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Will Be Smashed Against
French Resistance"
PARIS, Jane T (Reuter)-Vithin the läst "fortnight. I have addressed you twice and each time I have had to announce bad news," said M. Paul Reynaud in a broadcast tonight
"Today in an hour which remains trave. I am golog to rive. reasons for hope-not words but facks.
"Germany has launched herself against us with her usual brutality by three separate thrants,
MORE NAZI HORRORS
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SURVIVORS SĤOT AT IN WATER LONDON, June 7 (BWS)--Details of the Nazi, machine-gunning of men, women and chudren. who' were struggling in the water, were told today by one of the very few survivora of the 689-tori Abukir which was sunk, by u tor- pedo about an hour-and-a-half. "This morning. I received Ad- This dream of German nege after leaving Ostend on May 27... miral Abrial, the defender of mony will be smashed against
The ship left the port with about Dunkirk
French resistance because the 200 passer.gers, including a large "In these men who have won France which is standing up today number of refugees, of whom" 10 the admiration of the entire world, against Hitler is not the France to 50 were women, and some chll- France belleves.
of the period between the two dern "Last Monday, Hitler organised | wars.
While in Ostend the ship has been sublected to continual benib ing but had not been hit and these
A spectacular rald on the capital. " is another France, Just as
NOT DISTURBED
the Britain, which 13 fighting
"Did all this disturb Paris? No"/ Hitler, is not the Britain of the attacks. continued until she was
not for a second.
We know now that what ap- peared to be a colossal raid was nothing to the soul or raris.
"This rald; as you know, did not remain without reply.
"On Tuesday night, successive waves of British bombers attacked factories in the Rubr district.
Bombs" were dropped on Dort-
Frankfurt, mund,
Duesseldorf, Cologne and Essen.
"Each raid on a French town will be answered in the same manner
n future.
"The "third German enterprise, and the most decisive one, is the vine We witness to-usy.
last 20 years.
"Our first duty is to realise nur own faults in the successive Gov- ernments and in public spirit,
"Democracy has for a long time been lacking in foresight and
audacity.
FRANCE IS CALM "France is calm and proud her. Ally,
mans,
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some way out to sea when they suddenly ceased.
BROKE IN TWO
4 U-boat fred two torpedues one of which hit the Adukir amicships.
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Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G., from H.E. | U. §. A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila (San Fran- Senor A Tamagnini.de S. Bar- bosa, Governor of Macao.
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"For some time before the thun- derclap of new connicts, the Al- lies had, with all other countries. a vital interest in common-to guns started firing at the helpless prevent the hegemony of the Ger- people struggling in the water
A few of these managed to "Let the spectators of the drama cling to a large piece of wreckage of the battle for France under-among them a French and Belgian stand. and understand quickly.girl. This handful constituted the It is a battle for France. It is that the danger is immense. As for sole survivors. They were picked up by a British destroyer about six an attack in a grand style prered-5. more than ever we have conf
fidence in our arms."..
hours later. ed by a proclamation by Hitler to his troops,
"WORDS WIKICH CHEER” LONDON, June (Reuter)-- Commenting од M Reynand's broadcast. the Daily Herald says,
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THE BATTLE
All the world watches breath lessly the development at this battle because the battle of June 1940 will decide its rate, as Hiter bas sald, perhaps for centuries.
"The new world announced by Hitler In his proclamation may begin perhana by trickery, but sonn enough will follow the orders of bullying. smacks in the faces of workers, and moral and physical destruction of the elite: It would
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"M. Reynaud speaks words which cerved by His Excellency the Off! | U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai cheer the French nation. They cer Administering the "Government, Francisco date, 21st May),
Your Excellency.
cheer us too. His message is that | General Weygand is satisfied with the manner and course of the new battle. This good news will not
I have the honour give rise to exaggerated optimism.
of either in France or Britain. Both acknowledge receipt nations had more synthetic com- communication of May 31, trans-Japan, Shanghai and Formosa fort than they can stomach in the mitting the greetings and good opening months of the war.
wishes of Hongkong on the occa slon of the Portuguese Centenary Celebrations.
