ALLIED COMRADESHIP.
MANIFESTO TO CHILDREN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 9. Copies of the manifesto to the children of France and Britain, signed by Earl de la Warr (Minister of Education) and M. Sarraut (French Minister of Education) have been distributed to 23,000 schools in England and Wales, and about 85,000 in France. The manifesto, which appears in both languages, speaks of the comradeship of the French and British peoples, and stresses' the unity existing between the two- countries. “We no longer think of one another as speaking a different language and separated by a narrow strip of sea. In face of the. common danger we are as one people.” The manifesto concludes with an appeal to the children of both countries to find out move and more about each other’s lives, literature, and culture.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 8
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135ALLIED COMRADESHIP. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 8
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