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Chree by Radioi
Noto from the now Minister of Labour directing mo for work in the minos.'
They said
to
BERLIN.
WO British soldiers back from 31 days as prisoners of the Rus
London Express Service
NO, NO, NO No-men
the
-By---
William Hamsher
"Later, it was what did I think of having Americans stationed in Britain. I said it was a good thing
"What do you mean? they sald. The Americans are taking
You must have been reading fantastic stories.'
sians, told how they were kidnapped by a Red Army agent in the British sector held. We answered. all their yourself something terrible. So your English girls. I told them,
questions by saying we were I grow a beard-dür ten days. of Berlin and how they kept private soldiers and knew noth-
"I had to shave again because saying "No" to questions ing."
they threatened me with a Rus- about the British Army.
I asked Wilton how often did glan hair-cut, and I didn't quite
know what that would be. he have to say that.
Neither threats nor offers of fat jobs made by the Russian persuaded either man to accept. the Russian proporal: "Stay with us until we take over England, within Ave years, and then you Jean return as Lord Mayors."
Colonel's orders
The two men-Private Re-
Rinaldi Wilton, aged 22, of the
of Wal- Seaforth Highlanders, sall-road. Landywood, Walsall,
and Private Cecil Hardisty,
"I could have sung myself to
that answer," sicep with said. "I said it so often,"
"At the interrogations they asked me: What is your outlook on life?' 'Is your father a capitalist?' 'What are your
The soldiers then went into views on Korea? What do you of American foreign detail about the Russians' ca- think joleries and threats to make policy?* them stay behind the Curtain.
Wilton: "They said
went back to the British we'd get eight to ten years' cells, and maybe the death sentence.”
"Yes and no.'
them
"They said "Your girl might be going out with an American
now.'
they didn't know what a decen! Hardisty stood up: "I told them
girl was."
Make mine a big,
Paris newsletter big fine,
-Max
by SAM WHITE
SHARED & taxi with Max Intrator the other
day. Ho pointed to
Paris's Scotland Yard and
Intrator
anid feelingly: "That's it should take them 10 whero my career began.” yeurs to hear the case.
Ife meant, of course, his
live in terror of A
fabulous headline career in small fine. In that case 1 the British Press which has shall have to pay it."
firmly established him 13 one of the most Interesting Anunciers of the postwar
cra,
Guitry 'annoyed'
SACHA GUITRY has been cou- sulting his lawyers to see if vieve from using his he can stop fourth wife Gene-
surname.
What is he really like, this man, whose very name Guitry is now marrica for the sounds like one taken from Afth time-to actress Lana Mar- Victorian melodrama7 coni. He is reported to be "very The answer 10:
annoyed." acht- a
cffacing little man with GX- Genevieve claims to have a quisite
letter from Guitry promising manners and an that after their divorce shie attractive sense of humour. would be allowed to continue
stage. using the name of Guitry on the
He speaks English per fectly, and is married to an Englishwoman, who brings
a disconcerting air of Ken-
Neutralists
singtonian gentility to his OVER a friendly drink the domestic surroundings.
Afternoon ten with Intratora is as solemn
head of one of France's chief anti-capionage ageneles gave me
a friendly warning. "You see a the great deal of so-and-so (men-
a tloning
highly esteemed
ritual as tea at the vicar. French Centre Party politician) age. Among friends his is one of our most dangerous We are watching him closely. He wife's pet name for him is neutralists." "Blackie."
No Alternative TALKED to Intrator after his trial in Paris and ask ed him what he thought the court's verdict would be.
"I hope for a fine and as big a fine as possible," he said.
No one who has glanced at the Paris Press over the past month could fail to know what he was talking about,
What is a neutralisi? Roughly. someone whose widely held wish
neither to be liberated-1s
Inthoccupled
to
nor the
war?
thought. Cannot wo avoid all this merely by proclaiming our neutrality in the event of
Neutralism in France is 辉 movement restricted to a hand- ful of intellectuals. Why, then, all the fuss? Why all the solemn
It seems like a case of pre-
"Why? Because if the denunciation? fine is really big then I
I shall have no alternative won't be able to pay it, and
but to appeal against the
Wuton: "The funny thing is verdict. that before we got picked up I was engaged to a girl up in "As it has taken the Leeds. First thing I heard when French courts four years to
After
that the two
were
"I told them I was just not I came out was that she was
on the if we interested, When they asked me married
whether I believed in outlawing, month-to another man." the atomic bomb, I told
given a anal questioning, then put in a car and brought back to
--(Larion Express Service)
Hardisty: "They offered us
sian money."
arc
"They said: "You diplomat. You are the same as
questions.'
aged 23, Cameron Leeds money to stay with them. Rus- Bevin, you don't like answering
of Miles Hill-street, talked with specific instructions from Colonel Bernard Fergus-
famous Chindit son, leader: "Keep nothing back."
Killed, they lounged in arm- chairs as they told how, three days after arriving in Berlin, they were out looking around the city when
Wilton:
US
"They brought an column English soldier to us. He talked
to
about
the wonderful opportunities we should have if we did as he did and stayed in the East German Republic. He sald we could get 1,000 roubles a week for working."
Said Wilton: "In a bar, we net a German who spoke good English He got into conversa tion with us and asked if we had any cigarettes to sell.
"He said he could talte us to a private house party after which we could go back to Larracks by car.
was
Guard called
Hardisty: "Yes he told us we could go out drinking every might. They offered to fly us to Moscow or the Caucasus--any- where we liked--for work."
Good English
Wilton: "There was a pretty Russian woman who spoke such good English. She kept bringing Russian officers up to our room to have a look at us in our kills, and they carried on trying convince us it would be better to stay, right up to the night
we left.
the British sector.
