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By Harry Levin..
The Mere Man
HOMEWHERE in Palestine, But a few days later he auc- Spain for France when Franco tury, the Duke of Windsor, is S behind a gate inscribed with ceeded in disappearing, under won the civil war. the simple, word "Pax," a palm- the very nose of the Gestapo girdled. monastery looks down agents.
They volunteered bodily for this new war for liberty and upon a military camp.
Their motto is the motto of were sent to Syria. One young Two thousand years ago the Czechoslovakia's beloved first man speaking for them all said, BETTER Legions of Rome, were encamped President, Masaryk-Truth will "We long for home, but we do
¿prevall."
not wish to go there until Fas- Like all Czechs, they are cism is crushed." To-day it is a Polish Legion which lives in its sunbathed great footballers. They sing & R.A.F. Preferred tents.
lot, talk, little, are suspicious of those who talk too much; but Below the white walls of the their quietness is deceptive, for teera who have thronged to the Among the Palestine volun- monastery its bugles ring out the steely look in their eyes re- colours are farmers, craftsmen as a great fire leaps towards the calls the fact that never have students and professional men. sky. It is a huge pyre lit by the Czechs made peace with torches brought by runners their "conqueror."
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from that holy fire that burns
in the sepulchres of Jerusalem.
It is burning in memory of
"La Patrie"
and
The Duke of The most de
mocratic of Windsor British royal personages of the twentieth cen
also probably the most dis- tinguished of Britons for all- round, universal popularity, There is hardly a place where his name is known that he is not fondly regarded with the friondliest affection, and no- where outside of the Empire is this more true than in the United States. On his visits to the great American Republic as early carved for himself a niche the Prince of Wales, Edward in American hearts, and a very. sure testimony of the love which Americans feel for him may be found in the remark made by a Middle West farmer, who said, after he met him, **"Taint bad if these' United States had some Prince feller
It is the name of the Duke of Windsor that springs most readily to mind when I think of the most happy cholce Mr Churchill can make for of Ambassador in the position Washington, left vacant with such sudden untimeliness by the death of Lord Lothian. There is
not a doubt that at this most important of a single times, and when ...A new сга
into being coming
The biggest rush has been to join the R.A.F., which for a fortnight has had to close its recruiting offices. After only a Most of the Free Frenchmen few weeks training these re- the tens of thousands that feil in the Middle East are in Egypt, cruits have achieved the smart- jest like him" for the Liberty of Poland.
but some are here. They are ness which is inseparable from Across the darkening plain more reticent than the French- the R.A.F.'s blue uniform. comes, the haunting melody of men one used to meet in France. This camp fire is symbolic of Poland's famous hymn of free- and they bear themselves with dom sung by thousands of a dignity, born of a tremendous all other camp fires in Palestine, voices;
sadness,
where Britons, Australians, New Zealanders, Rhodesians They utter the words, "La niany others argue in a strange Most of these Poles passed
of the patrie," with a grimness as mixture of languages. through the furnace Polish campaign of a year ago though the Fatherland and they
They exchange experiences, in and succeeded in reaching the have been gravely injured. They Black Sea coast, sometimes in have not yet had the opportuni- love and other things, pass groups, sometimes singly, until ty to fight but everyone knows round their sweethearts and they were able to form an when they come face to face children's photographs and, as Eastern brigade which eventual with the foe they will prove im- soldiers have done from time immemorial, arrange meetings ly took up its headquarters in placable.
to be held when peace has been Syria:
One of them who knows Eng. declared. Almost every one of them has land and loves it quoted Macau- lay-"Delusion may triumph but his Odyssey.
the triumph of delusion is only
One-he has an Irish ancestor for the day." under the provisions of the Telecommunipassed through the German
cations Ordinance, 1906. Such news
bears the indication "UP" is received in lines, thanks to the pass he had Itongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Associatlovin,' whữ re- filched from the body of a dend
serve all rights and forbid repubiléations. either wholly or in part without previous arrangement.
apy.
