Mr. Duff Cooper States Forces to Be Withdrawn London, May 29.
Broadcasting last night, the Minister of Information, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, said the enemy had succeeded in forcing his way through the Allied lines and reaching the sea, but the Allied armies had not been' defeated.
"Whenever we met the enemy on land, sea or air," he declared, "we proved our superiority. It will ko necessary to do our utmost to withdraw our army from the positions now occupied, but it will not be a defeated army but an army in which every officer and man are burning with a desire to meet the enemy in combat."
"As the danger increases," Mr, Duft™ Cooper concluded, "our courage rises. The cause of liberty is~safe. Final victory will still be ours.'—Reuter.
Germans Said Attacking Hospital Ships London, May 29.
Mr. Clement Richard Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, yesterday charged the Germans with attacking hospital ships, ambulances and refugees and said the British Government reserves the right to take reprisals. "But it is not our intention to exact retribution from the wounded or women and children." He told the House of Commors.—United Press.
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