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Curiosity does WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS
kill the
CAT
--and cats
really have
NINE LIVES
THE
HE most petted, pam- pered, and probably the most prolific pet in the world is the common cat.
For 30 centuries the
animal has been fed,
watched, drawn,
bred, written
about and now even psycho-
analysed and yet
STILL THEY LIVE
What is known about them? In the first place they are prob ably the most hardy creatures in the world and can truthfully be said to have nine lives.
"CLOSING THE RING" CHAPTER 17
ITALY PLUNGED INTO
CIVIL WAR HORRORS
M
war.
werker
grew
2n
the
these
-USSOLINI'S bid for against having anything to do
a Fascist revival with those who had plunged Italy into with or helped Mussolint. and
there immediately the horrors of civil
endless series of intrigues In the weeks follow. among the six or seven Leftist Pofessor F. E. Zeuner, of ing the September armistice parties in Rome to get rid of the King and Bodoglie and toke London, says it's still half-wild, officers and men of the the power themselves. Professor Hans von Henting, of Italian Army stationed in Berlin, says it's super-intelli-
Considering the critical nn- gen; Dr C
N. Winslow, German-occupied Northern of the
ture
battle and Brooklyn College, says
it's Italy and patriots from the supreme importance of getting wildly neurotic.
towns and countryside be- Italy to fight with a good heart gan to form Partisan units on our side. I resisted and to operate against the moments whenever they came In this I was to my notice. Germans and against their supported by the Russian maxim, compatriots who still ad- You may always walk with the Devil till you get to the end hered to the Duce.
Not the least of their achieve of the bridge." Cats have been trapped in ments was the succour and sup- Broad-based
Our prisoners of port given to burning brick-kilns for a day
by war trapped the armis coalition tived half and have and a Others huve survived floods, tice in camps in northern Italy.
FTER Aires, earthquakes, and combing Out of about 80,000 of these men, conspicuously clothed in battle raids.
from Macmillan at Algiers the main with They are probably colour blind, dress, and in
with and from Gen." Eisenhower, I one little knowledge of the language telegraphed to cannot They
distinguish
the President musical note from another and, or geography of the country, at asking for his comments.
mostly succoured unlike a dog, they can't recug-lea, 1 10,000,
local by the
population with Prime Minister nise differences in facial expres-civilian clothes, were guided to Roosevel
Rafety, thanks to the risks taken Nor by members of the Italian Re- sistance, and the simple people of the countryside
sion.
A smile or a frown is just the Tety, same top eat. (TTY it) can they see in the dark, though they can see much better than human beings in a dim or faint light.
Artually they "feel" their way about at night with their sensi- tive whiskers
whiskerless A cat is like a partly blind mun.
Somania
DIPSOMANIACS
The recognised cat's lipple is milk but a feline form of dip
has been observed among those which developed an almost insatiable taste beer, rum, or whisky.
considering proposals
to President 21 Sept., '43. I and my colleagues in the War Cabinet have come to the following conclusions. It is vital to build up the BU- thority of the King and the Brindisi administration as Government and have unity of command throughout Italy.
Despite
tonight essential go
The Italian surrender caughi their armies
in the Balkans com- pletely unawares and many trapped in dr. troops were sperate positions between local
broadcast the venge- guerilla forces and Germans. ful
There were feel it savage reprisals. In the Balkans
King should and gean, the Italian armies jost nearly 40,000
After men. the armistice of Sept. 8, not in- cluding those who portation camps.
died in de-
Critical nature of battle
Unfortunately, curiosity in a cal is usually outstanding, and they can be attracted by unusual WAS sure that King Victor noises like clicks, scratching
Emmanuel and Badoglio sounds, and the rustle of paper. would be able to do more for This device is used by cat what had now become the com- thieves who start to operate in mon cause then any Italian the big cities when the even-Government formed from the ings draw In Cat skins are exiles or opponents of the used as the basis of many furs Fascist regime. The surrender and the carcases resemble rab- of the Italian Fleet
was sulid proof of their authority. bit.....
