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Avowed Task Of Britain To Smash Hitler: Picture Of Europe Under Nazi Yoke
LONDON, OCT. 22. (BRITISH WIRELESS)-THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, SPOKE IN FRENCH LAST NIGHT, WHEN HE MADE A BROAD- CAST SPEECH TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE WHICH WAS AFTERWARDS REPEATED IN ENGLISH,
Mr. Churchill said: "For more than 30 years, in peace and war, I have marched with you and I am marching still along the same road. Tonight I speak to you at your firesides wherever, you may be or whatever your fortunes are. I repeat, the prayer around Louis d'Or, 'Dieu protege ́la France,"
"Here at home in England, under the fire of the Boche, we do not forget the ties "and links that unite us and France and we are persevering steadfastly and in good heart in the cause of European freedom and fair dealing for the common people of all countries for which, with you, we drew the sword.
"When good people get into who are so boastful today were trouble because they are at-three to one at Jena and six to one tacked and heavily smitted at Montmirall.
by the" vile. and wicked they must be very careful not to get loggerheads with one an- other: The common
HITLER'S THREAT.
enemy
"Never will I believe the soul of, France is dead or her place among the greatest nations of the world has been lost for eyer.
CABLE
APPEAL ALL SEA ROUTES OPEN
STRONGER THAN CALL TO ARMS
Mr. Churchill's broadcast has not yet been released to the French people by the Vichy. Government according to a Daventry news bul letin last night.
The New York Herald-Tribune": states that Mr. Churchill struck a note of confidence, which was stronger than his earlier call to
arins...
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TO BRITISH SHIPS
LONDON, Oct, 22 (Reuter)—Four months of Italian effort have made it clear to our friends, to neutrals and to the enemy. that command of Mediterranean waters, western, central and eastern, is held by our squadrons, déclared the London Daily Telegraph in an editorial yesterday.
The paper adds that Mr. Chur- chill made the right reply to the Italian bid for a share in Char- many's ungained victory when he
the full our control of the middle announced we should maintain to
tive strength of our fleet there. sea and almost doubled the effec
Sir Andrew Cunningham has BRITAIN CHOOSES HARD WAY swept the waters again and again LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter)-In triumph and his gallant cruiser
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LEAVE
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The evacuees of tour women and child families of the Stan- dard Oil Company employees, had
a leader, entitled Britain chooses captains have made the most of booked passages to Shanghai on the hard way," the Sino-American every opportunity. CHINA PRESS today compares The advantage which Mussolini the reopening of the Burma Road,counted upon from the betrayal Franco-Japanese agreement of Britain by the Men of Vichy is of Indo-China, undefended Parts proving. Inadequate to make good į and blitzkrieged London.
the inferiority of his fleet.
the
"In the reopening of the Burma Road. Britons have shown they are big enough to admit a mis- take and then correct it and they are not afraid to face the conse- quences though in a war of un- precedented magnitude.
The French saved. Paris, but lost something else. The British could have saved Lon- don 'from the German bom- bers, but they didnt. They may have to sacrifice the world's greatest city, but they have saved the self-respect, honour and national soul "Milton's statue could have been prevented from crashing into the Street at Saint Giles Church, Cripplegate, but what good will" it
if the freedom for which Mil- ton struggled was blotted out? The British are staking every- thing. In the future and have chosen to make bomb fodder
ranks
the transport due to leave here two days ago. The sailing, how- ever, was cancelled at the last minute and it is learned that the vessel is to be used for the move- ment of troops.
It will be seen that the supre- ! It is thought here that the sud- macy which Admiral Cunningham's den change in the transport's squadrons maintain among the achievements of
high sailing schedule has been caused
British Navy,
the
by operations against large Chi- nese forces operating in Anhwei and Klongsi along the Yangtse river.
The
NAVY'S ENDLESS WATUI
The London Telegraph con.
Americans with several cludes that the future will bring
other foreign travellers concerned vicissitudes put what has been done already assures us that the have not been able to obtain de- Navy will hold for us an Epirenite assurances as to the date of none can take, the realm of circl-their departure.. The Japanese authorities say that the next boạt +ng sea.".
available "may "leave in
A time."
The Times also devoted a lengthy leader to the "Navy's endless
watch," stating:
.
week's
TIENTSIN AREA TIENTSIN, Oct 22 (Reuter Only about 90 Americans in the Tientsin area have indicated their wish to evacuate within the next few months, it is learned
from official American sources..
Altogether there are about' 700.
in the Tientsih 'area.
