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HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH
June 4, 1940.
MAN WHO
DROVE
THE DUKE
VICTORY IS
Is Now Driving CERTAIN
Him Again
For
Encouraging Speech By Duff-Cooper LONDON, June 8 (Reuter).--- GEORGE LADBROOK, THE DUKE OF WIND-Mr. A. Dutt-Cooper Minister of SOR'S CHAUFFEUR, WHO WORKED FOR 28. 6d. A Information, is at present, in Paris whore he has gone in order WEEK AS A DOORMAN WHEN HE LEFT THE to hold discussion with the DUKE'S SERVICE AFTER THE ABDICATION, IS French Minister of Information. BACK AT WORK FOR HIS ROYAL MASTER.
Mrs. G. Ladbrook said to press representatives; "It was supposed to be a secret that my husband was back with the Duke again-but I can't see there is any harm in telling you now. He has been with the Duke for seven months.
"When the Duke came to England just after war was declared he sent for my husband.
"We were not surprised, because my husband always believed that he would drive for the Duke again.
Hard Work
"When he left the Duke's service things were difficult for He thought it would be easy to get a job. He had about the best references anyone could have.
him.
In a broadcast from Paris to-day. Mr. Duff-Cooper and the people of Paris knew that the most powerful army in the world was Armly based deliver a mighty blow directed to on French 5011 and was preparing to the very heart of France.
In these circumstances, he continu- ed, was impresalve to see how the men and women of Paris were going about their business, not perhaps with all their usual gaiety but, at least, with their usual energy and
calm.
Fighting For Lives
on
"My visit coincided with the most Paris," he said. "I have spoken to important air-raid yet made an eye-witness of the raid who tells ine that he stood in a bomb crater
who were on their
"But George eventually found himself as a doorman at and spoke to a cheerful party.of. London club. It was hard work for him-he had to stand for way back to the afternoon shift..
working girls hours, and in the last war he was wounded in both legs,
"When the Duke Sow George again he asked after the children. We have four of them-three ofi them boys, and gave them a muk each when they were christened.
"George came home for Christmas.
He is
THE 7-LB.
very happy to be back HAND-
old job. He was with the Duke for
eighteen years before, you know. GRENADE'
"He is not in uniform. His duties are private ones. He drives the Duchess about more than the Duke." It was George Ladbrook who drove the Duchess
Windsor
ncross France before
fore the Duke abdicated. He was invited to their weddi
wedding.
It Stopped A
The French are now fighting for their lives.
"This is not the first time. There
one thing, they have in with us. They have a love of their jown country and they have the
courage to die for. it.
Cannot Be Defeated
common
"No two such countries could be. defeated even if they did not stand stand together. But they do not alone."
Mr. Duft-Cooper said that in every London Raid country, including Germany, there were men and women who loved SEVEN-POUND scales weight, freedom, justice and honour. Every- used by a shop assistant as a one of them were on the side of the At that time he was living with hand-grenade, stopped a smash-and-Allies, lis wife in a six-roomed, two bath-grab raid in a London suburb re- When the time came, they would roomed flat on the first floor of one cently.
make, their weight felt,
of
of the quietest parts of Buckingham A black saloon car containing three In concluding, Mr. Duff-Cooper Palace.
masked men drew up outside a sold; "You are living through one When hard times came and he left Jeweller's shop in Balham High-road. of the very great moments of our the Duke's service he moved to Ken- One of the men smashed the win-history. I believe we shall look back
ington, S.E.
dow with what
¿ shop assistant de-upon it with supreme pride when -for-cry from the Palace to scribed as "the butt end-of-a-gun, tho-anal-victory-which is as certain
But the raiders were too slow.
the sun s Kennington, S.E. All the time I
in heaven-shall have been here I have not properly the cat could snatch anything from
Before the two men who had left achieved." unpacked-it does not scem like home," said Mrs. Ladbrook.
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the window a crowd rushed forward, Nearly Cut Off
Then a weight thrown by a sales-
11011 a shop next door come sail-
In 1937 he was front-page news lug through the air and made a big sensation when he objected to re- dent in the bandits' car. marks
made about the Duke of The bandits at once scrambled Windsor at an open-air meeting in back to the waiting ear. Ten seconds London.
later they would have been cut off He was taken to Bow-street police by the crowd of shoppers, who had ation and charged with being drunk gathered. and disorderly.
stat
The driver of a lorry on the oppo-
be
Japan And Europe War
Non-Participation Policy Unchanged
Ladbrook fold the magistrate, Mr. site side of the road pulled his TOKYO, June 3 (Reuter). McKenna: "I knew the Duke of vehicle round in the path of the "The Government's policy of Windsor a hundred times better than ralders' car, but it squeezed past and non-participation in the Euro anyone in that crowd. .. I did as quickly disappeared. any other self-respecting man would
do if he heard his friend and eni- blayer for 18 years.publicly. slander-
The charge against Ladbrook was dismissed.