On the other hand. there were the usual arguments
John Pomfret
stin
Badog
WA
that
the
ไ
the
It
willing to join in the com→ mon effort
must, however, be clearly
understood that none of these provisional arrangements, dic- tated by war needs, will stand in the way of the free choice the by the Italian people of form of democratic governi
mant which they prefer. The question of giving the Government an Allied status does not come into our im- mediate
Co- programine. belligerency is good enough. On this
this footing
we should work for the
gradual con- version of Italy into an effec-
Live national force against Germany, but, as we háve sald, she must work her passage. Useful service against the enemy will be recognised by us in the adjustment and the armistice working of terms. Badogllo should be free to de- clare war on Germany, and ss doing he would at once by become, though not an ally, a co-bolligerent.
Badeglie Can
I
Was
which capitulated to Great The situation
at first Britain, the United States. bewildering for our troops and the Soviet Union, will on the spot. The Italians had fight against Germany to- been their enemies for more gether with Great Britain, the than three years. By joining United States, and the Soviet the United Nations they had in Union.
the
sonce of a few weeks acquired a new status, and some of them assumed a new attitude. Requisitioning was ro
also agree with your proposal about the necessity of signing comprehensive armistice longer possible. Accommodation
terms. In regard to sour · pe-
was refused to British troops, servation that certain of these and food refused to officers terras cannot be put into force without Italian ration cards at the present
British moment, I
military currency - was understand this reservation treated with suspicion. only in the sense that these. terms cannot be realised now ing pains of the new regime in on the territory which so far Italy,
Much of this was the grow-
and
was
ts held by the Germans. In rectified by high. any case. I should like to re- ceive confirmation necessary
or
explanation
you on that point.
presently
Bust
were
authority, some Italian civilians the ready to take the fullest-ad- from vantage of the changes which
had occurred. The
President I asked the President what he and Gen. Eisenhower felt that thought of this, and sald that I a public declaration was need- considered that the longer terms ed in order to explain "co- of surrender might well be dealt belligerent status to them, and with by the Armistice Cosamis- indeed
to the world. I wel- sion which we were setting up
Macmillan now tells me that he
is confident that
ם
claration whe
signature can be obtained to the whole set of terms within OUNT
I drafted was
be told that it is in Italy. I later sent him themed this. The text of the de- no part of our plan to install following: Allied military
government Former Naval Person to Pre- approved by both the President
and Stalin. everywhere. If he will co- sident Roosevelt. operate we are ready to hand
24 Sept. 43. Sforza enters over territory to his Govern- ment as quickly as it is free
Badoglio's picture from the enemy. This offer applies to the historic main- land of Italy, Sicily, and Sor- the dinia. The dealings of United Nations with the Italian Government in terr!- tories which they are allowed to administer will be carried out through a Control Com- mission.
and
Sforza now!` entered the next few days, and that the Italien seene.
Before the longer we leave it the the Fascist revolution he had more huggling there will be. been
Foreign Minister Lime before Ambassador It may be some
In Paris. During the new Commission can give Mussolini's regime he had been on exile. He had become an .among figure
their views, and I should my- self feel happier if we clinch- cutstanding.
ed the matter now....The President replied:
microphone at Barl. tell the Italian people he is there, and that Badoglio is proclaim carrying on the legitimate it would make it much easier for Government of Haly
us all if the full instrument of President under
surrender, even though some- bis authority. This is needed
not for the Italien people, but
for the Italian representatives and garrisons abroad.
what superseded, could now be signed....
The King and Badoglic should Instructions to
be told that they must build Eisenhower
up the bro-lest-based anti-
Fascist coalition Government
possible. Any
althy ele- THIS crossed ments that can deliver some sident
Poods should be rallied in
the
from telegram
following
I
Roosevelt to Prime 25 Sept., '43.
