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A LITTLE
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JOE PASTERNAK
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-ROBERT STACK
•HUGH HERBERT·
•C. Aubrey SMITH..
•STUART ERWIN
•NAN GREY -*Eugene PALLESTE -BILLY GILBUNT
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THRILLING BOOK: MAGNIFICENT PICTURE! From the flaming pages of the sensa`lonal novel ... soul- stirring drama bursts upon the ccreen! Breathlessly you will follow the adventures of the Countess, the lover, the actress, the General and other characters that fascinated 10,000,000 readers! Produced as only the great- Métro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studio .could make it ..
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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1941.
CRITICAL STAGE IN FRANCO-GERMAN DISCUSSIONS CORRUPT
GENERAL WEYGAND'S return to Vichy FROM TOP
is regarded, according to neutral sources in London yesterday, as a direct consequence of both the critical stage reached in the Franco-German negotiations over defence of the French Empire and also of the decree subordinating General Weygand to Admiral Darlan.
This decree was Darlan's reply to the ad vocates of a "wait and see" policy, who pir- ned their faith on General Weygand a reply possibly dictated by the Germans who mistrust France's strong man in North
Africa.
The strength of General Wey- gand's position lies in the fact that he is a much more popular figure in France than Darian and he is also practically an autocrat in North Africa, where Darlan is only a name.
If General Weygand's visit to
AMERICAN GET THANKS
YESTER-
TO BOTTOM
Germany is corrupt from top to bottom, ac- cording to an article in the New York "Daily News" yesterday by the French journalist, Michel Pobers who, after working for a year on the Paris "Jour Echo" under the Germans, has escaped to
New York.
It extends, he writes, from pri- vate to general. There is a mor- bid questing for pleasure, for strong, hot sensations, a constant state of worry, feeling of instabil- ity, fear of the Gestapo and what will happen at home in the future. "Corruption in the army and the German-controlled civilian ad-
Vichy leads to disagreements be- [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] ministration in occupied zones last tween him and Darlan it will not
winter reached gigantic propor- be the first time that General THE JAPANESE AUTHORI-tions. Weygand has put the brake on the TIES IN SHANGHAI
"There are few things you can- impetuosity of Darlan's surrender DAY THANKED THE UNITED not get from the Nazis for a bribe policy.
STATES GUNBOAT "LUZON" [there are few Nazis who will re- WHOSE PROMPT ACTION ON fuse a bribe and it has become a SUNDAY NIGHT SAVED A byword in the area." JAPANESE SAILUR FROM The article reveals trading in DROWNING IN THE WHANG-auswies-permits for crossing the POO.
occupied unoccupied
It
le pointed out that the French community In North Africa do not want to see their territory delivered to Germany and rations with the United 'States finally compromised.
Anxiety In Morocco General Weygand arrived in Vichy by air from Africa last evening and Immediately joined Marshal Petain at dinner.
Darlan, who has been in Paris for two days, was also expected to return last night.
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frontier.
The seaman, named Shitamoto, fell accidentally into the river and Money thus obtained is spent on
pleasure. the splash and the man's cries
The writer continues: were heard on the "Luzon.” A boat was sent out with floodlights and picked up the seaman after Interna- a 10-minutes search, tional News Service,
LONG WAY TO GO
STILL
in
"The cost!lest dissipation of all, with a growing number of fol- lowers, is dope. Morphine and heroin have never been in such demand.
"According to the Paris Police the number of drug addicts after war in Germany is always ex- ceptionally high. Now, far from their homes and in constant un- certainty regarding the future. large numbers of young Nazi
"IT IS THIS DISCOVERY the THAT THE NAZIS' SUPERMAN
Meanwhile anxiety is growing throughout French Morocco over the Petain Government's attitude towards the Axis powers, more (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") especially Japan, according to re- While authoritative British supermen have sought solace in the ports from Casablanca.
circles in London yesterday ad-vice. The surrender of French Indo-mitted for the first time that 21 China is reported to have had an threat to the positions immediate effect among white Middle East might develop as a Is STRICTLY GOEBBELS'S colonists in Casablanca-Rabat. result of a German drive towards CREATION THAT HAS GIVEN Meknes, Fez and Marrakesch of the Caucasus, they add that this FRANCE GROWING CONFI- the strengthening of the pro-de drive must gain considerable |DENCE. IN THE FUTURE. THE Gaulle movement-a fact which is success before General Wavell's FRENCH NO LONGER BELIEVE apparently greatly occupying the forces are brought into play. THE GERMAN ARMY INVIN- High Commissioner, General, International News Service.
CIBLE."--SPECIAL CABLE. Nogues.
Free French Danger
Nogues and Darlan, it appears, do not see eye to eye, but it is believed Darlan is hesitating to act against the High Commission- er because of the great esteem in which he is held by the Sultan of Morocco and French subjects.
Any action by Darlan might, it is considered, precipitate a de. finite movement in favour of the Free Franch,
Centre of Axis propaganda is at present the Armistice Commission, "Tourists" in French African towns are trying to create hostility the French people and the French mandate but this manoeu- vre appears to have met with little success.
to
If Vichy permits any German interference in the administration of French Morocco, the Free French movement, it is felt will further be strengthened.-Reuter,
FIRE DUTY OBJECTOR
A conscientious objector who claimed that he was uncondition- ally exempted from fire watch- ing,, was sentenced "to" alx days": imprisonment at Exeter for fail- ing to carry out fire watching duty at his place of employment:
The man, Eric Strickland Ran-. dall; 21; windowdresser, · East Grove Road, Exeter, chose prison: after the chairman, Mr. H. T}}|
·Michelmore,' had-nsiced, him: "Are you going to do fire watching or go to prison?”,
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