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PREMIER SAYS FRENCH GAVE MANY SOLEMN ASSURANCES
LONDON, June 26 (BWS)--IN the course of his statement in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Winston Churchill said: “It was clear to the French Government that the British Government werd resolved to continue the way and altogether cut themselves out of any association with any enquiry about an armistice,
The má evening I was preparing to go to see M. Reynaud' and was, in fact, in the train when I received Information he had been overthrown and a new Government inder Marsha? : Petain had been formed, which Government had been formed for the prime purpose of seeking an armistice with Germany.
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ters.
ITALY'S TERMS FOR TRUCE
FRANCE MUST STOP HOSTILITIES AT HOME AND ABROAD
CABLE
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940.
RAGE
GERMAN TERMS PUBLISHED WOE BE TO ADOLF HITLER AND
FIRST TIME OFFICIALLY
LONDON, June 28 (Reater) The terms of the Franco-German
mistice were publiabed in Germany for the first time yesterday by
the official German news agency.
The "Articles are the same as those already published abroad with some exceptions.
WHAT ITALIAN TERMS. PROVIDE
his hordes WHEN THERE ARE-
MEN LIKE SODEN IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
LONDON, June 26 (Reuter)—A remarkable story of personal" dash and courage in revealed in the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Flight-Lieut. Boden who is at present reported to be missing.
Article 1 which was given briefly as: "The immediate cessation of LONDON, June 20 (Reuter-hostilities" shown to be much The terms of the Franco-Italian more specific,
Soden's flight was ordered to armistice were published in Roma
It reads: "The French Govern- ROME, June 28 (Reuter)The France at short notice, and during ment agrees to cause the cessation Italian armistice terms provide the following two days he acted last evening.
The terms of the armistice com- of hostilities against Germany in that for the duration of hostillas leader in many combats
France, in French Colonial pas-ties between Italy and Great Bri- the enemy. ..... vention are as follows."
sessions, protectorates and man-tain, maritime and military forti-: dated territories."
MUST OBEY, NAZIS. Article 3 dealing with the Ger- man rights as an occupying Power.
fed areas and naval bases in Tou- lon, Bizerta, Afacelo and Orana shall be demilitarised within 15 days.
against
He personally shot down "dve enemy aircraft, and possibly two more, while his fight destroyed a further seven. On one occasion Boden ättacked, single-handed, be destroying one of them. tween 50 and 60 enemy fightera.
In Grip Of The Enemy
"GOVERNORS
FRANCE IN
BERLIN
LONDON, June 26 (Router)--- statement similar to Mr. Winston
In these circumstances we na-there was plenty of time to do it turally did everything in our power and the terms would, hardly have to secure proper arrangements for been more severe than they were,
NO MORE FIGHTING In order to enforce the earnest. the disposition of the French feet. We reminded the new governmentness with which we held our view
Article 1.-France will ceuse- that a condition indispensible to we sent the First Lord and the hostilities in metropolitan terri- their release had not been com-First Sea Lord as well a Lord tory, in French ports in South piled with, the condition being Lloyd to establish what contacts, Africa, in the colonies and terrt- the feet should be sent to British were possible with the new Minis-tories under the French mandate.explicitly binds the French Gor of the armistice convention, Italy As guarantee of the execution France will also cease hostilities ernment to instruct immediately may demand the surrender of col- in the air and on the sea.
On another occasion while the all French authorities and pubic lective arms of infantry :
and aerodrome was being heavily, bom- ITALIANS RETAIN LINES offices in occupied territory to artillery, armoured cars, tanks, bed, soden jumped from the shel- Article 2 When the armistice obey all the orders of the German motor vehicles and horse vehicles ter trench, climbed "intó the Churchill's in the House of Corn- comes into force and for the dura Command and to co-operate with together with ammunition be nearest nighter aircraft without mons was made by Viscount Calde
them correctly." tion of the armistice, Italian
longing to units who have been knowing whether it was fully cote, Leader of the House of Lords, troops will stand on their ad-
Article 6 providing for the engaged, or have been facing, Ita-fuelled or armed, and despite the yesterday. vanced lines in all theatres of storage, under German and Italian itan forces
presence of delayed action bombs In the course of his statement, operations.
control, of French arms and mill- The French Fleet is to be con- on
the aerodrome which was Lord Caldecote emphasised that in tary equipment in the unoccupied centrated in ports, to be indicat covered in smoke, took off and at- both the occupied and unoccupied » area of France, adds: "The Gered, and demobilised and disarmed tacked a greatly superior force. regions of France, "Marshal Petaini man High Command retains the under the control of Italy and, Fight-Lient Soden is from Lon- and his colleagues are held tight....... power to order any measures ne- Germany, except such
units as don and is only 23 years of age..
in the grip of the enemy. The cessary to prevent the unauthoris- the German and Italian Govern-
real governors of France will be" ed use of this material
found in Berlin, not Parts:*:*
SOLEMN ASSURANCES GIVEN But everything was of course I think it would have made no moving into collapse at that time. difference to the negotiations for Many solemn assurances were given that the feet would never be allowed to fall into German
HEART OF FRANCE hands.
