London, May 26.
The Ministry of Information authorized the following statement: "Everyone in this country is waiting—many waiting with great personal anxiety—for news of our men in France.
"So is the enemy and, giving of news at this moment might cost the lives of men. No one in this country would wish to buy news at the price of a single British, French or Belgian life. We must all wait patiently and confidently till news can be given us with safety."—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.