19 APRIL 1940, Page 14

The Fight for Freedom " For the first time in

yearn the peoples of Europe see an aggressor beaten back, and realise that the fight for freedom is not going to end in defeat and disaster, but in victory." —Het Volk (Holland).

" Germany is being taught the severest lesson of the war. Her imminent defeat will have great repercussions in Europe and Germany. The Allies are reaffirming the role of champions of liberty and justice, and are acting quickly, methodically and energetically. Germany has again offended the conscience of the world."-0 lornal (Brazil).

" Earl Baldwin said that Britain's frontiers were on the Rhine. Now we must consider that the civilised world's frontiers are on the Rhine. The Rhine separates us from the concentration camp, from racial and religious persecution, and those beyond it live only for war and acquisition. It is all very well that France and Britain, who are the most immediately threatened, have taken the initiative, but the fight should be taken up by the whole civilised world, because its fate is at stake."—Argentina Libre.