THE FRENCH
BLED WHITE LAST TIME "It is not for us to throw stones, for in all fairness it should be remembered that the French had been bled white in the last war. Is the incidence of casualties in the last war sufficiently realised? I wonder. Herman, out of a population of ovei 70,000,000 mobilised, over 13,000,000 and lost about 2,000,000 dead. The British Empire, out of a white population of 60,000,000 mobilised over 9,000,000 and suffered 1,000,000 dead. But France out of a population of only 38,000,000 mobilised 8,000,000 and lost nearly 2,000,000 killed. In view of these figures, I submit that, we should do well, in passing such strictures as we may feel it incumbent upon us to do upon a great country in the hour of her bitter trial, to temper our judgment with compassion."—Captain MeEwen, M.P.. referring to France in a House of Commons speech.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 42, 20 April 1942, Page 2
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