Paris, July 5.
NGLO-FRENCH solidarity in the face of any challenge was stressed by Mr. Leslie Here-Belisha, British Secretary of State for War, speaking at the annual dinner of the Association de France et Grande Bretagne last night.
Let the whole world know," he said, "that our two countries understand completely the character of the challenge which is offered us, and that we will meet it, if need be, with decision."
Mr. Here-Belisha declared that "it will be the most mortal of errors for observers, and still more for interested parties, to make false deductions from the fact that circumstances have placed us upon the: defensive., As we lack aggressive intentions, the initiative cannot, in the first place, lie with us.
This to the superficial onlooker, many appear as weakness, whereas in the long run it will be strength."
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