"The House will have read the historic declaration in which at the desire of many Frenchmen and ct
our willingness' to. conclude, at. the own. hearts. we have prosaimed darkest hour of French. history, 3 union of common citizenship, How: ever matters may go in France oF with "the French "Government. oF another French Government, we this island and in the British Empire will never lose our sense of friendship with the French people, It we are now called upon to endure what they have suffered we shall emulate their courage, and if tual victory te-wards our toils they shall share the gain, and freedom shall be restored "We abate nothing of just demands The Czechs, Poles, Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians, all who have joined their cause to our own, shall be Testored. What General Weygand has spoken of as the battle of France 1s over. I expect that the battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Chris. tian civilization. "Upon it depend our own British lives, the long con-Unulty of our Constitution and our Empire, "The' whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned fon us. Hitler knows he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to. him, all Europe may be free, and the lif of the world may move forward into broad sunlit uplands, then the whole United States and all that we have known and eared for, will sine into th new dark age. made more sinister perhaps and more prolonged by lights of per verted selene to our duty. Let us so beat ourselves that if the British Commonwealth Empire lasts for 1,000 years, men will still say: 'This was their finest how Mr. Lees-Smith, on behalf of the Labour Party, spoke of the unity of te country today in support of the Prime Minister, adding: "We shall carry on right to the end, Sit Perey' Harris (Liberal) con gratulated Me, Churchill on his brave speech, and the great leadership he had given his count Lloyd George assured Mr Churchill that there was no desire to waste time upon recriminations about the past, but at the secret session om Thursday they ought to have a very franke discussion as to" where they stood now.
Mr. Churchill said the debate at the secret session would be on ad-Journment, and members would have freedom, but home defence would be the foctis of the discussion—Reuter.
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