THE FRENCH PRESS.
RECENT UTTERANCES,
The "Gaulois" .says:—"ln the course of his statement to the Army Committee of the Senate, presided over by M. de Freycinet, M. Millerand said that no was simply astounded at the results obtained. It was not only the military efforts of our Allies which he. had admired , it was also the methods with which that effort had been organised. That, which he had seen had surpassed his hopes and justified the confidence which France had always felt in the cour age of the British army as well as in the irresistible power of tho British fleet."
The "Petit Parisian" declares: "Our English confreres may rest assured that everyone in France fully recognises the value of the help that Great Britain has given us up to the present, and which in the hear future should be still more efficacious. AH this has raised in our hearts a debt of gratitude towards our friends and Allies which we ehall never repudiate. Of that they "may be certain. In fighting for us they are fighting also for themselves. The two great peoples are resolved to make every sacrifice to bring about the fall of tho '"n----solent oppressor."
"Le Temps" says: "To her naval effort England has added another which a few months ago no one would have dreamt of. She has sent -us her regular army, ■her soldiers from India and other colonies of tho Empire. These British effectives have been completed and enlarged. This might have been anticipated; but Great Britain's determination to shrink from no sacrifice in order to ensure final victory has manifested itself in a more unexpected and splendid manner. A new army has been created and organised by Lord Kitchener, the first detachments of which ar© already in France. M. Millerand, during his visit to England, had an opportunity of seeing other troops ready to leave, and to admire th© magnificent results of the British impulse all th© more, because these new forces have been formed and equipped out of nothing. Not a rifle, a gun, or a uniform existed for them England has' manufactured all the necessary material, while her factories have furnished military supplies which Franco and Russia, paralysed by mobilisation, were unable to provide. At the samo time, Great Britain has maintained in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Africa the necessary troops for holding in check the accomplices of the Germans. It is impossible to overemphasise tho effort England has -al- . ready "put forth, and tha effort which she- is in the process of accomplishing "
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13744, 6 April 1915, Page 6
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423THE FRENCH PRESS. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13744, 6 April 1915, Page 6
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