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With a view to co-codinating the efforts and activitie^ug" alt Frenchmen in the Far East, who wish to work for the sapport. *Free Francs," General de Gaulle appointed a représentative in the person of M. Guy Quoniam de Schompre, who is now t Singapore
He la working in the closest co-operation with the local Free, French Comunitiom already established in Malaya, and will also make personal contact at an, sarly date with Free French Com- mittees elsewhere in the Far East.
Interviewed by the Malaya Til-which would seem very close to bune in Singapore M, da Schom-treason.
Overtaking Nazi Production
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1940.
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 31 DECEMBER, 1940, $30 x
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
Mr.. brdest Bevin Minister of On Wednesday, the lat January 1941, the General Fost Office and Labour, speaking at Bristol wald Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 9 am to 10 am. we must not stop to ask "wast Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 am, to 9 am and can I get out of it?") but was the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.
can I put as my contribution There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sun- to secure titimate victory days and one delivery of registered & o linary correspondence at 10
We had to overtake and pans. within the next months the There will also be one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed. "
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
pre said: "I am not here to play "We must not let our country do politics but to get all the goodwill it now-in a blindness due to des- prodesset of ear engades There&m, from the Branch Post Office at Stanley, Taipa and Un Long. I can and and all Frenchmen who pair and discouragement. That was no time to... think of mere want to help free France from the is what we must try and convince wealth, privilege, place or party. German boot and the Italian boot, our fellow countrymen who are the best from every citizen was
"I will never believe that there not yet for the Free French More Deeded. are Frenchmen of any opinibak or [ment. position who are catifed witik Sina plight of their country. They are all for butting the only enemy. mean the Germans, out of France: but they do not all agree on the ways of doing t
The srester energy we anoWe "That is why General shorten the war and for every now the more likely were we to Gaalla has sent me back here -- to co-ordinate the Free French. Movement, so as to solte all Frenchmen together to fight: not against each other, but against the Axis powers who'
talog we want to live for, free-
right between nations. dant pesce and equity of
Some want like ourselves, to Join Gen de Gaulle and our Bedare trying to destroy every- tish allles, and fight for our free- comil but others believe that if they stay at home and listen to the Government, which is entirely in the hands of the Germana, they also are halping France, out, be Cause the Germans will impose less sufferings on, our country.
DOING DUTY
They also are doing their duty because one's duty is what one be- Heves to be the right thing to do, so why should we fight them and hate them?
"May I add that I have in no
aya diplomatic or a Consulata statusuna
dare shortened it the nation dad mutions of money and would have that to begin the great tast of reconstraCRIDAR,
INWARD MAILS
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Calcutta, Suraits and Airmall by "Eritish Over: kens Airways Service" by sea from Singapore ...
This mast secure that we should not return to the horrors of un tale Mall by "British Overseas Airways Service* employment and that every siumxcept London Sen from Singapore, and the miseries of poverty were anton
relegated to the limbo of Jaya and Manila, past.
Australia and Manllà.....
The basis of the Nazis' New Australia and Manila. Order in Europe was that their “Mall_by "Pag-American Airways Birock Ser-
vice San Francisco dada, 27th December wie
The Free French Movement is Germans were the superior « Tace
Due
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3rd
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3rd Jan. 4th Jan
8th Jan.
8th Jan.
USA. Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai. (Зал тап-
9th Jan.
J1th Jan.
18th Jan.
19th Jan,
not a Government, it is a legion But British Labour would not be, and Manila (San Francisco date, 14th De of all the French who have not a well-fed plg with no intelligence cember....... and will never admit defeat and at the cost of tribute from milCalcutta and Straits, who will fight under the saine lions of others. motto as all our other Allles have,
... cima date, 19th December) GERMANY'S LESSON=" Independence or Death. MEN
Rabaul and Manila. ............... "What we are against is not United-kingdom and straits. "For the moment I have the merely Hitler or Goering," said United-kingdom and straits The Committees of the Free great honour of representing this Mr. Bevin. I am satisfied that if French Movement have not, and legion here. I will do all in my there had been no Hitler the Ger- will not fight the other French-power to help achieve the only re-mans would have invented an salt it has been created for the
jautomaton for the purpose "of Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier than
men
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They shall keep their aghtma victory of our Allies and the com- power and their courage for that plete destruction of brutality in raising this spirit of aggressiori the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mals are enemy, but they will try and con- the world.”........
with the object of Bellaving their adverted to close at or before am registered and parcel malis vince them that they do not sce
end by war and plunder. Europe are closed at 5 pan, on the previous day. When mails are adver- clearly where their duty lies,
and the world can never have tised to close after 5 pm, Registered and Parcel malls are closed M. de Bchompre said that up to peace until Germany has learned at 5 p. now he had been exceedingly finally that her philosophy of pleased to see how Free French gangsterism cannot micceed. *** Committees had been organised in Malaya
"France can only be anved if Great Britain wins. France has to help to win the victory: it is her only way to get back her prestige and her honour. and not to have the undigni- fed feeling that she will only receive what the others want to give her.
definitely active, and the organiser The Singapore Committee was
was going to give it a big push in the near future..
In a broadcast, Mr. Bevin spoke
I must say for more." and sald that, like Oliver Twist of his appeals for more-production
He praised the workers do, under great stress and often M Bray, he added, was most danger, were sturdily keeping their "She must be able to talk on an devoted to the cause, and was do-shoulder to the wheel. equal footing with Britain, Poland, ingall he could to help. He had Greece and Czechoslovakia, and organised the Singapore Commit- for that she must do her own tee on a basis, which would help added to keeping up a steady Aghting.
the French community in Sings-organisation that would provide a pore and also, the de Gaulle move good flow, so that men might he ment in France
enabled to get on with prödürsion
France has also pledged her word; she cannot forfeit it. A
"She has never done it in the past, and she has always managed to come out on top because she never committed a dishonest deed,
SEAMEN FINED FOR ASSAULT
Convicted on two
I have been extremely touched to how the local Governmice showing sym Bathy toprenchmen who have "sacrifioneverything for France--it is very com- forting when we who are abandoned everybody, to feel that to British are treat Angus in the same as they treated us
tour of the
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Mr. Ernest Brown, Becretary for e Scotland, speaking at - Newhaven-! on-Forth, said "that Hitler had alt Mall by Sex to Bingapore to connect, found this island too tough: Never had London-been more worthy to be called the "capital city than during the past seven weeks it unexampled trials.
AUSSIE PRESS BUREAU
Movement in The Australian Government has
M. de Segare, whose Far Eastern heters will be charges of Singapore, wil ongoing early. In having used force to two Indian the New Yeon policemen
of the Naval Base Far East - (Singapore) police force, two. aea. The Fres men, C. Rotigen 33, and Hopden Far East Hejde, 33, were fined $50, or Ligotng to default two weeks' rigorous in
Stronger, bec prisonment by Mr. Cheál Boon
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in Singapore!
Two other seamen, M.OWI added, "I liamse, 35, and P, de Maalpyt, ever, and that 20, who also stood the jai people want on charges of using force to the Up-country two Indian policemen were ac and Ipoh, the quitted,
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the constable, and also General
La Cal Kundan Singh
to the constable's: as.
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LORD WILLINGDON SATISFIED
BANTIAGO - (Chile), Dec 30 (Reuter)Lord Wilingdon, leader. of the British Trade Mission which, arrived here yesterday, said that he was satisfied with the remilts
of the visits to Brazil, Argentine
and Uruguay and believed that the Chile visit would prove suc cessful
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