Lord Caldecote Reveals to Peers Assurances Were Previously Given Navy Would Not Be Surrendered London, June 26.
Every effort will be made to keep French warships fighting with Allied Sea forces despite the French agreement to the German conditions for an armistice, Lord Caldecote, the Dominions Secretary, told the House 9f Lords yesterday.
As the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, told the House of Commons that' France had agreed to Surrender her fleet to Germany in violation of her pledges to Britain, Lord Caldecote told the House of Lords, "the British Government and the Prime Minister will relax no effort to secure that these ships shall continue serving the cause for which they have been employed for so many months."
Lord Caldecote made this statement soon. after Mr. Churchill apaeaio {he French Empire to ght aid in "rescuing France from yesterday and may refuse to surrender to Germany, according to unconfirmed reports brought here by refugees from Tangiers last night.—United Press.
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