On Wednesday morning the President of the French Republic and
all the Ministers addressed a proclamation to the country which must be described as fully worthy of the occasion and of France. It declares that the French Cabinet have decided to remove the seat of Government from Paris to Bordeaux. This will enable the French Cabinet to keep quite as closely in touch with their allies and with the field armies as before, and yet make their position perfectly secure.
The keynote of the proclamation is the call to France "to
endure and to fight":— "That must be the watchword of the allied British, Russian, Belgian, and French armies ; to endure and to fight whilst on the sea the British aid us to cut the communications of our enemies with tho world ; to endure and to fight whilst the Russians con- tinue to advance to deal a decisive blow at the heart of the German Empire."
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