WARM RECEPTION PROMISED
IF NAZIS ATTACK BELGIUM Allies Will Act Like Lightning United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 17, 9.56 p.m.) BRUSSELS, January 17. “Le Soir” says that General Lord Gort, in an interview, said: “If Belgium is attacked, her neutrality, independence or her vital interests threatened, the French and British guarantee would oper-
ate with lightning rapidity. This time all is ready. There will be no more gropings as in 1911. It the Germans come, they will be well received.” French Foreign Office officials declared that the Allied policy provided for the defence of any neutral invaded by Germany. However, an official statement is not being issued. It is semi-officially stated in Berlin that the French Prime Minister (M. Daladier) is responsible for the Belgian and Dutch military measures. He is said to have alarmed the Dutch Ministers during their visit to Paris because he wanted to intensify the war.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21555, 18 January 1940, Page 7
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