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In Britain's War Effort
M. ALBERT DE
VLEESCHAU-
WER, Belgian Minister. of Colonies, who left London last December to tour his country's vast African empire, has re- turned to Britain after
Colonial Minister on the Purpose of His African
tour-An interview with M. Albert de Vleeschauwer, by George Soloveytchik
our troops in this country, and against British aterling.
That
occupied Belgium the truth and to unmask the lies of Nazi pro- paganda."
It was to Leopoldville that M. de Vleeschauwer flew from Lis- bon at the outset of his journey. Standing in front of a great map he pointed out to me his itinerary.
"First, I spent some time in
I talked with him in his generat mobilisation orders day.
a journey of more than their number will increase as asset is needed as much as, if the Lower Congo-district,” he 30,000 miles.
the new recruits called up under not more than, anything else to said. "There I was able to get in touch at once with our French friends and neighbours "My feeling is that we have who are co-operating no valiant-
They
office in Belgravia. He come along. We have, too, our King Leopold looked well, though tired. pilots in the R.A.F. HONGKONG HOTEL He is a man in his early for have done well already and have gone as far as possible, but if it ly under the standard of Free
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ties, who saw the last war as ies, to their credit.
a respectable number of victor-
is felt that there is anything France. a soldier and is a professor
more we can do we should be Phone 27778-9 of law in his own country.
"Certain troops of the Bel- genuinely
"I then flew via Stanleyville happy to know. I know him as a very staunch glan Colonial Forces have al- There are no limits to our de- to Nairobi, on an officini visit. ready gone forward and are co- termination to co-operate com- I wished to make it quite clear, friend of Britain.
operating alongside the forces pletely with Great Britain." immediately on my arrival in of the British Empire under the My first question, to one command of Gen. Wavell. It ing, and successfully, too, to co- force and further our war effort. "In every domain we are try- Africa, that I was there to rein- Thongkong Telegraph.tain's war effort from a dis- main reasons of my voyage. It requirements and to place the of Kenya, and met, too, the who had been seeing Bri- was this which was one of the ordinate production with war I was the guest of the Governor
The
Friday, June 13, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 26615
THE prefix "special to Telegraph to indicate news which is strictly copyright cations Ordinance, 1910 such new
under the provisions of the Telecommuni-
bears the indication "Up" is received
Honekone on tas atrociations, who
the United Fress re- ether wholly or in part without previous arrangement.
serve all rights and forbid reputations
For
per
years.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
now,
sin.
tance as it were, was what is not only a direct contribution full resources of the vast econo- Governors of Uganda and impressions he had gained. indirectly, a means of defending gian Congo, with its great na-
to the Allied war effort but also, mie machine existing in the Bel- Northern and Southern Rhode- He smiled. "That's easy Belgian Congo territory. tural wealth, at the disposal of Talk With Gen. Smuts to answer. London is, more "Within the last few days than ever before, the heart ject of special mention for gul these troops have been the sub- of the civilised world as we lantry. understand it. You have
Ships
the Allied war effort,"
I
no dif-
gular exporter of large quanti- toria, in answer to an invitation oversens empire has been a re- again I then flew down to Pre- In recent years Belgium's "Passing through the Congo
ties of copper, gold, diamonds, from Gen. Smuts. There, also, the sympathy and support of tion to all Belgians established maize, timber, coffee, palm oil, kindness, and I hope it will not "It is indeed a great satisfac- radium, cotton, copal, jute, tin, I was received with the greatest all the free peoples of the in the Congo to know that our palm kernels and ground-nuts, sound presumptuous if I say a world. Even in the neutral men have been given the op- in addition to other commodi word or two about Gen. Smuts. countries there is no doubt portunity to pull their weight in ties of secondary importance. He is a very great man and a as to the outcome of the
that great campaign.
The textile industry has ex- great statesman, a truly loyal panded so that it can now sup- friend of this country; and DAYLIGHT saving at last! struggle. I found every-
"And our effort has only just ply all local requirements, and what is so amazing about him where the same feeling, the started. It will be increased as before years Hongkong has
same confidence in the fu-dance with the technical possi- larly, there is hope that sacks experience for me, and an added and when necessary in accor- supply the Allied forces. Simi- authority. It was an inspiring long hopes to help to is his simplicity combined with wanted it and agitated for it,
ture." but the die-hards always suc-
bilities. Our men are ready and tents for and fit, and keenly anxious to nec is in Afrien can be produced dence in the future, to meet a all the Allied reason for my complete confi- eceded in stopping it;
The Minister then turned join the fighting line.
in the Belgian Congo. ironically enough, a war has in- to the subject of his tour,
leader like that." "They are being trained in lion mention of the King of At one point in the conver- tervened to make it a reality
As M. Resolve Of Free Men modern weapons and showing the Belgians prompted me to English is somewhat imperfect, de Vleeschauwer's overnight. The measure is not
astounding aptitude. Our na likely immediately to attain 100
"In the Belgian Congo and put together again the most in his reply "The Belgians in French
and not being certain about- tive soldiers can take to bits ask a further question.
