FRENCH'S HISTORY
STATEMENT BY ASQiMTH
(I'.y Electri' , . Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) {iiC'civi'd Wednesday, 11. i.~> a.m.) LOXLC'X, Tuesday. Mr Asqiiitii, in the course of a speech, said thai Lord I-'rcncli's intended movements of the army prior to "Lord Kitchener's visit filled the Cabi'ii'i with <-;.iisteni:tl ion. They would ha\e left France in the lurch at a inoinein of extreme need. The French Government shared this alarm. Between September, 101! and 101H, the forces in the field were increased fourfold, and the munitions nineleenfedd. The manufacturers promised a. much larger output of munitions than they actually supplied. Mr Asquith concluded by readingLord French's private letter of May, I!')!."), in which he sfated:—"ln the whole history oj' war, no cominandcr-in-chief has Leen helped in a difficult task by ■h , head ni' ;lie < ■ I'Vcrnmeut as I have been supported and strengthened by yn:i> nil I'ai! <\ mpafhy and en-ctiLii-r:gemei';.'"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13849, 4 June 1919, Page 5
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