BRITAIN CALM AND RESOLUTE.
STATEMENT BY PRIME' MINISTER. SITUATION HAS IMPROVED, BUT STRUGGLE 4 ONLY OPENING. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) • (Routers Telegram.) I (Received April 1, 9.35 a.m ) j . ;. LONDON, March 30. : Mr. Lloyd George, m a message to tM. Clemenceau, states: "Britain is calm afid resolute, relying on the justice of her cause and! the valor of her men to defend it. Our confidence grows as we watch the steady nVai-ch of France's gallaut army to repel the iftvaders.^ Mr. Lloyd George has issued, a statement that m the first few days the Germans launched an attack of unpnrnllelled concentration of troops. - The situation was extremely critical, , Thanks to the indomitable bravery of -our troops, who gradually stemmed the advance- until reinforcements could arrive, and ' our faithful Ally entering the battle, the situation has now improved. .The struggle, however, i s only opening and 1 no prediction as to the future course can yet be made. . The War Cabinet has been m constant session since thei first day, and m communication with headquarters and the French and American Governments. A number of measures hnve been taken to deal with the emergency. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14567, 1 April 1918, Page 3
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