FOR THE RANKS OF FRANCE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2744, 12 April 1916, Page 5

FOR THE RANKS OF FRANCE

SENATOR'S APPEAL FOR MORE MEN By TelegraDh—Press AKociatlon-Oopyrieht ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. April 11, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 10. Senator Humbert writes in the "Paris Journal": "What country has strained her resources of able-bodied men like France? We need more men to fill up our gaps. As for our Allies to-day, I say that France has worked for all—• let all work for and with her." THE KING'S MESSAGE TO FRANCE SPEECH TO VISITING DEPUTIES. (Eeo. April 11,. 5.5 p.m.) , London, April 10. His Majesty the King, at. Bucking, ham Palace, welcomed the French deleRates to the inter-Parliamentary Con-, ference, and said: "I rejoice that we are united to France by aii intimate alliance of mutual confidence.' "I trust that-this alliance destined to be perpetual. Your visit will enable you to see the strenuousness of our efforts to provide for the requirements d the Army and Navy. You will learn of the dopth of my people's sympathy for the Buffering this ferocious invader has caused to, France and of "the warmth of our admiration for the splendid valour and constancy of the whole of the French people. Never has the * undaunted spirit and unquenchable hope--fulness, of which French history is so full of glorious examples, shone with more brilliant lustre. The Allies' are determined to prosecute the. war until the menace of aggression which has long darkened Europe's sky and threatened the prospects of peaceful progress the world over has been finally removed.