The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Surrender of King Has
 Given Hitler Opening
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 have come. We will hold the Som- naisne line and because we hold it we will win.
 "our faith in victory Is intact. We shall conquer He said Leopold surrendered against the unanimous advice of his cabinet and that Belgian govern ment would fight on in France. A Belgian parliamentary delega- ton in Paris, in an announcement in It's own behalf, repudiated the surrender, calling 1t a shame to the country, and called every Belgian in France to rush to the aid of the Allies.
 Reynaud Is Bitter
 We knew dark days would come," Reynald told the nation. "They have come. France has been invad- cd a hundred times and never humbled. It Is in the trials which await us that we shall form Frances new soul and make 1t greater than ever. Our faith in victory is intact. The strength of each soldier, each Frenchman, each French women is multiplied. Misfortune has always made France greater. We shall hold We shall conquer because we shall have held"
 The French high command in It's morning communique, No. 3b Of the war, told the surrender news as fol- lows:
 "The military situation was ag- gravated unexpectedly in the north az the result of the exploitation of King of the Belgians, whose army was engaged alongside British and French Troops.
 "T'he Allied forces have faced the new situation and continue to fight
 "Thcre is nothing important to report on the whole rest of the front"
 Serious Situation
 A high military source said that the exploitation put the Allied northern armies in a very serious situation. But, he added, the Allies took new measures to face the situation and their fight continued. Az had Reynaud, the informant said that the Belgian king took his decision without consulting his government, his army chiefs, or his people at a time when the position of the northern armies was mot too unfavorable. The informant em- phasized that the British had coun' ter.attacked successfully yesterday on the Lys river, in an attempt to relieve German pressure on the Bclgians. Further, he insisted. the Allies still held Calais this morn. ing despite German claims to 1t.
 The informant disclosed that the Belgian army had already retired from the River Lys-Ghent line be- fore the exploitation order. But now. he said, the entire Allied left flank had been left open and the French and British in the north were in a most difficult position. Quit At 1 A. M.
 Reynaud, in his 8:30 a. m. speech to the French nation, had an- nounced that Leopolds surrender became effective at { a. n., though fighting stopped only an hour later. Britain and France, Reynaud said, were now fighting alone in the north.
 It was the hardest blow the Allies had suffered since the start of the German blitzkrieg May 10, a blitz- krieg that now had approached the peak of fury with the Germans hurling ever more powerful forces into the battle without regard ito their terrible losses.
 The French premier was unspar- ing in his denunciation of Leopold.
 It was an event unprecedented m history, he said.
 The Belgian army has laid down its arms on orders of its king-the same king who appealed to the AL lies to come to his help, the same king who in December last year re- fused to have any staff talks with the Allies, the same king who up to May 10 professes to have equal faith in the word of Germany as in the word of the AllieS," said Rey- maud bitterly.
 Gives Up To Invader
 This same king. without a word of gratitude or admiration for the soldiers of the Allies, has now hand cd the Belgian army over to the invader.
 This decision was taken in strict contradiction of the feeling of his country and of the soldiers who had been putting up magnificent ef- fort.
 France and Britain alone will have to carry on the struggle which surrender order. news had come that the bloodiest fighting of the