ALL PLANS MADE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21777, 28 July 1945, Page 5

ALL PLANS MADE

JAPANESE WAR CHURCHILL SPEAKS CHARGE LAID DOWN LONDON. July 26. Mr. Churchill, in a statement from No. 10 Downing Styeet, ;-a d: “The decision of the British people has been recorded in. the votes counted to-dnv. I have therefore laid down the charge wliich was placed on me m darker times. I regret I have not been permitted to finish the v or;: against Japan. For this, however, all the plans and preparations have been marie and results may come muen quicker than we have hitherto been entitled to expect. "Immense responsibilities abroad and at home fall on the new Government. and we must all hope it will be successful in bearing them.

"It only remains for eto express to the British people for whom 1 have acted in these perilous

| years my profound gratitude for the unflinching and unswerving support which they have shown to me, their servant.” I “I deeply regret the national decision, but accept it because I believe I in democracy,” declared Mr. Anthony I Eden, commenting on the result ol the election. “Frankly, I did not expect a majority of this size.” I Professor Laski. on behalf of the I British Labour Party, issued a statement thanking Mr. Churchill for the great services he had rendered the ' nation as Premier. "This is a hard ; fight for Mr. Churchill, but it was [ not of our making. It is the British ' people who have spoken and we I thank them for the proof of the full maturity of British democracy,” he said. Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal leader, who was defeated after holding the Caithness and Sutherland seat for 23 years, said the Liberal Party had done badly. He added, however, that the Liberals polled over 2,000.000 votes and every constituency where a Liberal candidate fought reported a tremendous accession of new workers who promised to provide a firm base for future operations.