Wednesday;
HONGKONG TELEGRAPHS October 16, 1940.
By Ernie Bushmiller M
NANCY
AND DURING A STORM, NEVER STANO UNDER A
TREE--- TREES ATTRACT.
LIGHTNING !
SO TREES ATTRACT LIGHTNING,
EH T
THEY CALL
BITTER PEACE TERMS FOR VICHY
OPENS NEXT
WEEK
PUBLIC SCHOOL
IT “WINSTON'S REICH TO GRAB ALL
FOLLY"
FRENCH IN COLONY Committee Works
-But It Has FRENCH GOLD ABROAD Quietly, Efficiently
Done Its Job
LONDON, Aug. 30.-Three
Press
cominunique to the Tyesterday M-Louls Biau, President of La France Libre, (Free French- men Association), says:
THE WHOLE OF FRANCE'S EASTERN FRONTIER. FROM THE NORTH SEA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, IS TO BE PUSHED direct and apparently unexpected BACK UNDER TERMS WHICH GERMANY IS PREPARING TO This is not a political party; on the hits were scored by "Winston's folly" in a recent cross-Channel FORCE ON THE PETAIN GOVERNMENT, artillery duel.
"Winston's folly" was the nan given one of the big southeast coast mins by an expert who thought the
"The Committee of La France Libre is working silently but efficiently. contrary we accept all Frenchmen animated with the desire to see their power and splendid Empire.
"Thanks to our Chief, General de consciousness and
Italy is to get her spoils. The Riviera territory to the east of a line from beloved country regaining her Uberty, Switzerland to the Mediterrancan is to be handed over to Mussolini,
In the north the zone Dunkirk to Boulogne to a depth just north of Arras is to
Gaulle, every day this immense Em-
Prime Minister's iden for a big gube named Flanders, and will be incorporated in the new Belgo-Dutch State which, as piro regulas Its
there tactically unsound.
After the Germans succeeded with
French tallway gun in landing already reported, is to be under the rule of King Leopold of the Belgians.
few wild shots along the southeast Coast, it was decided to try out the
British gu..
Three Balvos were Ared.
They
The Arst shell landed about 20 Jards from one big German coastal the gun'a gun and apparently took crew completely by surprise. Immediately brought all their anti- aircraft into play, aiming them high to find what they supposed to be a Airilish borber,
The second shot seemed to
little wild, but landed in the centre of a dump, where ammunition for the big gun was being loaded into
cars,
Surprised Nazis
Cakes To-day As Usual,
Says This Bombed Baker
WHILE British fighters played Old Harry with Nazi raiders in the air the other day, things were also happen- ing on the ground below.
Here are some of the things (Presently he was brought a meal-;
betpinga of Bah freshly The third shot appeared to have that happened. Here, too, are generous
caught The Channel, potatoes, Aune way wide of the murk, and other storica, ranging from the
greens, butter, fresh fruit and cream. Janded in a wooded sector some dis-
heroic to the comic, but a ex-
He koggied in amazement as the "But why are you so kind?" lie asked. "You give me all this food when you have no food yourselves!"
tice from the coast,
That onc may hava
the been
even with the reverse of Dakar the day is not very fur distant when colonies and Protectorates will be to- Eupen and Malmedy have al-gether again, sharing with our gul- ready been reincorporated in lant Allies the burden of the war Germany, and Lorraine and Al-until the final victory. sace are to be taken back with
"In Hongkong nany Frenchmen that part of the Brley iron-ore are rallying to the standard of Gene- field which even in 1870 was left ral de Gaulle. The Committee is doing its utmost to send volunteers to Eng- to France.
land. Some are passing through and South of Alsace the Lerritory of the Committee is taking care of them, Belfort is to be annexed, together giving them clothes and money and with the whole of the France Comte keeping them in a hotel until they to the Swiss trontier,
This means the annexation of over 4,000,000 French people.
Overseas Wealth
Ger-
leave,
"The Free Frenchmen in Hong- kong have no hatred for their com patriots or even for the Government of Vichy and they try hard to por- The financial clauses of the peace suade them to come and to help in
(the resurrection of France. are to be extremely severe.
"France is not vanquished. The many, already collecting the neces- sary data through the Bank of fault of an incompetent General Staff, France, will try to seize the entire
men without any knowledge of the mechanised mainly in the United States.
new strategy of masa These foreign holdings will be units and aircraft, alded by a hand- made over as an essential prelimin-ful of unscrupulous politicians, can- ary to German evacuation of France, not change the spirit of a people who were the first to proclaim the three Meanwhile German manoeuvres, skilful though hidden, are making it principles of Liberty, Equality and impossible for the Petain Govern Fraternity.
luckiest of the lot for what had pressing the thumbs-up spirit a!unded tray was put in front of him. tortupe posscased by France abroad/composed for a major part, of old
tration.
