I Believe It Is Peace For Our

I Am Speaking To You From The Cabinet Room At 10 Downing Street. This Morning The British Ambassador In Berlin Handed The German Government An Official Note Stating That Unless We Heard From Them By Eleven O'clock, That They Were Prepared At Once To Withdraw Their Troops From Poland, A State Of War Would Exist Between Us. I Have To Tell You Now That No Such Undertaking Has Been Received, And Consequently This Country Is At War With Germany.

Armed Conflict Between Nations Is A Nightmare To Me; But If I Were Convinced That Any Nation Had Made Up Its Mind To Dominate The World By Fear Of Its Force, I Should Feel That It Must Be Resisted.

In The Event Of Any Action Which Clearly Threatened Polish Independence And Which The Polish Government Accordingly Considered It Vital To Resist With Their National Forces, His Majesty's Government Would Feel Themselves Bound At Once To Lend The Polish Government All Support In Their Power. They Have Given The Polish Government An Assurance To This Effect. I May Add That The French Government Have Authorized Me To Make It Plain That They Stand In The Same Position In This Matter.

In War, Whichever Side May Call Itself The Victor, There Are No Winners, But All Are Losers.

It Is Evil Things That We Will Be Fighting Against-brute Force, Bad Faith, Injustice, Oppression And Persecution-and Against Them I Am Certain That The Right Will Prevail.