Minister.
be
Italians in America. He hud declared himself in favour of bringing Italy into the war on
go along with your thought the side of the Alles and had about the long set of terms if in a letter which he had recent- signature can
obtained written to a high State De- quickly, and I am so advising Eisenhower,
Astonishment
the Pre- at broadcast
this crisis. These posts should I will send the following mes- sage to Gen. Eisenhower Im- be made plain in the King's
mediately upon your concur- broadcast. It would be very
rence: useful it Count Slorza and
the Professors who claim to represent the six parties were
The Suez was good news
when Dizzy
ran the show
by FRANK OWEN
0Ne
Na November morning, 1875, an enterprising journalist named Frederick Greenwood, editor of the Pali Mall Gazette, called at the Foreign Office and told them that the Khedive of Egypt was going to sell his shares in the Suez Canal to a French syndicate.
force.
All the Empire sang: "We don't want to fight, but,
by Jingo if we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money 100,
We've fought the Bear before, And while Britons shall be tr133,
The Rooshians shall not have
Constantinople."
Disraeli said: "We have to maintain the Empire and secure peace. If we are bold and de- termined, we shall do both."
The Canal had been dug "What's your security?" he in- down. six years earlier by the quired.
French engineer Ferdinand
de Lesseps, with French 'money.
The Khedive got half shares of the company. Canal operated at a loss,
!
the
"The British Government." "You shall have it."
The Russians decided to climb Disraeli mude a treaty with Turkey whereby Britain occupied Cyprus to check any further
march Muscovite
in that direction,
That is how Britain go to He further agreed on the shores of Suez. France frontier for Turkey in Asia Mas annoyed and angry. Mr Minor
which would give her The Gladstone furiously denounced a favourable defensive line and the whole affair.
the Russians should start shov- towards India vin the
de Lesseps put up the tonnage dues.
This
But the Queen was in ecstasy ing
Middle East. Then Disraeli
when she received Disraeil's
went off to Germany to meet "It is just settled: you the Russians in conference. He greally
the letter. incensed British, who owned four-fifths have it, Madam."
was suffering from chronic gout The story is told in a fascinat- and asthma, but he took every ing new Life of fabulous trick in the game at the Con-
of the seaborne traffic.
A first-class international row "Dizzy," written by Hesketh gress of Berlin,
was blowing up, with the hard- Pearson.
up Khedive (he wanted £4,000,-
000 by the end of the month) already signing an agreement
Three years later, 1878, tie Russians
Flatterer
In view of the existing situation
in Italy the earliest practl- cable action is important,
1. You will withhold long-term armistice provisions pending further instructions.
2. On the basis of military necessity, you are empower- ed to make recommendations from time to time to lighten the provisions of the military armistice in order to enable the Italians, within the limit of their capacities, to wage war against Germany.
4
THER political complications OT
occurred.
partment official expressed his willingness to work 'with Badoglio. As the situation sharpened he saw his oppor- tunity to gain the chief power in Italy, and was convinced of his right to it.
1 had
a long conversation with Count Storia on his way
Prime Minister to Mr Macmillan through London, and believed
(Algiers).
25 Bept., '43, WE had reached an agreement Astonishment was
caused here whereby he was to work loyally the King and Badoglio
at a broadcast from the Bari with radlo in the name of "the until we were in a position, King of Italy and Albania and following on the capture of Emperor of Ethiopia." I need Rome at the earliest moment, a broud-based non-
scarcely say that any repeti- to form tion of follies like that will Fascist Government. I thus
held bring our whole policy into steadily
our charted discredit here, How would course. We intended to sustain the King like to be sent back the monarchy until the libera- to his Empire in Ethiopia to tion of Italy, to bring an Italian be crowned?. . . .