Spain's Unit
Men of Faith The fate which has assembled in the Holy Land these men from Manchester and Cracow, from Melbourne and Bruno, has The longest pilgrimage to this crystallised their unshakable camp of Liberty has been made determination and unshakable One, stripping the uniform by the smallest unit, that of the faith in the victory which is to Cracks in Hitler's Armour.
from a dead Hussar, got near Spanish Republicans who left be Britain's. the German lines. Then, he was DURING the spring and early able to disguise himself as a summer Hitler's sweeping attacks on peasant woman, and it was his neutral and largely unprepared feminino "wink" that succeeded countries followed by his final in getting him past the guards. "blitzkrieg" on France blinded the
world to the weak spots in his armour. The Polish Eagle
To-day these dents have become.
-DUNKIRK
:.
"50 LONG as the English tongue survives, the word Dun-
kirk will be spoken with reverence. For in that harbour, in
definite cracks. Having failed to The Polish brigade left for carry his "conquest" of France to Palestine when France capitu- Britain's shores Hitler Jost his goldenlated. It includes Marshal Piling splendour, she faced, the enemy. opportunity, since which he has been audski's Legionnaires and the turning this way and that in his pick of the youth of Poland. efforts to administer 21 "knock-out blow" to the British..
such a hell as never blazed on earth bofore, at the end of a lost battle, the rags and blemishes that have hidden the soul of democracy fall away. There, beaten but unconquered, in shin-
Tanned, friendly and smart,
They sent away the wounded first, men died so that others could escape. It was not so simple a thing as courage, which the Nazis had in plenty. It was not so simple a thing as dis-
Anglo-American
who is
сай
co-operatiori
Britain should
have a representative at Washington can be trusted implicitly for what over, he does by the American in of life. Lord Lothian every walk highest expectations of his position. was such a man, and fulfilled the He earned the confidence of Ameri cans because of his natural simpli- city of heart, his disdain of the diplomatic tradition of mystery and Britain must select someone to re- Intrigue, and his "common touch."
place him who can, in the same way, reach right home to the individual American.
There may be other eminent men. suited to be. Ambassador, who, have, even greater training and experience for the work than the Duke of Wind- sor, but there cannot be one who, appointed, will be instantly ac- cepted with such spontaneous good- j-will.
I have three reasons for favouring the Duke: firstly, for his own per- sonal popularity; secondly, for the fact that he is married to an Ameri- can, and thirdly, for the fact that such
an appointment would be a means of placing Great Britain, back in the good books of those. Ameri- cans who, rightly or wrongly, fell that their country had been slighted because Edward had to abdicate on account of his American wife.
of
The Prime Minister, who is one the Duke's staunchest friends. must certainly be acquainted with ali
hla choice, whatever it may be, will not have been made without cort- sideration of these factors.
It was Lord Lo-
Was **
That Hitler's march to Paris was they-march-along-with-the Cipline, which can be hammered into men by a drill sergeant-the-factors,-and-it-may-be sure that
Polish Eagle proudly displayed it was not the result of careful planning, for there could have been little. It was the common man of the free countries, upon their kapis-the broad-rising in all his glory out of mill, office, factory, mine, farm and brimmed cap worn by the
ship, applying to war the lessons learned when he went down French Foreign Legion.
the shaft to bring out trapped comrades, when he hurled the lifeboat through the surf, when he endured poverty and hard work for his children's sake,
not sa victorious as he would have the world believe has since been evidenced by the difficulties he has encountered in negotiations with Vichy-a fact which is beginning to convince the whole of Europe that
General de Gaulle was right when he declared in his proclamation from London on November 9 that "Francs has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war!"
Not many weeks ago the world was edified by the news that the German
This is not the first time the Polish Eagle has been seen in these purta. Nearly 150 years ago Napoleon himself praised the valour of the Polish Legion- naires who played such a big part in his Eastern campaign.