GREAT GRIEF
Continued from Pago 1
It was therefore with grief and abroad, and to be help from
amazement that I read Article 8 stripped to the bone.
terms. This "The safety of our own country of the armistice and empire is, as Mr. Church article, to which the French Gov said, 'powerfully, though not de-ernment has subscribed, says the cisively, affected by what happens French feet, excepting rart left free for safeguarding French in- to the French feet.
"We may well abstain from con-terests in the Colonial Empire. ⚫jecture on the trend of events and shall be collected in ports to be rely upon the patience and resolu-specified there to be demobilised tion which we are promised in the and disarmed under German and measures taken by our own Gov-Italian control. . ernment."
SCATTERED REMNANTS
9.
Government "did all that
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WHAT VALUE IN NAZI WORD?
LAMENTABLE COLLAPSE
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DEMILITARISED ZONE Article 3-In French metropoli- tan territory. between lines referred to in Article and a line drawn 50 kilometres
ments agree upon for safeguard- as the crow flies beyond the Ita-
Article 7, which requires the ing the French colonial territories. in lines proper shall be demill-wrench to hand over the plans of
All warships, not in French duration of the
metropolitan waters, except those tarised for the
fortifications and particulars of armistice..
mines and other defences, includes recognised as necessary to safe a provision that all such obstacles guard French colonial interests, must be removed by the French shall be brought back to metro- forces at the demand of the Ger-politan ports.
FRENCH FLEET -“ The Italian · · Government de- clares it does not intend to use.
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In Tunis, a militärised zone be- tween the present Libyan-Tunislan frontier and a Hne drawn on an attached map shall be demills thetarised for the duration of the
armistice.
ed.
mans"
it
to be demilitarised.
Single Party Favoured
JAPANESE PRESS COMMENT
newspapers,
Britain's formal relations (+ WILZS) the Government of France, he said, were now bound to be very diffie cult and were actually full of danger. In fact, they might prov actually full of danger. In fact, they might prove actually Impouc sible. save with the consent of Germany, that any such relations should exist at all.
“With sorrow I am afraid that
The Daily Mail, also commenting on Mr. Churchill's speech, writes, From this text it is clear the "What can we salvage from the French war vessels under
TOKYO, June 26 (Reuter) ruin of France? Behind us we armistice pass into German and
WILL NOT CLAIM FLEET! still have the unbreakable spirit of Italian control fully armed.
In Algeris and French Afričnu
Article 8, calling home the in the present war, units of the Active leadership in the movement
to form the the French people. The French: We note of course in the same territories south of Algeria, wilch French Fleet for demobilisation French Fleet placed under its
projected single Empire solidly affirms its loyalty article the solemn declaration or border the Libyas zona, 200 kilo and disarmament, specifies that control, and that on the conclu: powerful political party is favour-/must be recognised that the to the cause of freedom.
the German · Government that metres adjoining the Libyan fron-"the harbour to which a warship sion of peace, it does not intendably received by the Japanese French submission has, made the severance of formal relations, be- they have no intention of using tier shall be demilitarised for the to return must be determined to claim the French Fleet. "How can we organise the scat-thems for their own purposes) duration of the armistice.
As the resignation of Princetween France and Great Britain. on the basis of its home port in For the duration of the armis- Konoye has long been expected, for the time being almost in tered remnants of French power? during the war
For the duration of hostilities
tice, the Italian Government may peacetime. Mr. Churchill hopes that. the But what is the value of that?, between Italy and the British Em-
there is no sentiment or surprise, evitable. Colonial Empire may become a Ask half a dozen countries- What pire. and for the duration of the
This Article, after making "ask French ships to sweep mines All papers agree that his efforts "But I am empowered to gİTE
"French -thorities are to ren- seat of Government, pledged. in is the value of such a solemn armistice, the French Somaliland solemn declaration" that Germany der harmless, within 10 days, all will be confronted with great diffi- an assurance that if there are any Mr. Churchill's words, to fight on assurance by the German Gov-coast shall be entirely, demilitaris will not use the French Fleet for mines in maritime, and military culties before they are crowned contacts which can be maintained,
The British people have emment?
her own purposes during the war, realised instinctively that, in Mr.
