MR. DUFF COOPER
EXPLAINS THE POSITION. . Press Association—By Electric' Telegraph—Copyright). (Received!this day at, 11-1(3 a.m.) LONDON, May 21. . Mr Duff- Cooper, broadcasting; said; the pews was grave. It was no gooil pretending, it ‘was - not,, but there , -was, nc. (cause for.,serious alarm,., and. .-.still Iqss. for.. panic. .It-hvas .impossible-to understand what was happening, while the battle .was in progress. Three facts alone,(could he .definitely stated. First: The, enemy’s present objective is the Channel ports, from which they boped to launch a war on; Britain. , j * ;. Se,qgji||ly r : anised troops had succeeded in eluding their opponents, and were advancing, great .distances and coming near their objective. . Thirdly.,: The armies of Britain and France were undefeated. * -, -The swaying fortunes of. the fight matter, little. It is the end that counts. Whatever the result of- this battle may.be, it cannot entail-,the.de-feat of Britai.u v oy, the war.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1940, Page 6
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