Earl Baldwin On Saving
"Restrict Where You Can"
LATE NEWS
DESTROYERS LOST
pean war remains unchanged," declared the Prime Minister, Admiral Yonai, apeaking at a Press conference to-day.
Replying to a question, Admiral Yonai sald the United States apparently itching_for_nction.”.
He added: "With her participation izi the Europem war, the United States concern over the Western Paclilc would certainly change."
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Status Quo Maintenance Concentration of the American Best in the Pacific, Admiral Yonal de- clared, would not Induence Japan.
The Government adhered to the policy outlined by Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Foreign Minister, concerning the Netherlands Indics on April 16. It in desired to maintain the status quo order to strengthen the economic co- the operation between Japan and LONDON, June 3 (UP)-It has Netherlands Indies, been oficially announced Uut three
Dark Hints About N.E.I. An appeal to the people of Britain British destroyers have been lost in to gave a little every day" was made connection, with the evacuation of by Earl Baldwin when he addressed a troops from Dunkirk.
TOKYO, June 3 (Reuter).—"Japan cannot remain unconcerned at any savings.compaign meeting of Worces-} ter recently.
These are the Basilisk, Keith and development which may change the Havant.
existing conditions in the Nether- "I have no idea whether what is 24 of the 177 vessels engaged in the speech
It is also officially announced that lands Indies," declared Mr. Hachiro the Foreign Minister, in a called compulsory savings may come to the front or not," sald Lord Bald- evacuation of the Allied forces from speech here to-night
Mr. Atlla added: "Our concern is wiz. "I assume that it will not. Dunkirk have been lost, presumably not limited to the maintenance of People will, I believe, save
result of enemy air"action.
the status quo. Owing to their 're- any compulsory scheme could Heavy losses have been inflicted on sources, trade potentialities and in- over get out of them and they will be enemy submarines and motor torpedo dustrial possibilities, it is only na- the savings of free men and women." bouts, the announcement stales.
tural that Japan should be seriously
AR
much as
Comparing the present financial The Kelth and Basilisk were both concerned about the economic status position with that at the beginning of completed in 1931, while the Havant, of the Dutch Indies. the last war, Lord Baldwin said that not included in "Jane's Fighting our gold position was better than in 1914. Nor had we to make loans to our Allies.
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"Peace and stability in the true Ships," is apparently a new destroyer. sense of the term depend upon the
Built by Vickers-Armstrong, the principle of mutual économie Keith was begun in October, 1920, Iations and inter-dependence. Not a launched in July, 1030, and complet- few of the so-called Pacific questions ed In June, 1931. She was a flotila could be traced to 'unjust situations' leader, with a displacement of 1,400 caused by the absence of such re- Other positions were less satisfac-tans. She had a normal complement lations. tory. The adverse visible balance of of 175 men.
The construction of a new world trade was £400,000,000, as against The Basilisk was constructed £170,000,000 26 years ago, and goods Clydebank and completed in March, sent war should necessarily be found- at order which should follow the pre- required for war purposes were more [1931. She had a displacement ofed on a solution of this barle issue.” expensive now. In the last war we 1,300 tons and carried a normal were able to borrow abroad. To-day complement of 138. facilities for such borrowing were! obsent.
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It had become our duty to do all we could to restrict consumption. "There is no need to-day to restrict where it will hurt you,” added Lord Baldwin, "but restrict where you can. Put your money by that you would spend on those things. Let your country have the use of it. After all, it is the safest investment in the world
"By daily saving a little, however little, it all mounts up it we are all of one mind, and is bound to tell in the position of the exchanges, in the facility for obtaining shipping room, and more than that, in postponing to some amount the necessity for fresh taxation."
CANADA MAKES GREAT EFFORT-
OTTAWA, June 3 (Reuter) "Valuable contributions of planes ond personnel are already sent from Canada to join the Allled forces. More are ready to follow immediate- |ly," declared Mr. James Duncan
Acting Deputy Minister of National Defence, in a speech here to-day..
Mr. Duncan added! The Empire nir training programme le not sheived but Canada decided that the most Impelling necessity was to send as [many planes, pilots and trained ground crown as possible across the Atlantic for immediate service.”
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