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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 2, 1940.
NEW HOMES FROM RUINS
PARISIANS GO SHORT WHILE OF THE OLD THE NAZIS FEED
A VIVID PICTURE OF Paris under German do mination is painted by Mr. Seatree, an American partner in the famous British firm of Price, Water- house and Company,“...
Mr. Scatree was in charge of trying, usually in vain, to obtain the firm's business in Paris, Hé milk for their children, has recently arrived at Lisbon as a refugee on his way to New York,
The propaganda against Britain in the Paris newspapers is viru- lent, but appears to convince few When the French collapse cai e. Frenchmen, though people аге Mr. Seȧtree was in an emerge forbidden to listen to foreign office in the provinces, but retu - broadcasts under penalty. ed to Paris with his wife.
The Gestapo, accompanied by an armed guard, arrived
at his office, and informed him that they knew all about him, his firm, and his clients. They said: "It will be better for you if you answer all questions correctly." They went to the filing room, and after going through the files, a bundle of them was set aside.
· Mr. Seatree tried to obtain a list of the files, but he was told, "There is no object in doing so. as you will never see them again,”
Securities Confiscated
The firm's bank accounts were confiscated, all cash in the safe was looted, and he was refused a receipt. The Gestapo also took an envelope, deposited by an em- ployee, containing his savings of cash and bearer securities amounting to about 60,000 francs. They seized everything and for- bade Mr. Seatree to remove а single document from the office.
He states that there is a severe food shortage in Paris, and Les Halles, the great market, is open to the French only after the Germans have been supplied. Milk and butter are extremely short, and eggs have not been obtainable for two months.
But it is a common sight to see German soldiers plentifully sup- plied with all these goods in the cafes. Half-bottles of champagne seem to be their usual beverage at lunch-time.
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Mrs, Seatree said that it heart-breaking to see mothers
HER LIFE SAVED BY A TABLE
A kitchen table saved the life of Mrs. R. Goody when her South-West London home collapsed under a bomb explosion.
"She was asleep under the table when the house was completely destroyed by blast," Mrs. Goody's daughter-in-law said.
"The table acter as a shelter and supported the whole weight of the wreckage so that she wasn't even injured.
Made A Tunnel
"A neighbour helped her to burrow. her way out. He pulled' the rafters away from the top while she pushed from below. Between them they made a sort of [tupnel. through, which she crawled
to safety."
The bomb-a heavy one--killed two people, injured "others, and severely damaged a number of houses.
- Mr. and Mrs, Sharp were bomb- ed out of their home into which they had moved only a few hours before.
Pinned To Bed Salvage squads dug out people 'burled among wreckage.
Seventeen-year-old Eric Evans was pinned to his bed by fallen rafters, and buried under two feet cf dust and debris.·**
"He was unconscious when we got him out," said one of the re-. Есиств, "but we managed to revive him, and he is all right."-
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Many Shops Shut
Though shops are said to have; done a roaring trade after the oc- cupation, stocks cannot be replac- ed. and many shops have to be closed down for want of goods.
From the debris of bombed homes new ones will be built. The survey- or's departments of Lon- where are showing don boroughs--and else-
great skill in using all kinds of salvaged mater- ial.
When the demolition squad has done its job, workmen cart away the debris to sort it over for usable
matérial
Whole bricks und tiles, un- damaged window frames, laths and rafters-anything that has escaped whole from the wreck- age is put on one side, to be used in bullding new houses or repairing others not too badly damaged.
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"We use as much as we can." surveyor of a London borough told a reporter. "Building materials are Mr. Seatree's whole picture of scurce these days and thousands of Paris under Nazi rule is one of the bricks go back into service to re- darkness of humiliation and pri- pair damaged houses. It is amaz- vation. The people, he says, are ing how much can be used again depressed both nientally and phy-[—even in the erection of new pro- sically.
perty.
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