Sections of Press as "Fine and Courageous"
London, June 19.
Members of all parties, on the whole, give a good welcome to Mr. Churchill's statement as being very substantially sound, despite apparent flippancy here and there, says Reuter's Lobby correspondent.
It is agreed that the Prime Minister displayed his usual skill in estimating the mood of the House—its concern for the situation, its unalterable determination to fight on, and its ability still to laugh at his "disclosure" that the Admiralty has been studying sea problems.
Viscount—Caldecote, Dominions Secretary and Leader in the House of Lords, made a similar statement to Mr. Churchill's in the House of Lords, He mentioned the magnificent contribution by the Dominions to British strength, and seid the Government had received many messages from each of them.
He confined himself to quoting two—one from New Zealand pledging ihe Dominion to remain with Britain to the end and to render every possible assistance, and the other from the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
Viscount Caldecote said that "whatever the difficulties and trials ahead, and however long the road to victory may be, we hope to follow it to the end in company with our Commonwealth friends and Allies.?—Reuter.
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