FIGHT TILL VICTORY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 291, 13 November 1941, Page 7

FIGHT TILL VICTORY

THE EMPIRE’S RESOLVE.

HIS MAJESTY’S REVIEW. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 9 a.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 12. “The developments of the past year have strengthened the resolution of' my peoples and my Allies to prosecute this war against aggression until final victory,” declared His Majesty the King in his Speech from the Throne at the opening of the new. session of Parliament to-day.

‘•Meanwhile my Government, in consultation with the Allied Governments, and with the goodwill of the Government of the United States, is considering the urgent problems which will face them when the nations now enduring the tyranny of the oppressors have regained their freedom.

“1 well know my people will continue to respond whole-heartedly to the great demands made upon them to furnish my Forces with the instruments of victory, and that they are determined to meet to the utmost of their power the needs of the Soviet Union in its heroic conflict.

“The United States is furnishing my people and my Allies with war supplies of all kinds on a scale unexampled in history. “My relations with Turkey, with whom J have a valued treaty of alliance, remain firmly based on trust and friendship. “1 welcome the restoration to his Throne of the Emperor of Ethiopia. Thus the first country which fell a victim to aggression has been the first to bo liberated and re-established. “My loyal subjects in Malta continue to face air attacks with a fortitude that commands my deepest admiration. CALL FOR COURAGE. “The fulfilment of the task to which we are committed will call for the courage and devotion which our forefathers never failed to show when the country was in danger. My Government will continue to take all practical steps to sustain the health and wellbeing of my peoples under the stress of war.” I

In his speech at the proroguing of Parliament, which was read by the Lord Chancellor, the King expressed admiration for the fortitude of the British people under air attack and of the selfless devotion or the civil defence forces.

The King continued: “During the past year my forces by sea, land, and air have continued, with the powerful support ot the Armed Forces of my Allies, to defend the cause of freedom throughout the world. The enemy have added to the number of countries temporarily overrun, but the epic struggles of Greece and Yugoslavia, worthy of their glorious history, have inspired the civilised world. SOVIET WELCOMED.

“I heartily welcome as an Ally the j great Union of Soviet Socialist Rc- , publics. Oji July 12 my Government ■ and the Government of the Soviet , Union agreed to an), each other in the war agamst Germany and to conclude ■j no separate armistice or treaty of peace. The heroic resistance oi' the | armies of the Soviet Union lias won my deepest admiration. I “A conference of aid to Russia between the representatives of my Gov- | eminent and the Governments of the j United States and Russia has been held at Moscow with eminently satisfactory results and, in eo-operation 'with the United States, my. Empire, is I I affording the Soviet Union all possible I assistance against the common foe. | CLOSE TIES WITH AMERICA. “The lifetime of this Parliament i has been memorable for the strengtlilening of the already close ties between Imy Governments and peoples and the i Government and people of the United States. A striking illustration of this I growing intimacy was afforded by the ! j meeting at sea between the President I :of the United States and the Prime | Minister. j ‘.‘On the seas and oceans com- | manded by our two navies, in the j closest fraternity, a charter was | agreed upon and published to the i world, and which will stand as a beacon in history radiating resolution, justice, and unselfish purpose. “My Navy has continued to attack the enemy wherever it has been able to find him. Aided by the auxiliaries and fishing fleet, it has maintained an unceasing vigil and kept open the seaways on which my gal--lant Merchant Navy and the merchant fleets of my Allies have brought an increasing flow of foodstuffs and munitions. MIDDLE EAST VICTORIES. “The position of my forces in the Middle East has been greatly strengthened. Tlie brilliant campaigns in East Africa, where the enemy, despite great numerical superiority, were evicted from the mighty mountain fastness of Eritrea and Ethiopia, and either destroyed or captured, prove the skill of mv commanders and the endurance of my forces from many parts of the Empire. “These operations, which augur well for the future, were rendered possible by the annihilation of the hostile army j which sought to invade Egypt from j Cyrenaica. “My Air Force has carried the war into enemy territory and has attacked with growing power industrial communications, naval bases, and ship- 1 ping. By the boldness of its assaults| it has compelled the enemy to keep j large air formations in the West. • “The developments in the Far j ■ East have engaged the closest- and! constant attention of my Govern- 11 merit, and it has been necessary to! increase the forces which defend my territory in those regions. I “It lias been a source of great | gratification to me that mv Primer Ministers of Canada, the Common-1-wealth of Australia and New Zen-1: land have found it possible to visit I

this country and confer with my Ministers in the United Kingdom. Valuable discussions have been held in Egypt with my Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. These personal exchanges are of the utmost value to rav Ministers in the

prosecution of the war.” —Official Wireless.