IN CAUSE OF FREEDOM

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1940, Page 5

IN CAUSE OF FREEDOM

MR CHURCHILL BROADCASTS TO FRENCH PEOPLE Assurance That Hitler and Gang Will Be Destroyed BRITAIN WILL HAVE COMMAND OF THE AIR NEXT YEAR HEARERS URGED TO HAVE FAITH AND HOPE Mr Winston Churchill, in a broadcast to the French people transmitted by the 8.8. C., said Britain was persevering steadfastly and in good heart in the cause of European freedom. Under bombardment from the air, the British people were bearing up unflinchingly. The Royal Air Force was more than holding its own and Britain was waiting for the long-promised invasion. Although they had, had losses, Mr Churchill continued, they still had command of the seas and in 1941 Britain would have command of the air. Germany and Italy, he said, wished to carve up France and her Empire. He urged French people to revive their spirits before it was too late. Retribution would not be long. He would never believe that the soul of France was dead. Britain was on Hitler’s track and so were Britain’s friends across the Atlantic Ocean and France’s friends across the Atlantic Ocean. Britain would surely destroy Hitler and all his gang and workmen. He asked the French people to have hope and faith and all would come right. He asked them if they could not help Britain, at least not to hinder her.