The Minister was outspoken Gen. Smuts's command of cent popularity; it will there are Belgians who still complicated machine-gun blind- the Congo-as indeed all Bel- language they had talked to- asked in what necessitate certain readjust-are free, whose ways of life fold. ments toe daily life of the are similar to yours, whose
gian patriots the world over gether, Colony and this is bound to pro-general outlook is the same.
enthusiastically loyal to And Resources are
King Leopold. They appreel kander and I answered him in "Why, he spoke to me in Afri- duce protests until adaptability Having been born free men, "We have also done some ate at its true value the part Flemish," said the Minister, asserts itself. But the benefits they are determined to die thing else which is important. that he, though a prisoner, is who is himself of Flemish stock.
free men. For this Not only have we made possible playing by refusing to accept "There is practically to be derived from extra day sacrifice can ever be too troops through our territory but any form of contact or co- ages,
no the passage of South African Nazi domination and rejecting ference between the two langu light are sufficiently compensat-great. There are no Quis- we are also organising and ex. operation with the invader.
and throughout my 80- ing as the European countrieslings in the Belgian Congo, panding transport facilities for "All contact between Belgium mostly Flemish..
journ in South Africa I apoke have known-for-the-past--25- Any who had such tende
n. Allied forces. Our policy is one and the Belgian Congo,TM of tenden-
"After my visit to. Gen. Smuts of complete co-operation. We course, has been severed. No I returned to the Belgian Congo cies, as well as the enemy do not intend to depart from it. communications are permitted, for a meeting of the Govern- The Idea of putting the clocks aliens who were established
But though the heads of certain forward originated in England there, have been put out of
"There comes next the contri- great Colonial corporations may ment Council. Finally I left to in 1916. The measure was re- harm's way. There may be manned by Belgian seamen.
bution of our merchant fleet, be prisoners in Belgium, provi- fly back along the route by vised in 1924 and made per- enemy propaganda, but it is
Bional arrangements made be. Which I had come, meeting on fore the war and certain legis- West Coast empire possessions the way the governors of the manent in 1925. At the pre-not noticeable and. cuts no
"We have, as you know, an Intive measures taken since give and, in particular, the Governor agreement with Britain sent time, because of the war, ice."
which the whole of it, including African soil complete autonomy, complete the contacts I had by Belgian concerns operating on of Nigeria. Thus was I able to Britain's clocks are two hours
Germans and Italians had the Congo Line, is time char the ships which formerly served been fairly active before tered to your Ministry of Ship-
Radio "Life-Line" hoped to make with all those most of them were locked up ping. We had asked for the
"One life-line, it is true, re- day pulling their weight in the (largely on M. de Vleeschau- line to be kept on it as far as less station at Leopoldville, monwealth of Nations and their ships formerly used for that mains open--the powerful wire- struggle which the British Com- wer's initiative),
possible, not only because they This makes it possible to tell Allied friends are waging." "In what were formerly service but because they are are specially adapted for the German East African posse- needed; but in the past few GRIN AND BEAR IT save fuel and power and will
ssions and are now the months the strain imposed on facilitate military training. Ities of Ruanda and Urundi, they need. The Belgian Congo mandated Belgian territor British shipping has deprived some countries of the facilities promises other benefits; more the native population of must, I fear, be included in that time for open air recreation, some 3,000,000 suffered from category. In discussing these another hour for work in the neglect, maladministration problems with garden. To thousands of people and even starvation under met with sympathetic considera- the British Government, however, we have here daylight saving will offer German rule, but now they tion and seen n very sincere de- a boon, and although incon- are prosperous, healthy and sire to readjust the position. It veniences to start with are in happy.
is now improving.. evitable, these are bound to be
"There, as in the Belgian operation in the economic and "The Belgian Congo's co- outweighed by other considera- tions.
Congo, the natives roundly financial fields" the Minister condemn Nazi-ism. If that went on "is well under way." is how Hitler treats white You probably know of the two people,' their
agreements between the British delegatės would say to me,
Government and ourselves. 'what could we expect if he were victor- "One provides for purchases ious?""
to be made by the United King-1 dom in the Belgian Congo. All the products specifled. (with possibly one small exception) of are essential to your country Inj
connection with the war effort. Wo do not want you to buy "Take first our military co- things you do not need, and so operation," replied M. de Vlee- we are endeavouring to find schauwer. "You know that, murkots elsewhere for those after losing one army in the other products which we used battle of Belgium, our second to sell in Europe. army, in process of reconstruc-
ahead of the sun, constituting an important part of the fight the nation is waging against
the dictators.
Daylight Saving is being in- troduced to Hongkong primari-
ly as a defence measure; it will
It is proposed that daylight saving shall be one hour in what can be broadlyRalled the summer, and half an hour dur-
ing the winter. This is reason ablo and meets an overwhelm- ingly popular demand. It is ex- tremely doubtful whether, once the system becomes operativo, it will ever be discarded. Day- light to the average man is very precious; he has a great hunger for it, and putting the clocks forward is one way-artificial it Is true of satiating his hunger.
The introduction. of daylight saving in Hongkong is warmly approved.
Colonials In Action I asked for some account Belgium's war effort.
tion in France, was caught "The other agreement la there as a result of the French financial. It provides that all sur debacle. The Belgian spirit has plus foreign exchange and gold never been broken, despite our production--and it is substan- terrible misfortunes. We have tial-shall be ceded to Britain.
who, on Afrk n soil, are to-
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