with his leadership, a really power-no opportunity." Churchill's words, the "safety of excepts from the operation of such stant right to the use of the port further solemnly and expressly
Furthermore, the same Article 8 Italy shall have full and con- says: "The German Government areas and naval bases which are with success, but they hope that His Majesty's Government will loss
The French dvernment under-ful political party, with the whole- THE FRENCH FLEET
Discussing the fate of the French Britain is powerfully though not assurance and solemn declarations of Djibouti with all its equipment declares it does not intend to claim takes to prevent members of its hearted support of the entire na- decisively affected by what happens those units necessary for coast together with the French section the French Fleet on the con- armed forces and French citizens tion, will soon be brought into Fleet, Lord Caldecote said no one
con-1 to the French fleet."
would be unaware of the powerful Ababa clusion of peace,”
generally from leaving national
being. The Prime Minister was unable surveillance andmine sweeping of the Djiboutian-Addis
"Political reconstruction should ald which the Fleat could bring territory to participate in hostili- to give assurance that this power-Under this provision it would be Railway for all kinds of transport. PLANES MUST NOT TAKE OFF
not be a mere dissolution of the either to Germany, or to truch *: EVACUATION ...» ful arm would be available to aid possible for the German Govern
Article 11, after dealing with ties against Italy. and succour Britain in the coming ment to reserve ustensibly for Article 4-Zones to be demill- the disposal of French merchant
The French Government under existing political parties and a.re-Britan
"Our defences would indeed to struggle.
coast. surveillance any existing tarised shall be evacuated of shipping, demands the handing takes to prevent warships, aero-assembly of their members with units of the French feet.
French troops within ten days over in good condition on demand planes, arms, war material and the same old ideas, writes the part, depend upon the shipple waters
nad still quite Intely been, ope after cessation of hostilities, ex-of all sized German merchanting to France, or in French terri-
munitions of every kind belong- Asahi Shimbun....
DIFFERENT POSITION
Ing in the Mediterranean with the Finally the armistice can at cept for only the personnel strictly ships in French ports."
"Nor would the aim tory, or in territories controlled
of the Royal Navy. It would be more any time we volded on any pre-maintenance of the fortification aircraft to leave the ground, ands territory belonging to the British acquation
necessary for the supervision and
Article 12, which forbids French by France, from being sent to new party movement be a mere than a misfortune and cause for One of the Bordeaux Ministers text of non-observance, and the
of administrative shame if the forces so lately used said yesterday that
"Marshal terms of armistice expressly pro-and military buildings and troops of works, barracks, arms deposits
that “any aircraft taking off
in the service of the Alles were Petain has given himself to
Another paper, the Nichi Shim- to be transferred to the enemies of France," but after the German and vide for further German claims required to maintain order in the without German permission will be regarded by the German Air Force Italian occupation, how much of when peace bebe
shall be determined
All French merchant ships to bun, declares: "Japan's position France and ourselves later by the Italian Armistice as an enemy and will be treated stay in port until the German and of yesterday. In other words, hoped that the French Empire in today is quite different from that In conclusión, Lord - Caldecote France fa left?
Italian Governments permit par Japan must go further than that many parts of the world By Article 13 dealing with the tlal, or total resumption of the of the disposal of the China Affair see to the continuation ROME, Jane 26 (Reuter)-The surrender intact all military French commercial maritime act and must co-operate in building struggle." French plenipotentiaries from the and other establishments as well vitles.
He declared that the gu French cargo. boats, not in
"In this lies the necessity for initiative and skill of "ön? BENIN -A statement issued by a group Lerect matto is anything about Capted all the Itallan, terms ang bled ares, the French Govern-French ports, or in ports under remoulding the political structure In the Middle East, has establime
NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuter The House wire naturally not Bordeaux Government have ac. as communications in the occu-
ment undertakes, to ensure that French control at the time of the "skilled labour, rolling stock and armistice, shall be recalled to such of this country," the paper asserts, in that part of the field, a do- other means of transport are ports or directed to neutral ports. visages dificulties ahead but hopes and ally of Germany,
The Rokumin Shimbun en- finite supremacy over the lackwy available in the amount necessary Italian cargo boats with car that Prince Kanoys will attack the to the normal needs of peace." goes, as well as Italian merchant problem with a clear understand four-inch gun in subduing
***The feat of the trawler with s Article 17 lays down that sup-dise, or merchandise destined for ing. Of the rising power of the Italian rubmarine may be regard-
Italy, seized from non-Italian plies in the occupied territory can be used only in agreement with ships, will be restored. the German Government which No acroplanes may leave French LONDON, June 28 Reuter)An “undertaker to take into consi- territory, or territory, under Italian communique states there deration the vital needs of the All airports, with their equip
French control, was nothing to report on the home population of the unoccupied ter-ment, will be placed under Ita- trans or in North Africa.
ritory." Alba
was possible" to secure it. ̃ ̄ Bat Marshal Petain had signed
it away to ltler.
