FREE BELGIANS.
RALLY TO BRITAIN.
Will Continue War At Side Of Allies, v j
EX-PREMIER'S SPEECH. United Press Association —Copyright. 1 (Received 11 a.m.) | LONDON", June 28. M. Henri Jaspar, former Belgian Prime Minister, in a speech, said: i "At the side of our French, Dutch, ; Polish and Norwegian Allies we will rally round the British Empire all Belgians not living tinder German domination. "Belgium will continue the war, trusting in the word of Britain. "As a result of my appeal on June 23 I have received many telegrams from I Belgian associations in the British | Empire, the Congo and the French ; Empire. Many Belgian officers have | reached Britain and are at my side."
The Belgian Prime Minister, M. Pierlot, announced in a broadcast that, as France was no longer fighting, the Belgian Government was now negotiating with Germany and the authorities in Belgium with the object of securing repatriation of Belgian officers and men, civil servants and refugees.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 9
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