"But Gen, Weygand is known to be a realist. He would not express
be the Middle Ages ag in which satisfaction he does not truly feel would not be illuminated by the Therefore, we are entitled to share mercy of Christ.
This satisfaction.
FOR ALLIES
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Pope Prepares DIVE BOMBERS festivities.
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BLACK-OUT VATICAN CITY, June 7 (Reuter) Apartments are being prepared at the palace Santa Marta for the French Ambassador" and British Minister in conformity with the Popes decision to offer hospitality to representatives at the Holy Sce of nations with whom Italy might eventually be at war,
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Art century Tower of Pope Nicholas V. near St. Peter's has been cleared of its contents so that it can be used as an air raid shelter.
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S'hai Contingent For British Services
SHANGHAI, June 7 (Reuter) Following popular demand among the Britons here for raising. Shanghai contingent for
services, the first move in this direction was announced today.
This was the formation of the United Services Association for the
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuter) -The Navy Department has an- nounced that 50 naval planes are being "traded in" to the Curtiss Company who will be free to sell
them to the Alles.
The planes are reported to be the most efficient dive bombers.
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Mr. Herbert Lehman, the Gov- ernor of New York State who was received at the White House on aircraft and other equipment he Thursday, told pressmen that he considered could be spared, with- recommended President Roosevelt out prejudicine the defence of the to furnish the Allies with all the United States.
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LONDON, June 7 (Reuter)-A brief talk on the Netherlands Navy was broadcast yesterday by Mr. Sloos, a Dutch Journalist. who has just visited the Dutch home fleet as it lay at anchor at a naval base "somewhere in England."
His listeners, he said, could imagine the feelings of the Dutchman, completely cut off from his mother country which was now under the heel of an invader, to see the Dutch red, white and blue flattering from the masts of Dutch men-of-war. Ele was deeply moved and he felt very proud.
There they lay at anchor, a Tew At the base itself the crews battle-scarred but that only were working night and day to seemed to make them look more make their ships ready for action. defiant than anything else. He No urging was needed, for all the were eager to went on board some of the larger officers and men ships and it was curious in a Bri-meet the enemy for a second time. tish naval base to hear Duten Their spirit was like that of the British bugle calls and Dutch commands men of the BEF, who have re- being shouted. Then in British turned from Flanders-we have home waters to hear the proud not finished with the Germans yet ringing cry of "long live-queen by no means. Wilhelmina.":
The name of Tromp lives not registering of British subjects deed the Dutch home feet he was time history and his British la-
When he said that he had visit only in the annals of Dutch mari siring to join the services but pre-actually exaggerating, he went on. teners would also know the re- vented from doing so by the high A great part of the home squad-patation of the Dutch Navy and cost of passages to England. “
ron had left harbour some time of the man who hoisted the broom Yesterday, an official announce ago and these ships were now in acto his mast as a sign that he had ment stated that there was no ob-tlon at the side of the British and swept the enemy from the sea. jection to funds being raised for French Navies, British and French the payment of passages though naval officers told him that the further instructions are to be Dutch ships were doing very well awaited before the men are actual- and taking their tull share of the ∙ly sent.
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Cantor There was no admiral named Tromp at present in the Dutch Nayy but there are many who were descendants of those 17th century' For obvious reasons he could Dutch sailors. They also have The Navy Cup American Polo not indicate how many Dutch (ships named after their Naval tournament, which was to have warships were now ighting with heroes. These were now added to been played yesterday at the H, K. the Allied Navles but he could say the Allied Navy, be concluded. Polo Club, was again postponed that their number was considerable They will be additional twigs to owing to the wet state of the and that there were several fin- the broom with which our enemy
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