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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1941.
FROM MADRID TO VICHY BRIDGE
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and fro was felt as talk of, a "Petain pence" grew widespread. It was in the mouth of all, the
NOTES
NO. 52
By The Four Aces
and returned to Daladier with counter-proposition. Daladier was, reactionarles; of all the appeasers; to be President of the Council of all the people who thought it CRIME DOESN'T PAY! without portfolio, Petain was to impossible to beat Germany; o
falling into the be Minister of War and Laval all those who, was to be Minister of Foreign German trap, thought the Com- Affairs. As for Herrlot, the great munist danger more pressing than lender of the Left, liberal, anti- that of Nazism. It was in the Nazi and pro-English, he was to mouth, too, of a group of semi- be excluded from the combination mystics who believed. that only a or must be satisfied with the defeat could regenerate France. Ministry of Justice.
One wonders what they think to day of France's regeneration.
The combination fell through, and Marshal Petain returned to his post in Madrid, "While he re- presented his country, now at war with Germany, the French Em- bassy in Madrid became a gather- ing place for pacifists. Back and forth, from Petain to Laval, went a constant procession of politi- clans. and slowly. through France, filtered the idea of a "Petain peace.”
a
One could follow the effect of this incessant talk on the little people, returning on leave from the army. They had set out full of valour and hope, they returned more discouraged each time.
"Marshal
said, Petain," they "was against the war.
He saw war in 1914. He didn't want it to
We should have! happen again. let him make peace.”
*
*
*
So the
lied, the! people who little people to whom they lied and the people who lied to them- peace." They can hardly be very selves ended by having a "Petain
enthusiastic about it.
The bidding is obviously have to examine South's play of students will logical, so crime. the hand to discover the misdeed in to-day's hand:
South, Dealer East-West vulnerable
WEST
◆ AJ 8 5 2 VA 4
NORTH
A K 10 3
Q 6 6 2
0 10 6 6 3 AK 10
0 9 9 8 4
43
SOUTH
| South
A Q 97
K J 7
EAST
A 64
10 9 8 3
0J 7
AQ 9 8 7 6
AK 2
AJG 2
The bidding:
West
North
Pass
Page
INT Pass
Eust Pass
Pass
Filter himself, with sombre INT voice to thor: 3NT Troy, added his who insisted "l'etain did not wantj war." When he met the marshali at Montoire on October 24, 1940, in a railroad var, he held out a for- giving hand and said. "I know. you did not want marshal, that war". **
What was happening in the French Embassy in Madrid and who were the willing messengers between Petnin and Laval Among the men who made the pilgrimage to the Marshal were Francois Pietri, who is to-day Ambassador to Madrid and staunch supporter of the new ur- der. M. Pietri is a Corsican who represented Corsica in the Cham- ber of Deputies. Until the war he always claimed to be a liberal who was criticised for having tou Leftist tendencies. But at
Bor- deaux, about June 20 that Is, in the darkest days of the defeat,
11 was a surprise to hear him say that Corsica belonged to Italy and that there could be no dis- cussion on the point. To-day, in Madrid, he is hinting at the ves- sion of a part of French Morocco to Spain. It is through his kindly took intercession that Spanish political, Montoire. Perhaps he was in a June, 1941, at rate ut 1/2,7/8 18T¡ refugees in France are being turn-osition to inform the Fuchrer as, discarded a diamond and a heart; ed over to the Government ol to the sentiments of the marshal,
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Senator Lemery, Petain and Laval had made him Minister of Justice in the Doumergue Cabi- net. Since then he had served as liaison agent between his two masters.
Fernand de Brinon, the great
How did he know? Marshal Petain never said so publicly. Gen. Stohrer, German Ambassador to Madrid, with whom Marshal Petain had such friendly conver- sations during the hostilities, also the interview ut part in
TROUBLE IN THE INTERIOR.
to
some
One frequently hears of trouble from MONDAY. 28th July to friend of the German agent, in the interior, usually with re- SATURDAY, 9th August
disturbance (both Abetz. He had the merit of frank-ference
which has occurred up-country, days inclusive) during which ness, compared with his com- period no transfer of Shares can panions, and openly declared him-
But, trouble in the interior is and be registered
self to be pro-Nazi.
too, with men women often caused through con- stipation.
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V. M GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong 15th July, 1941.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
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FRIDAY, the 18th. July, 1941. Commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sale Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:
Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed Room, Dining Room and Office Furniture, Wardrobe & Cabin Trunks, Ornaments, Cutlery. Pictures, Clocks, E.P., Brass. Glass and Porcelain Ware, Cook- ing Utensils, Child's Tricycle & Bicycle, etc., etc.
also
A Few Plecon of Blackwood
Furniture
and
3 Portable Gramophones
3 Tientsin Carpets
2 Typewriters
1 Electrical Guitar with case
1 Exposure Meter
1 Enamel Bath
1 Hand Sewing Machine
On View from Thursday, the
17th, July, 1941.
Terms: Cash on Delivery, LAMMERT BROS,,
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The Undersigned have received Instructions from. The Marshal In Prize, Supreme Court, to sell by Public Auction, on
TUESDAY, the 22nd. July,, 1941, commencing at 11 am. at Godown No. 39 of, The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, in The Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co.'s Cosmopolitan Dock, Tal-kok-tsul
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common,
ing him--in advance--as the activate the liver, aid digestion
Pinkettes
tone
To keep the internal organs in Gustave Herve, the
a clean and healthy condition use ex-anar -
Pinkettes. chist, anti-militarist, whose pam-
These dainty laxative phlets now called for Petain, hait-pills quickly dispel constipation.
savior of France.
the Up
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are equally good for men marshal.
The effect of all this going to women.
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West led the five of spades, and the trick with the South won spade seven. Declarer then finess-
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Ace, and another with both sides
spade round was
taken by dummy's King. Declarer then cushed the clubs, but West
and obtained the lead with the heart Ace in time to defeat the contract with the rest of the spade suit.
Don't leap to conclusions too quickly, if you want to detect the crime accurately. When you think you have it, compare notes with our analysis.
held.
201
vulnerable, you
A Q 7 5 3
VA 2
OK J 4
8 7 3 2
The bidding: Burnstone 10
ANSWER:
Pase
You (7)
Maled
A
Bid two spades. simple raise usually shows ☺ weaker hand than this, but there is no better bid that you can make with this hand. If your partner cannot find another bid, you pro- bably have no game,
South was the criminal, but Just for misguessing the location of the club Queen. That was all right, even though a correct guess in clubs would have allowed him monds, or one no-trump. to make the contract. But the crime was in playing clubs So
Score 100% for two spades, two clubs, two dia- 20% for
soon.
Correct play is to force out the heart Ace at the second trick. Į
Question No. 771
A 9 7 5 3
♡ 9 2
◇ K J 4
To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's with both sides Then West can clear the spades, partner and, but can
i vulnerable, you hold: never thereafter gain the lead; for South ran finesse clubs towards East, losing a club trick but making sure of three club tricks altogether. The point was that South had to develop both hearts and clubs, but-in-the correct order, Apd correct play was to knock out West's entry before worrying about East's pos- sible trick.
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The bidding: Ju oby LA
87 3 Z
Schanken
Xou
Разв
20
Pasri
30
Pass
(7)
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