BRITISH ACTION
APPROVED WIDELY IN U.S.A. DECLARED FULLY JUSTIFIED. CONFIDENCE RESTORED IN WAR EFFORTS. (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 4. Senator Pittman said Britain's seizure of portions of the French Fleet met with wide approval among his colleagues and had restored confidence in British war efforts. He said: "I am confident that every member of the United States Senate applauds Mr Churchill's course and applauds the wisdom and courage of preventing the use of the French Navy by Herr Hitler. It was the fear that this step would not be taken that shook some as to the power of the British defence.” Senator King said: "Anything that strengthens Britain’s hand strengthens ours. I had hoped that the French would hand over the fleet, but Britain is fully justified. Everybody who believes Britain is fighting democracy’s battles is glad that French seapower is now in Britain's hands.” The general feeling in naval circles is that Britain was completely justified. There is no official comment, but the greatest satisfactory is privately expressed. It is believed that the smaller units of the French Navy will be most valuable for coastal defence.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1940, Page 6
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