NOBLE FRENCHWOMEN.
QUEEN’S GRACIOUS' WORDS. SORROWS SHARED. Received June 15, 12.20 p.m. LONDON, June 14. The Queen, broadcasting, to the women,of France in French, said: — “I share your suffering to-day and feel it. Ever present in my thoughts are the beautiful summer days when Paris adorned herself with all her charms to receive the King and Queen of England. I then felt the heart of tlie women of France beating close to mine. “In these sad days .1 wish to say just this: Their sorrows are our sorrows. We know the bearing of Frenchwomen in this war is as noble as the men’s. A nation defended by such men and loved by such women must sooner or later attain victory. Such a nation deserves the unqualified support of the peoples throughout the world. 1 believe wholeheartedly that after these bad days the time will come when our two peoples will by endurance and hard work have made good their armaments deficiencies and will he able to say to each other: “Maintenant ca va!” (“Now-, let’s see us go!”)
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 168, 15 June 1940, Page 7
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178NOBLE FRENCHWOMEN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 168, 15 June 1940, Page 7
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