GRIEF AND AMAZEMENT
EXPRESSED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT Standing of Bordeaux Ministry Challenged UNDIMMED CONFIDENCE IN ULTIMATE VICTORY APPEAL TO ALL FRENCHMEN OUTSIDE POWER OF ENEMY (By Telegraph.—Press Association— Copyright.) LONDON, June 22. . The Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, made the following statement at 2 a.m.: “The French Government has accepted German terms placing the French Empire at the mercy of Germany and Italy.’’ Mr Churchill said that his Government heard with grief and amazement that these terms dictated by Germany had been accepted by the French Government at Bordeaux. The Government cannot feel that such or similar terms could have been' submitted to by a French Government possessing freedom, independence and constitutional authority.” Mr Churchill continued: “Such terms, if accepted by all Frenchmen, would place not only France but also the French Empire entirely at the mercy and in the power of the German and Italian dictators. Not only would the French people be held down and forced to work against their ally, not only would the soil of France be used with the approval of the Bordeaux Government as a means ,of attacking their ally, but also the whole resources of the French Empire and the French Navy would speedily pass into the hands of the adversary for the fulfilment of his purpose. “The British Government firmly believes that whatever happens Britain will be able to carry on the war wherever it may lead on the seas, air and land to a successful conclusion. When Great Britain is victorious she will, in spite of the action of the Bordeaux Government, cherish the cause of the French people, and a British victory is the only possible hope for restoration of the greatness of France and the freedom of its people. “Brave men from the other countries which have been overrun by Nazi invasion are steadfastly fighting in the ranks of freedom. Accordingly, His Majesty’s Government calls upon all Frenchmen outside the power of the enemy to aid them in their task and thereby render its accomplishment surer and swifter. The Government appeals to all Frenchmen, wherever they may be, to aid to the utmost of their strength the forces of liberation, which are enormous and which, faithfully and resolutely used, will assuredly prevail.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1940, Page 5
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