WASHINGTON PARLEY WASHINGTON, Oct. 22
(Reu-
"Shrouded in ocean mista and the necessary darkness of" strategic security, the Navy is always trying to bring this "All these schemes and crimes
keeps its ceaseless watch and about and of course in bad of Hitler are bringing upon him
holds its inflexible grip upon the lifelines of the enemy. * luck a lot of things can hap- and upon all who belong to his which play into the system a retribution which many . pen
"All the seaways in the world, enemy's hands. We must
of us will live to see. The story monuments of the past hoping except the Baltic, are open tonited States nationals residing is not yet Anished but it will not und belleving make the best of things as be so long.
that those very British commerce ang closed to ruins will be recognised. as a. the commerce of the enemy; and they come along.
monument to their courage and that much HOPE AND FAITH
vaunted plan for in- integrity."
vasion of the British Isles haster)-President Roosevelt and Mr. "We are on his track and so are our
been again and again postponed Cordell Hull separately conversed friends across the Atlantic Ocean, and your friends across the King Zahirshan granted an au- tempted without disaster) because Minister to Washington, on Aus- PESHAWAR, Oct. 22 (Reuter)—|(and certainly how cannot be at-with Mr. R. G. Casey, Australian Atlantic Ocean If he cannot dience to Suleman Bey, the new the 20 miles destroy us we will surely destroy Egyptian Minister in Kabul, who tended by the British Navy con- in the Far East.
water detralian reactions to developments of blue water da him and all his gang and all their later called on the are work
Afghanistan stitute a barrier far more. Therefore, have hope and Prime Minister and the Minister of pregnable In-faith for all will come, right.
than the Maginot War. .. "Now what is it that we Bri- tish ask of you? What we ask at this moment -in our strug- gle to win the victory which we will share with you is...that if you cannot help us at least you will not hinder us..
Here in London, which Hitler says he will reduce to ashes and which his aeroplanes are To bombarding, our people are bear- ing up well. Our air force more than holds its own and we waiting for the long promised vaston-so are the fishes.
"But, of course, this is only the beginning: Now. in 1940, despite occasional losses, we have as ever the command of the seas. In 1941 we shall have commute or the "at. I Remember what this means.
"Herr Hitler, with his tanks and other mechanical weapons and weight the arm that strikes, for also by fifth column intrigue with you and you ought to do so. traltors, has managed to subjugate leven
now we trust - Frenchmèn, ! for the time being most of the wherever they may be, will feel finest races in Europe and his 11t-their hearts warm and proud
| Lane*.
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U.S. DOES NOT INTEND
TO APPEASE DICTATORS
GEN, WU TE-CHEN
IN BATAVIA CHUNGKING. Oct, 21 (Central) -“China and the Netherlands East-Indies should closely co- perate to build up the foundation of Oriental prosperity," declared General Wu Te-chen, Minister of
"At present you will be able to AMERICAN IRE ROUSED BY KONOYE Overseas Affairs, in a press Inter-
But
tle Italian "accomplice is trotting blood tingle in their veins when along hopefully and nungarily, but we have some success in the air rather wearly, and very t'midly. 'or on the sea and presently-or at his side.
that will come upon land.
GERMAN YOKE
"Both wish to carve up France
CLEANSING EUROPE
《
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (Reuter)-MR. WILLIAM C. BULLITT, former U.S. Ambassador to France, who always has a "presidential ear" unquestionably spoke with some authority in Chicago last night when he said that the United States does not intend to appease dictators, Reuter learns from well-informed quarters.
His reference to Japan leaves no room for suggestion
view at Batavia upon his arrival there on October 18...
"Closer cultural and commercial relations." General Wu said, should particularly be developed for the benefit of the two coun- tries:
CHANGES IN CHINA "China is changing "inte
..
GEN. ANTONESC modern nation amidst trials and
FOR ROME
tribulations. Natural resources in her vast interior are being ex- plóited. A firm economic rounda He ignored mollifying remarks ROME, Oct. 22 Reuter-Gen. tion has been built in the North- of the Japanese Foreign Minister. Antonescu, Rumanian Premier, is west and Southwest.” Mr. Matsuoka, after American Ire going to Rome shortly at the in- General Wu predicted that had been aroused and underlined vitation of Mussolin says a Buch- China's foreign trade would” in- by Premier Konoye's threat of war arest despatch to the emicial Ita-crease by leaps and bounds after with the United States which Han News Agency.
originally got up America's dander.
and her Empire as if it were a Remember we shall never cease, of any appeasement Japan fowl to one a leg and to another never weary and never give in and can expect from the United awing or again & part of the that our whole people and Empire
States. breast. Not only the French Emi-, have avowed themselves to the pire will be devoured by these two task of cleansing Europe from Nazi pestilence and saving the ugly customers but Alsace Lorraine will go once again under the Ger-world from a new are age. map yoke, and Nice. Savoy, Corsica “Do not. Imagine," "as the --Napoleon's Corsica-will be torn
controlled German -
wireless from the fair realm of France.
tells you, that we English seek ""But Herr Hitler is not thinking to take your ships, and only of stealing other people's tex-
colonies. We seek to beat the ritories or flinging gobbets of them
life and son) off Hitler and to his little confederate, I tell
Hitlerism-that alone, that all you truly what you must believe.
the time and that to the end. "This evil man,
We do not covet anything this mon- strous abortion of hatred and
from any nation except their defeat, is resolved on nothing.
respect. less than the complete wiping out of the French nation and the disintegration of its whole Jife and future, “.
