"To the appeal of His Majesty the King, on the day that war was declared, there has been a response of such strength and spirit that we have never been more truly united. Today "we stand together in arms, tied not only by loyalty to the great and free Empire in which we are partners and fellow citizens, but even more by our devotion to the common cause of civilization that is the heritage of mankind.
"The inspiration of Empire Day, 1940, is deepened by this surge of faith and determination, We shall fight on until the British Empire can take its world-wide part in building ihe foundations of a better world.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.