THE HOPE
ments expressed in the past by sing too much-partly to make åmenda for neutralist acnt!- several French Ministers, and partly to impress Washington with France's rearmament zea).
No rich men
the original charges 13th of the hear
against me, it will no doubt A trivial puzzle to
ND now from this relatively a really take them six years to hear monumental mystery where the appeal. And if the ap- are the rich
men of France? I Question La provoked by a re- peal goes against me, shall appeal again to
cent study of nation-wide in- come tax returns Issued by the higher court and this time French Ministry of Finance.
OF PEACE
By David Temple Roberts
д
These returns, if they are to be believed, reveal touching picture of a desolate land in which hundreds of thousands of businessmen are trying desper- ntely to
mako onda meet, of shuttered shops and languishing luxury trades, of restaurateurs and night-club proprietors play- ing host to deserted tables. London, Jan. 26.
more insportunt, a powerful But there is another Import- THERE is a strong consensus moral obligation.
For what this amazing docu- ant current flowlog on, bolh of opinion that the defence
that only 90 sides of the Atlantic. Neither ment reveals is of Western Europe must be put
It is on the island of Formosa country wants to get out of sten people in the whole of France in hand. But that general war that Britain and America part with the other. So every time 000 a year.
admitted to profita of over £2,- in Asia is still avoidable. The company--when it
Among France's comes to there are differences both sides. Chinese
rich Communists do not bargaining with the Peking Gov. rush to modify their policies.
peasants and shopkeepers So it has been this week,
only 270,000 declared profits of On more than £200 Wednesday
4 year, while our newspapers 250,000 claimed
stald Times-
to be making
But there is a vast gulf be here even the
which it
Warren Austin, Exactly the
same
claim is
seen very aggressive-the Bri- ernment. tish newspaper reader is judging. He notices that since Peking issued its radio warning
to tween the climate of opinion in were sharply critical of the profits at all General MacArthur not to cross Britain and America,
that is speech of Mr the 38th Parallel in Korea on much more important than this On Thursday British opinion made by 30,000 companica, pain of Chinese Intervention one island, the franster of appreciated the dangers into which presumably continue in
will probably since that moment, the Chinese which
was running. be the wh
The business only because of their Government has given several hat most diplomate expest will the American viewpoint-balt
hardest
in negotiations newspapers started presenting deep sense of public duty.
Poor Francel Poor Rue de la flecting opportunities for nego-
In sympathy, and with
And that poor man an effort Paix!
at tiation and steadily lowered the soon begin
at understanding. strident
always On Friday my local bistro, whe tone of Its original demands.
The divergence between the came news of President Tru-questions me about the inter- attitudes of Britain and Amer man's cautious attitude at his national situation-and always. The present
ica is expressing itself univer- press conference--which indi-in relation to the price of gold. position for a Conference on the sally. Newspapers analyse the eated America's anxiety not o
greater patience and wisdom of go on without allies,
(World Copyright Reserved- out.crisis in Asia is just about the the British approach, They One heart's desire of most British speak, as the Manchester Guardian does, of the dangers
"When we got to the house we found Russians there. You couldn't tell from the outside it a Russian headquarters. The German spoke to two Rus- sian officers. When we tried to
"This Russian girl, un air walk out they called
in Red force Heutenant, sald: Do you Army guards."
like female company? 1 could Private Hardisty cut in: We supply you with girls if you couldn't try
any tough stunt want."
a; us.
with their tommy guns pointing Hardisty: "Leave her Tell him about the drink. "We were not tight, mind time they brought us two bot-readers. you. I got mad when the German tles of champagne, two bottles laughed at us as he went out of vodka, and half and sald 'Goodnight.' I got my
bottles of beer. jacket torn in a bit of a struggle"
Chinese
pro-
ot
2
Wlex
American simplification lead to mistakes in o
world. In come quar-
in
a dozen What the Chinese want is
place at the United Nations
opinion "The idea, apparently, was to which
here agrees ters, particularly leftish try to get us drunk and in-should be an asset not a lie to "anti-Americanism" Hardisty added: "When we capable. Then they could get aster to the United Nations, saw we were not going to get us to sign papers-but they did
*They also want away from the Russians I felt not reach our capacity. thirsty. The Russians offered
drawal of the
us a drink-later." It was four days later."
"They could not get anything
the reviews,
natural tendency is ruu- ring GWBY with itself. The New Statesman carries several the with articles of this United Sintes how the U.S. organic
its South out of him (pointing a thumb at Fleet from the waters separating American
satellites at U.N., WIkon), so they tried it with me. Formosa from the Chinese another on MacArthurism in After midnight that night They tried to get me out of bed.mainland. It must be admitted Europe," a third attacking U.S. that British opinion policy in Germany, But this is they were allowed to go to bed. Not me! I said to them: You at once
cares little, one way or another, not quite representative! Guards stood at the foot of their see me in the morning.'
about the fate of Formosa and beds all night, Next day came "They would not have any-General
The American Chlong Kai-shek's
case, put by the Orst interrogation,
thing to do with me after that remaining outpost on the island. York as "intensely angry" with ouc correspondent from New "It took four hours and was mixed with batter and a little does not.
They gave us birdseed to cat Hongkong matters; Formosa China, is just not felt here. The non-atop." sald Wilton, "But
But for tho United Americans water. We could not eat, it.
are regarded 18 States FormOSA is a parsible slightly ridiculous for having was interrogations from soven "How the Russian shave strategic defensive point,
the exchanged the villain Tojo" to 14 hours a day; that happened don't know. They gave us razors only, available Jumping off point for the "murderous Moa" us on 25 of the 31 days we were with holes in them. You cut for landings in China-and, their principal villain.
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