THE CHINA, MAIL, JULY 14, 1941.
FREE FRANCE REMEMBERS Celebration Of French National Day
GERMAN Fight Still TENACIOUS
OFFICIALS FUNK IT
The
Going On
MESSAGES EXPRESSING DEVOTION TO FRANCE, FAITH IN HER GREATNESS AND German Consul- CERTAINTY OF HER LIBERATION, HAVE General at San Francisco, BEEN SENT TO THE INDEPENDENT FRENCH Fritz Wiedmann, and the NEWSPAPER "FRANCE" BY A NUMBER OF German Consul-General] DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES
OF in New York, Johannes THE ALLIED NATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF Borchers, missed their FRENCH NATIONAL DAY TO-DAY. boat to Japan yesterday rather than risk being seized at sea by the Bri-
tish.
They stood by the telephone un-i til almost the last minute before
the Japanese steamer, Yawata
Maru, sailed but the orders that they awaited did not come.
"It all depends upon our safe passage as to when we leave." Consulate official said. "We un-
Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, wrote: "Our hearts are with the people of France in the cruel sufferings which they are enduring under the yoke of the brutal and barbarous invader.
"We do not forget their man army and the gestapo will have disappeared from French sons, husbands or fathers soll, and the Champs Elysees will derstand the State Department is Who are still languishing, once more echo with the mea negotiating with the British on in German prisoner of
the matter."
that Britain
had!
soon
Mr. Sumner Welles announced war camps.
"An
will on Saturday
anniversary guaranteed safe conduct to Axis come when uniforms of the Ger- consular officials travelling from New York to Lisbon in the steam-
er West Point but not to those go-severely bombed areas. Th:3 ing home via Japan.---Reuter.
FARMS IN THE HEART
OF LONDON
own 1,500 head of pedigree cattle, 3.000 pigs. 7,000 head of poultry and 550 sheep.
In a year of "blitz" these farms. run by the London County Coun- eil, produced more than ever be- fore: 360,000 eggs, 550,000 gal- lons of milk, 351 tons of meat, 1,668 tons of vegetables and 81 tons of fruit.
In London's parks 200 acres are The heart of London is getting being worked by borough councils from its own farms hundreds of for food growing. Sheep graze on tons of meat and vegetables year-600 acres.
ly for hospitals and other institu- In the centre of London alone tions in the Metropolis.
individual Londoners are raising Lendon's citizens ure farmers of food from their allotments on 450 4000 acres, mostly within the most lacres.-British Wireless.
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sured tread of the gallant fight ing forces of France, restored to [ independence and greatness.”
A message from General de Gaulle stated: "To-day, as * year ago, we recognise only one foe, We shall recognise him In any disguise. We shall fight him with every weapon.
Faith In The Future
thut task
"We shall only consider we have accomplished our when he has been finally beaten."
General Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister and Commander-in- Chief, in his message expressed unshakeable faith in the French nation and its future.
RESISTANCE
(Continued from Page 11 Line with the break-through of the Weygand Line "which led to the collapse of France."
The commentator continued: "With the break through the Weygand Line, the resistance of the French was completely smashed and their collapse Inevitable. Why should not his- tory repeat itself in the Eastern campaign?"
Too, Too Beautiful
Not every citizen quite realised of the German success, and that was why
to compare
the significance thought it useful with last year's campaign.
he it
The Stalin Line was, at points, 22 miles deep, it appeared.
The decisive turning point in the battle had been reached by the
break through which made "vic- tory against Bolshevism a beauti- ful certainty." International News Service and Reuter.
Nazi Panzers Held Up
A SOVIET COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCES THAT DURING SUNDAY LARGE-SCALE EN COUNTERS TOOK PLACE
IN! THE DIRECTIONS OF PSKOV, VITEBSK AND NOVOGRAL- VOLINSK.
In # north-western direction forces large enemy mechanised tried to push east but stubborn resistance by Soviet troops held up the enemy. Reuter.
Break-Through Fails
The "considerable advances" claimed by the German High Dr. Edouard Benes, on behalf Command yesterday are discount- communique of Free Czechoslovakia, expressed by the latest ed the hope that Franice, after issued, according to Moscow radio, having found her soil again and by the Soviet Information Bureau. contributed to the common
"No The communique states: tory, would also
# place important changes to report from worthy of her among the free the batticfields. All enemy nations.
attempts to effect a break through the Soviet lines and enter Soviet territory have fal ed.
And
ic-
Similar sentiments were ex- pressed by M. Pierlot, Bolgian Prime Minister, Professor Ger- brandy, Netherlands Prime Minister, and M. LIO, Nor weglan Foreign Minister.
Fight Still Goes On
A Singapore report says that the Free French in Malaya are, celebrating July 14 with officiai į receptions.
In the south-western sector the Soviet air force and the Red Army annihilated the enemy motorised division.
Coastal batteries succeeded in sinking Finnish torpedo-boat. The same battery sank & Ger- man transport steamer which attempted to land a consider. able enemy shock unit on Soviet territory.
A German steamer blew up and M. Charles Baron, General de sank off Memel. It is is presum- Gaulle's Far Eastern representa ed the ship ran into a minefield. tive, interviewed by Reuter, said: "The fight still goes
Germans of the Volga Soviet The French are not vanquished masses for the Red
on. Republic
are volunteering
Army in
n
in Ankle and Full length yet and feel that the dead should order to participate in the fight be avenged rather than mourned." for freedom and humanity with
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Ing ground for a large number"
of Free French volunteers who
portation to the Middle Eas..
Soviet armoured units," states
STOP PRESS
De Gaulle followers in the Far were attacked by Soviet guerilla finance, 1990, and may not be reprint. East despite enemy efforts hamper their activities.-Reuter
arrive there awaiting trans-Moscow radio, have succeeded on The prefix "special" to telegrame lo the south-western front in destroy- | used by the "Sunday" Horaid” and
He added that there
ing an enemy motorised division,["China. Mail! to Indicato news, which was
a The announcer also said that strictly copyright under the pravi- great increase in the number of when German infantry
units slons of the Telecommunications; ON
to forces on a pontoon bridge
nd', under any circumstances, either wholly or in part, without prior: "ar- German detachment was wiped rangement. out and the guerilla forces took a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition.
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HARDER FIGHTING
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SENT A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO COALMINERS BY WAY OF ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD EVANS, WHO ADDRESSED MINERS AT COALVILLE, LEICESTERSHIRE, YESTER
| DAY.
"An immediate increase in coal production," said Mr. Chur- chill," "is of vital importance to the armed forces of the Crown and to industries supplying them with weapons"
Admiral Evans, according to an agency report, said: "We are In for harder fighting than we have ever seen in this war. It will mean sacrifices all round.
Victory will very nearly de- pend on the coal output of the next four months-British Wire- less.
the
In stubborn fighting on the
south-western front many Ger-Red Army,
torpedo boat. British
man officers and men were killed Soviet-naval units destroyed and a great number of Hungarian Finnish prisoners have been taken by the Wireless.
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