No Need To Attack To Win, Daladier States
PARIS, December 2. ' “The Allies can avoid launching a large-scale offensive and still win the war,” declared the . French Prime Minister (M. Daiadier) in a broadcast speech. He referred to Germany using barbaric methods, in words which the Associated Press of Great Britain interprets to mean , that. if Hitler starts unrestricted aerial warfare, France will answer with the same weapon.
“Our armies have fortified our formidable sea from the north to the Jura Mountains, namely the Maginot Line—increased its depth and doubled its possibilities,” continued M. Daiadier.
No Need to Take Initiative
“We have no need to take the initiative in large scale attacking operations. “Our would-be attackers are willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of men in mad offences, but we are careful to spare the sacrifice of human life as much as possible. “We will put down our arms when, security has been achieved and': when we can negotiate with a-trust-worthy Government in Germany.” The Prime Minister paid a tribute, to the admirable attitude of Italy,which, he said, under Signor Mussolini’s initiative had courageously attempted to save the peace. M. Daladier announced that all men with two or more children would be released from military service on December 15.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19391204.2.71
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 4 December 1939, Page 5
Word Count
209No Need To Attack To Win, Daladier States Northern Advocate, 4 December 1939, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in