SPIRIT OF FRANCE.
JO AX OF ARC'S WORDS REC.\ Li.ED. STIRRING SPEECH IX THE CHAMBER. tTie.ie.s and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received .Vug.’?, 6.45 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 7. In tin- French Chamber of Deputies A). Desciiane! spoke with fire and eloquence' of France's determination to pursue- the war to a successful conclusion. The Deputies cheered to the echo ids similo that France would hunt tin' vulture hack to its eerie, adding that each of France’s soldiers before the bloodstained’ wire entanglements repeated the words of Joan of Arc: -'Von can chain mo. but you will never fetter the fortunes of France." ••We are deaf to Insolent threat and oerfidious suggestion.'' he proceeded, • and will face the struggle in all its vast ness and length, continuing to devote to it the whole spirit of France. We swear wo will not yield!" The Chamber sent to the .Duma a resolution of profound admiration for Russia and enthusiastically concurring i n per determination to continue her heroic eifort for the independence, of tin- peoples against Germanic militarism.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4003, 9 August 1915, Page 5
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173SPIRIT OF FRANCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4003, 9 August 1915, Page 5
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