend the United States could beat him.

and its possessions and essential out- Britishy in the South Seas, and New Caladonla is the most important.

Mr. Hall added that the closest posts from foreign attacks but will

also efficiently uphold in war Across the Pacific in the Americas, 1

watch is kept on prices.

Monroe Doctrine."

To

Can Defeat Invasion "Never before have we had a greater number of soldiers on this we again have the French flag beside practically the whole north-western Island," Mr. Eden went on."We are the British in the little Islands off quarter of the African continent thus confident that we can throw a sulll-Newfoundland, the French West belongs to France, cient force against any enemy who Indies and French Gulana. attempts to land on our shores to attack him and defent him.

"If he

.able

to run the

the gauntlet

African Empire And so across to Africa again, and

of our feet and air force, or descend here the largest part of the French upon our land from the air, we shall Empire is to be found, for no less

There is also a small colony on the east coast-French Somaliland, be-. tween British Somailland and Italian Eritrea. French Somaliland contains the important part of Djibouti.

Non-Belligerent Turkey

the

LONDON, Juna. 26 (Reuter).~Ac-

than one-third of the African contin-. Further south are Madagascar, to-cording to a statement by the be attacking the enemy in our own ent belongs to France. Besides the gether with the Reunion and Comoro Ankara radio, Dr. Saydam, the Prime soil for our own homes, with all our Mediterranean territories forces under our own command un-mentioned, there are two great groups goscar is nearly 1,000 miles long and Tur alltary preparations, is to rain- already stands in the Indian Ocean, Mada Minister of Turkey, declared that while continuing to perfect hampered by the necessity of send- of Colonies-French West Africa, is the third targest island in the her ing supplies or reinforcements over which stretches across the Sahara and world.

tain her present attitude of non- World World Empire

belligerency

position of watch- The French Empire is thus a world We hope by a

sea,

lino

plains from the Atlantic to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and French

Optimism I can say this to-night in a spirit Equatorial: Africa, which continues empire like that of Britals and, like fulness and by avoiding any provoca» tempered with optimism. 1 know those areas down to the River Congo, the British Empire, its resourcen in tion that we shall preserve peace for we have to face hard and anxious

Except for four British colonies manpower, and raw materials are our own country and for those times, but I also know that ourland and or two Spanish colonies, enormous.

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