PAST LESSON

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 182, 29 April 1940, Page 9

PAST LESSON

Impassioned Appeal By Naval Chief NORWAY CAMPAIGN Bitter Reference To Gallipoli By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received April 28, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes made the annual dinner of the Diggers Abroad Association the medium for an impassioned appeal to the Government not to fbrget the lesson of Gallipoli in the present Norwegian campaign.

“We were not defeated by the enemy at Gallipoli but by a pusillanimous Government torn by conflicting advice and fearful of its responsibility, which failed to make the brave decisions which would most surely have led to victory,” he said. “You Anzacs played a glorious part in a campaign which will live forever.” Sir Roger Keyes then gave a detailed account of the Gallipoli operation, saying that he hoped it would reach other ears and that its lessons would be taken to heart and would save another amphibious expedition from experiencing the same cruel disappointments. “It was torture to watch the sufferings of soldiers when I knew that a bold naval stroke would end them and perhaps-decide the war,” he said. “I appeal to the Government to steel their hearts and be worthy of the fighting men who willingly face the most desperate hazards.”