The Archive · 1940

Near East Support

Italian Mothers Send — Allied Victory — Appeal to Il Duce — War with France Would Be

Confidence in Outcome Fight Between Brothers Of War Voiced In Press Belfort, May 21.

In Egypt, Syria Italian mothers residing in the Belfort region have sent the follow-Ankara, May 21. ing telegram to Signor Mussolini:

The rousing speech by Mr. Win-"At the time when the future of ston Churchill, British Prime Minis-Christian and Latin civilization is at ter, yesterday and the appointment stake, a civilization common to of General Maxime Weygand to the France and Italy, Italian mothers repost of Chief-of-Staf and Com-siding in the Belfort area make a mander-in-Chief of the French forces moving appeal to Il Duce and in-in the field, have caused a favour-form him respectfully that a war be-able impression in Turkey. tween the two countries would bring The entire press expresses confid-for them all the horrors of a strugence in a final victory of the Allies—gle between brothers."—Havas, Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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