My volk, nadat ons land met angsvalligheid, in streng neutraliteit die afgelope paar maande deurgebring het, is gedurende verlede nag deur die Duitse weermag, sonder die minste waarskuwing, 'n skielike aanval op ons gebied gedoen
My people. Despite having maintained strict neutrality during the past months, our country was attacked last night, suddenly and without warning, by the German Wehrmacht, despite their solemn promise that our neutrality would be respected as long as we maintained it ourselves.