HOPEFUL VIEW
TAKEN BY LORD CROFT OF OUTLOOK IN MIDDLE EAST. BALANCE MUCH AGAINST ENEMY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. May 10. Surveying the war in the Middle East, Lord Croft, Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, in a speech in Bournemouth, took a line of reasoned optimism. "You have great reason to be proud of the armies of your Empire which have inflicted 400,000 casualties on their enemies at extremely small loss in comparison, and which stand now veterans ready to meet a greater menace in the Middle East,” he said. Referring to the Greek campaign. Lord Croft said there had been more than a sporting chance that the vital line in the Balkans could be held. The occupation of Greece and Serbia was a most expensive victory, and lime, which was always our greatest need, was given to strengthen the defences of Egypt. "I have no use for fair weather patriots,” he said, "and rejoice that you are sending a message of gratitude and support to that great man, Mr Churchill who expresses all the finest qualities of our race, and is himself the embodiment of that martial valour which is the true character of this ancient people when roused and standing with its back to the wall.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1941, Page 5
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