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France comes
ĭ Such are the
IN NO POSITION TO GOVERN
this lamentable
able collapse of w much fuller account will given by history.
interior as
Commission:
ALL TERMS ACCEPTED
of influential French citizens here states "we consider the present the fature Thedituation at the bave made no counter-proposals.
French Government, having to present time is so uncertain and deliberate in territory occupied or obscure it would be contrary to
controlled by the enemy, no longer the public int to attempt to
in a position to represent and pronounce mapalaya safeguard, the permanent Interests suf France.
Holding out the expectation öf
a further statement next week, "We wish to express our grati- Mr. Churchill concluded: "In the tude to the British Government meantime I hope the House will
for inviting the French people, re- continue to extend their full con- maining in tree lands to continue fidence to the Government and the fight to ultimate victory, and will believe that neither patience for re-affirming the promise to re-nor resolution will be lacking establish France in full possession measures they may take for the uf her rights and territories" safety of the Empire."
ITALIAN CLAIMS
In East Africa there were unsuc“ cessful British attempts to bomb Asmara and Diredawa. Two enemy aeroplanes were shot down."
An attempt to raid Naples was
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as such"
HAND OVER ALL GERMANS Article 19 requires the release
requires not only of German, war prisoners but of civilians detained for acts
SEVERAL PEOPLE GOT UP repulsed by our fighters and the in favour of the German Reich
AND CURSED HITLER
AM
|anti-aircraft defences
This Article-adds that the French Government must hand over all German, named by the German Government who are residing” in France and in the French Colo- nies, protectorates and mandated territories..
Empire, or to other foreign states. Power."
STAY IN PORT
Han, or German, control,
SPAIN AND TANGIER NEUTRALITY
DECLARATION ACCEPTED IN LONDON
LONDON, June 26 - (Router) — basement of the large apartment.
QUIET ON A description of how most of Lon- building, which was heavily rein-
FRONTS don took its first air raidalarm | forced with timber The walls were since the beginning of the war painted white and the timber was broadcast yesterday by Bryan bright red, the effect being cheer NAIROBI, June 26 (Reuter)- The French Government under-
lasbed 2 - yesterday takes to prevent the removal of LONDON," "Juma, 28- £Reuter)----- Meredith, Canadian observer to ful and reassuring our communique
German "the BBCL-
People sat down on the benches states
military and civilian Services in Tangler and the ad- "All" "quiet" on all fronts, A prisoner, from France to French ministration are reported to be Several people got up last night and found it rather like being in and cursed Hitler. I was one of a bus wondering when it was patrol of 12 armed tribesmen at possessions or abroad, functioning normally, declared Mr. them, he began. Everyone was going to start. They were not tacked the advanced British post The complete lists will be sus Butler, Under Secretary for curious to know how they would very talkative, except for one man in the Turkana sector, west of mitted of all prisoners who have Foreign Affairs, in the Hapse of react. The sirens warbled in the who decided he was the wag of Lake Rudolf The attack was re- already been taken outside France Commons, in replying to a ques- distance, and then came closer the party. Most of them began pulsed with no British casualties as well as German War prisoner Asked the Government was }
and closer until they were all to doze off until the shelter look Bround them. They were not as ea like a fallway station waiting penetrating as was expected and room, por
RUMOURS DENIED BUCHAREST, June 28 (Reuter)
An oficial denial is sued by
this was the first comforting They heard no bombs or anti- traction there was nothing in aircraft are, although some planes it. I am not a bit upset ar passed overhead.
Tumbling around in the dark- Then after a couple of hours, the Rader agency of rumours cur- ness, he said, he got some clothes the sirens blew the all-clear.
rent abroad the
that together and trailed acrossthe They all got up and trooped
between street. On the edge of the side back across the street to bed, walk was a faintly illuminated except for one Canadian observ sign bearing the letter "B" on the who mounted his bicycle "building" „behind the local ZARI Deddled dow the street under
CHEERFUL AND REASSURING
He went downstairs into the
the microphone
nothing
tion
who are sick or wounded and are alive to the grave responsibility in fucapable of being transported.
trusting a country which was non- belligerent and harboured, at the same time, so many of the enemy, Mr Butler said,
Transmitters Went we have been notified by the
All Quiet
and NEW YORK, June 28 (Renter
Epanish Government that they in- tend to respect the netrality of Tangier
the The Radio Corporation of America Mr. E. Shinwall (Labour)^ Can
to be
wireless
the Spanish Government
Majesty's Coy, accepted the hon
lon, of the Spanishy
a new world order.
nation
streerut Mauled as typical of that supremsen.
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