QUEEN WILHELMINA
DENUNCIATION OF NAZI AGGRESSORS
NO HAPPINESS POSSIBLE,
UNTIL RESPECT FOR LAW IS RE-ESTABLISHED.
(Received This Day, 12.12 p.m.) RUGBY, May 15. In a broadcast in English from London tonight, the Queen of the Netherlands said: “I and my people have always hoped that it would be possible to limit the extent of the European conflict and that a reasonable basis for a lasting peace could be established in the near future.
‘•Today it appears that all our fervent prayers in favour of a common understanding between nations have proved futile after the ruthless aggression against progressive and democratic Norway and, if possible, the even more cynical procedure that was followed in respect to Holland and Belgium. _
“Both countries had shown to the utmost of their power their steadfast determination to preserve their neutrality and had offered more than once their good offices with a view to reestablishing contact between the belligerent Powers which might have led to a cessation of hostilities.
“Today we have to admit that no happiness can be expected in this world if those who are solely responsible for the present situation are not definitely checked in their course of unscrupulous destruction and utter disregard of law and the most elementary principles of morality. “After a heroic struggle, my nation, that has attempted everything to maintain peace, is being overpowered by sheer superiority of force. Bul morally we can never be conquered. Our spirit will remain unbroken because our consciences are clear. Notwithstanding the great distress my people are suffering at the present moment and the oppression under which they will live until the country will be free again, I am convinced they will never give up their faith in the cause of freedom and justice.’’ Queen Wilhelmina concluded: “I pray God that our Allied cause may be blessed and that the dawn of the day when freedom will be restored to the Netherlands and Io all other victims of German aggression may be near."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 May 1940, Page 6
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