LIKE MARCH, 1918
PRESENT WAR POSITION
NOT TIME FOR UNDUE OPTIMISM
ALL MUST HELP
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)
(Received May 14, 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, May 13.
The Minister of Information, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, addressing British and Empire editors, said the present was not Lhe time for undue optimism, but 'rather for restrained confidence. "The present position," he said, "is analogous to our position in March, 1918, when Germany was staking all on an offensive, and when Earl Haig issued the famous 'backs 'to the wall' order. Every person who can help the Empire must do so."
Mr. Cooper emphasised the importance of the Pope's blessing of the Belgian and Dutch cause. "Their cause is ours," he said. "Therefore, a man so logical as the Pope must realise that he is blessing our cause."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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134LIKE MARCH, 1918 Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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