VIIM
looked like a wooded sector suddenty Britain in a blitzkrieg. began disgorging men. The sholl
A south-east village baker had discovered a large and well camouflaged German troop concen-wakened earlier than usual and found that a bomb outside the shop had The name "Winston's folly" will blown in his front window. undoubtedly stick but some experla First thing he did was to persuade may have changed their minds about his wife to go to sleep again. its appropriateness.
Second thing he did was to scrawl big nollee: "Don't let Hitler spoll
Swim To England Story tald
one day of the last moments in troopship Mahamed All El-Kebir, sunk by AU-boat recently
When all the rofts and boats had
ment to carry out any real reforms. "There are indications that every- It is to the interest of Germany thing la not so perfect in France and to keep France as weak and dis- manifestations, even in the occupied
area, are taking part daily. TALK AT Y.M.C.A. your appetite. Bread and cakes as gone, thirty officers and men remain united as possible.
The occupied territory is being
"Defeatism, however, seems to be A talk on "Chinese Legends" will usual"and stick it in front of his cd on board. They were wondering
what to do. A naval petty officer) stripped of all reserves of produce
civilians and people, C. Clark,shop. be given by Mr. Walter
and wealth, Everything is being among the said: "Come on, mates, there'll al
ofleers alike. In the Far East the illustrated by coloured slides, at le Then he got on with his, usual day's ways be an England. Let's swim totalten for German use.
click of Vichy is terrorising them;" Y.M.C.A. West Lounge, at Do'clock (baking.
Expected To Starve next Sunday, October 20, under the
elling them that if they pass to de Gaulle their families in France will auspices of the Discussion Group.
be sent to concentration camps and All members and their friends, in-
so on. That barbarous method can- cluding ladies, are welcome.
not held everybody and many of our
coming to us.
With that he dived Into the
A young Nazi airman woke up in Atlantic. Others followed, and were!
a south coast hospital after his crash. 'picked up by England's warships,
TO-DAY at the KING'S
LOVE PLAYS A DOUBLE-HEADER!
This husband re-
-turned from the grave
but proved
he was no ghost!
WESLEY RUGGLES
This husband ro- turned from the office... to discover
he was no buband 1
WESLEY RUGGLES'
Too Many Husbands
storing Jean ARTHUR
Fred MACMURRAY Melvyn DOUGLAS
Directed by WESLEY RUSCLES: • Stroon play by, CLAUDE BINTON - CSA COLOMBIA: PICTURE:
Attacks on Petain Unoccupied France is to be given no chance of restoring her strength until the end of the war,
FOI this reason the Germans are
fostering the extremely violent compatriots, listening to reason, are tacks against the Petain Government,
"We don't want to exert any pres which are being made daily in the are; we are all Frenchmen living German-controlled, German-printed freely in n British Colony, trading liko our ally without any restrictions France's North Africa Empire still and with complate freedom. For maintains some Independence, but that we expect that the Committee of the unfortunate Marshal Petain, en France Libre will continue to receive the orders of his German masters, the support of all true Frenchmen and especially those of Herr Otto In Hongkong.
Paris Press.
Abetz, Rubbentrop's ambassador, is "The Committee has decided to striving to
abollah or restrict its in-issue identification cards to all mem- dependence.
bere, application for which should
It is openly stated in Vichy, that be made to the France Libre Head- the object of the Germans is to quarters, National Bank Building. weaken the Petain Administration by 4th Floor, No. 405.
ridicule and by fostering partisan The Committee is very grateful movements so that the Germans and to all persons who have contributed Italians can say: "France is badly generous donations to General de administered. We must step la to Gaulle's Funds":
things right."
put
It would follow that German and Italian troops would enter the pre- sent unoccupied zoce, and strip away the last remnants of French Indepen- dence.
Itallons, it is being stated, are cs- pecially urging this move because they badly want to lay hands on the naval arsenal at Toulon and on the port of. Marseilles.
'PLANES FROM PRISONS
Women prisoners in Ayles- bury Gaal, Buckinghamshire, are giving a quarter of their "pay for comforts for the troops and
to help buy a Spitfire.
They can earn upwards of a thild
a week, and their contributions
from 1d. to 3d) weekly pr
contri
The amount thus: added to by the prison every week 62 la hand the comfort funds.
There~ 13 kml"
plus rean
CHILDREN
love its taste MOTHERS
know it's safe
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