Brothers in Arms
Fuchrer, dropping his role of dicta- tor, had decided to, travel to Spain
This meeting round the camp- for the purpose at making a personal attempt to include that country in the fire also emphasises the close- Axis. Spain's answer was plein ness of the brotherhood in arms when Senor Suner, in collaboration of the many "Legions of Liber- with Sir Samuel Houre, the British ty" gathered up and down the Ambassador, signed a financial agree ment with Britain. This may not Holy Land-many of whose re |signiky that Spain has dennitely presentatives are guests of the
turned her back on the Axis but it Polish Brigade to-night. certainly indicates that she is not sure
of Hitler's final victory in the war There are the Czechs, austere and therefore prefers to remain men whose sun-helmets bear the neutral for the time being. The
German net. But in the meantime
Bulgarian king at the time of symbol of the Lime leaf. Most Rumania's collapse wont to see Hitler of them came from Syria after and for a few days observers feared the German occupation but some that he too was being drawn into the saw Prague's final humiliation,
Cerected Gems propaganda and methods which even now cannot.
which has always manfully and succeeded in escaping by
intrigue, showed the spirit of the be revealed, people by defying Italy to do her worst. The subsequent successes of
to do with Bulgaria's later statements
One of them was arrested bo
Greek erms probably had something cause he raised his clenched that above all things the desired to hand towards heaven as he stood maintain her neutrality. Whatever before the Czechoslovakian Un- the reason for his ignoble attack on known Warrior's tomb on tho Greece, Il Duce misjudged the Aght-day of the invasion.
ing power of the Grecian army.
To-day as a result, reports · · declare.
that Hitler trying to persuado
to accept the role of media-attractive. The "conquered" coun- The Grecian position, aided by tries in West Europe, while theore- the British navy, air force and tically dominated by Germany, are: materiais As, However, sufficiently beginning to show increasing courage: favourable
repudiate to
all and temerity in their opposition to Auch attempts. It would also be German rulo, It was only last week, dangerous to, talk pesce at this that German Iroops stationed In stage as Mussolini, even if an armis-Norway had to be put on a war foot- tice were declared, would have the ing because of hostile acts. It is also time he badly needs, in which to known throughout Holland that some [repair his. losses.
500 of her erstwhile leading adminis trators are imprisoned in German Whatever: Greece decides to de, concentration camps, while Belgium® Hitler's armour shows signs of fur- and France are. not faring much ther, cracks, Russia not proving better. As for Poland the situation so amenable in regard to Japan as is reported to be horrible beyond Germany had hoped. If Rusala con- | description. Each country, although tinues. her' aid to China am also has submitting to German 'domination,"is declared she will, Japan, must retsin, a soothing caldron of discontent and a strong force in Manchuria, thus canout but "lap "Hitler's military making the long promised drive strength, “A” fact. Which he must southwards more hazardous and less recognise, with some, trepidation.,
.
This shining thing in the souls of free men Hitler cannot command, or attain, or conquer. He has crushed it, where he could, from German hearts.
It is the great tradition of democracy. It is the future. It is Victory."
Reproduced from "The New York Times."
FUNNY SIDE UP
By Abner Dean
– 1940 by Called Tritari Spuširati, Toš,
wanted was a free physical examination.
positivo they'd find SOMETHING wron
The Filmsthian who Do Their quoted as saying Bit
that Hollywood is playing its part in maintaining British morale. The cinema, In these times when nations are struggling for their national existence, is certainly a welcome relief from terrifying experiences.
Britain is receiving more Ameri- can flime than. for many ycurs since the quota system went into force, but European countries sadly miss them, especially. Ulaze countries whose populace must be kept satized and mentally koyed to the war ef- fort.
The radio In Germany and Italy is not a vehicle for entertainment but for propaganda, and cannot take the place of the films. In Britain: new, the radio muat also largely be co cupled with war news, warnings and oficial advice, though a great deal of pure, delightful, entertainment is still being provided. So even "horse opera" and thriller serials are doing their bit in the fight of free peoples against totalitarian tyranny,
"To What Your Whistle"
I had always imagined that the phrase "to whet your whistle" dated probably from Harry Weldon or one of the North Country come dians. But here it is bobbing. up in the seventeenth century. Izaak Walton's "Piscator?? re- marks, "Let's c'en say grace, and turn to the fire, drink the other cup to what our whistles, and so alog away all sad thoughts."
Incidentally, I had always thought: the phrase was "to wet, your whis-
had never read Walton. It seems" to "me" the perfect book for theso ́days, 'with no apologies to the consummate asses and dolls who call anything but 'a' sordid, “realistic!" novel, or a treatise on local govern- ment-boards, "the literature of
Claudius