MUST CARRY ON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 178, 29 July 1940, Page 8

MUST CARRY ON.

DUTCH BROADCAST. "Most Sacred Values Are At Stake." QUEEN WILHELMINA'S APPEAL (Receivpd 2 p.m.) RUOBY, July 28. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, broadcasting , in a aew Dutch i programme inaugurated by the' British Broadcasting Corporation today said: "Just as in earlier days, neither force of arms, nor flags of State, nor impoverishment ami suffering, have ever succeeded in exterminating our love of liberty and our freedom of conscience and religion. "So I remain convinced that, once again, we and all those of whatever nation who think like us shall emerge from this ordeal strengthened and chastened through our sacred sufferings. "Even though the enemy has occupied our native soil, the Netherlands will carry on the war till the morrow of a free and happy future dawns for ns. Our beloved flag flies proudly on the seas, in the Great Netherlands in the east and in the west. Side by side with our allies, our gallant men continue the struggle." The Dutch overseas empire, Queen Wilhelmina said, had never been more closely attached to its Mother Country, and, with unsnakeable unity, intended to vindicate the freedom and independence of all Netherlands territories. "I call on my compatriots at home and wherever they be, however dark and difficult the times may be, to keep faith in the final victory of our cause, a cause which is strong, not only because it served by strength in battle, but also because of a profound belief that our most sacred values are at stake." i