SAVAGE MEANS
..
"By all kinds of sly and savage means he is plotting and working to quench for ever the foundation of the characteristic French cul†
JJ
This is taken us a clear indica- tion that the Administration re-
fuses to be put off by "explana- ITALIAN
tion" and prefers to accept, as tiearer the truth of Japanese policy, Prince Konoye's remark that ""should America refuse to understand the real intentions of Japan, Germany and Italy, there would be no other course open to them than go to war."
». "Some Frenchmen who are in the French Empire and those who are in the so-called unoccupied France may see their way, from
If this correctly interprets the time to time to useful action. Administration's attitude, then it will not go into details for hostile can be expected that Japan will ears are listening,
not get all the oil she wants from the Netherlands East Indies:
HUN OPPRESSION "As for those to whom English"
"ture and French inspiration to the hearts go out in full flood because
world.
they see them under the sharp "All Europe, if Hitler has his discipline and oppression of - the way will be reduced to one uni- Hun, to them I say, when they form Bocheland, to be exploited, think of the future, to let them pillaged and bullied by his Naz remember the words which that gangstera,
great-Frenchman, Gambetta, uf- "You will excuse my speaking 'tered after 1870 about the future frankly because this is not the "Penons y toujours: nen parlons time to mince words, it is not the Jamals penons y tourjours. Nen defeat-of-France, now to be made parlons jamais.”-nor to suffer. at German hands, but the doom of complete obliteration. The army, navy, air force, religion. laws,TM, language. culture, institu- tions, literature, history and, trádi- tion, all are to be effaced by the brute strength of a triumphant army and the science low cum- ning of a ruthless police force.
"
63,265 Tons Of Mercantile Losses
the war.
COMMUNIQUE
TELLS OF RED SEA ENGAGEMENT
ROME OCT. 22 (REUTER)-A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE RED SEA ON MONDAY NIGHT is reported in an Italian "High Command communique which states that Italian torpedo-boats made contact with a very large convoy escorted by cruisers and destroyers and claims that six British ships were sunk and others damaged and a British cruiser," repeatedly · hit by shore batteries, had to be assisted, by other warships.
It says that
Britain's
Agricultural
Position
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The communique admits that one Italian torpedo-boat was! seriously damaged and claims? that the Italian air force bombed Fuka, Maaten and Bagush, bar- racks at Metsa Matruh and the Eldaba aerodromes at Hamman. west of Alexandria and Helouan. LONDON, Oct. 22 (British Wire-south of Cairo and the naval base | less)--Mercantile losses by enemy at Alexandria. action were announced today and
LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter)—A"
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22 (Ren- are somewhat higher--again,
positive results
ere review of Britain's agricultural
Verwhe Assistant Becretary for though not much in excess of the were secured during the action on position now that the cereal year
Navy, Mr. Lewis Compton, claimed average for the whole of the past all these objectives and also claims is completed, shows that despite
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Router)-The that the new turbine equipment of year and only about half of the that an Italian patrol put to a bad winter and severe summer Japanese Uner, Durban Maru, has United States warships gave them flight British motorised forces drought, total home production of bear allowed to proceed to New a superiority over other navies in The figures relate to the week near Libya in Kenya and Italian foodstuffs have materially increas York from Europe after being of cruising rangs, speed and economy. ended midnight Oct. 13. Seven aircraft bombed the port of Aden,
dered to discharge 1,600 tons of vessels totalling 32.370 tons gross armoured cara near Loktand, The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. cargo at Bermuda, says a message were lost,
Kenya fortifications and the aero-R S. Hudson, in the House of to the Domel Agency. The cargo Three Allied and three neutral drome at Garissa,
Commons, explained that cereals, had been designated as contraband Thus will shine the dawn. Vive vesteia, totalling 17,537 tons and It admits that British aircraft especially pats, and feeding stuffs by British authorities. "la France. Long live the forward 13,358 tons, respectively, were also attacked Alscia, Gura, Decamere for cattle accounted for the bulk "Frenchmen, rear your spirits march of the common people in lost, a grand total of 43,263 tons, and Massawa "without conse or increased production, « before it is too late. Remember all lands towards their just and compared with 122,041 tons which quence" and also attacked Kas- The number of cattle increased how Napoleon said before one of true inheritance.
the enemy claimed to have sunk sala and Asmara, where some and there were considerably in In this period.
were wounded.
creased reserves of meat on hoof.
WORDS OF NAPOLEON
"Goodnight then. Sleep to gather strength for the morn- ing-for morning, will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true; kindly on all was ander to the onse
glorious upon the tombs of feroes.
́h's battles, "These same Prussians "Vera les temps meilleurs”.
German claims.
CAIRO, Oct 22 (BW8) The British GHQ. stated yesterday "Quiet on all fronts.”
LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuter) The Royal Air Force last night attacked German naval bases in Germany and one naval base in German-occupied territory, state an Air Ministry announcement
Other objectives attacked in- cluded an important of target fa Central Germany,