The Archive · 1940

American Press

pressed Churchils Speech as "Courageous as British Army's Resistance"

New York, June 5. The speech delivered in the House Wine Prime e American public more than any address de-divered recently by a foreign states-id today. of resistance and believe that the blows dealt by the German troops are far from ye.

"The speech was as courageous as the resistance of the British army on the bombed beaches of Dunkirk," the "New York Times" said. "The significance of the speech has not been lest either by the British people, their enemies, or those who throughout the "world know that the Allies are wag-against savages."

The "New York Herald Tribune" appeals to all Americans to examine the situation with the lucidity and determination of Mr. Churchill.

"We hope that Americans will be as frank towards themselves and to-advance with be halted in France and that it will not reach Britain's shores. If the worst were the to come, who can doubt the will and courage of the new world in the flong fight which would ensue Havas,

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