PREMIER ON VERDUN.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1919, Page 11

PREMIER ON VERDUN.

I greltest"battle" fought for-' J, §e.orge,-Jias.pftid ( a--visit (.Joahe bjtt%gjfl of terdflßMThe.jjattle.rtelfliis, oyargSjixMrn with, masses flfowavjng poppies, seen. frcjna a : ;iliss»ncej ; ,lp ; (jjf 3,Se aTsea of blopd,, ,j", ;{ A- striking,imemenio* at tne.bpttlp.i ia'a spot enclosed wittj^.baji'byd^'wire,.;the a- mine .wjie'rc lines of .rirjea em«rgm«|. ( Jpim < ' r tlie ishattejfsd earth, lasj",, of'many cenip¥ soldiers'.',^/ \'[?' \\. .. ' ' ' 1 .Speaking at., a.'-luncheon at Fort Vaux, 'Mr. tloyd GeWge'.siidV ',/;"' " v 'ln this place Va|- fought probably the most terrible battle in , the' world's history, terrible..in its duration,' terrible in the iifmbers engaged, terrible in the number "who were lost. It is the greatest battle ever fought for liberty. In that battlt the banner of liberty was burne by France. ; Thank God, France won." "I have always liad the most profound admiration for Franca. Great as she has been-in-the- past, glorious as have been many of the episodes in her history, her crowning glory is the defence of Verduh. Glorious France, brave France, torn France, bleeding France, devastated France, victorious France, I drink to the glory of the men who fell lor the freedom of the tho world."