Government in on our side in the struggle against Germany, On Sept. 28 Marshal Badoglio to strengthen that Government Jeft Brindisi in an Itallan
by adding representative and elements, and to cruiser bound for Malta to sign resisting the long term surrender. He associate the Russians with our
arrangements
was
received with ceremony immediate on board the battleship Nelson regard to Italian affairs;
3. On condition that it declares war on Germany, the present Goverment of Italy should be permitted, subject to the
by Gen. Eisenhower, and his provisions of paragraph
Chief of Staff, Gen. Bedell- Declaration hereunder, to carry on as the Government of Italy, and as
Smith, Lord Gort
and Gen. Alexander. After the signatures of war such should be treated as a
had been appended, Badoglio the co-belligerent in
had a short discussion with against Germany; such TE-
Gen. Elsenhower about declar lationship to be based on the clear understanding that it le
war on Germany, which t is ing not in any way to prejudice the Italian Marshal wished to
The day ended with the untrammelled right of do.
War
Д
the people of Italy to decide visit to the units of the Italian on the form of government Fleet anchored in Malta Har- they will eventually have. bour.
that no final form of govern- ment of Italy will be decided upon until the Germans are evicted from Itolian terri- tory.
4. The Allied Military Govern- ment and the appropriate functions contemplated for the Armistice Control Com- mission will be merged as promptly as practicable into an Allied Commission under the Allied Commander-in- Chief, which shall be, em- powered to furnish guidance and instructions from time to time to the Badoglio Gov- ernment on military, politi- cal, and administrative mat- ters,
were pressing down LTE returned to England brings.
H through the Balkans to Con- tig, as he fairly clalmed, to mortgage his interests to the stantinople and the Dardanelles, "Peace with Honour."
Frenchmen.
DIS
Victor
the other Eastern gate of the
a
You will encourage in all practicable ways the vigor- ous use, under your direc- tion, of the Italian armed forces against Germany.
Our
two messages did not Was that where we came in? seem to me to conflict on any
Important point, except
the
Mediterranean. The Turks pro Up to the last moment, of vided the excuse, for the cruel course, he was branded as and corrupt Government of the "warmonger." ISRAELI was Prime Minister. Porte had horrified all civilised He determined to buy those opinion by its terrible tortare Bares for Britain. "Scarcely and massaCTE of its Bulgarian Dizzy loved both Love and question of withholding the long breathing-time to do the subjects.
Power. He was devoted to terms of surrender, On this I. told Queen Victoria. "But the
his wife, who was much older deferred to the President, and this ho, who said ridiculous we agreed that his telegram things, who cherished him, and should be sent to Gen. Elsen- kept every letter he ever wrote hower as a directive from both her and every lock of his hair, of us.
#he barbered every which fortnight, -
thing must be dono,"
Forecaster
Explanation
Ten days after Mr. Green-" wood's tip to the Foralgn Office RIG Brother Russia posed as the British contract was signed the champion of these op
But how to lay haris on the pressed Christian Slavs, and Mr necessary cash? The consent Gladstone shook all Britain with of Parliament was needed, and his thunder against the U He delighted in the company to Stalin Parliament was not sitting. peakable Turk, Almost every of all women, from whom he
overlooked the Diaraeli had to overtone Russians look at what doe sald he learned much more EXPLAINED the situation thin from men, but they are and our policy to Stalin, He ...! || hander, to manage." He flattered replied as follows! * wowept the Queen outrageously but Premier stating to Premier His messenger hurried away Darnell. He desced their ad he had both a real affection to Liforiel do Hothschild's house non towards"
and an admiration for her ord told his that the Primed Bed Minister wanted & 4,000,000 by He ordered the British Fleet He end many cynical things the next day
to the Straffe, whence the undi profesed, to regand politics per Hikmetana wave hourly epicted, | shabelera trade. But he The 1 Birke, Escort placidly fertig, prepared to desipy
Sindh loyal, and Mas maraditionist, lovable,
cbstinate opposition in His own to the Poles, Cabinol. He succeeded.
Almost “everyonė
agree with your proposal con
Cerning the appeal by radio of the Italian King to the Italian poplar but I consider it mo thy bovenary that in: iba soul of the King is subula bs clearly stated that @Tinky,
in
Former Naval Person to Pre-
aldent Roosevelt. 4 Oct. 48. Now that U.J, (Uncle Joe, l.e., Stalin has come in with us about the Italian declaration It appears of the highest im portance to compel the King
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