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-occupled Belgium the truth and to unmask the lies of Nazi pro- paganda."
It was to Leopoldville that M. de Vleeschnuwer flow from Lis- bon at the outset of his journey. Standing in front of a greut map he pointed out to me his. itinerary.
our
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the new recruits called up under not more than, anything else lo- said. "There I was able to get-
in touch nt I talked with him in his general
once with French friends and neighbours office in Belgravia. He come along. We have, too, our looked well, though tired. plots in the R.A.F.
"My feeling is that we have who are co-operating so valiant- 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 Frea
a respectable number of victor- ties, who saw the last war as les to their credit.
is felt that there is anything France. a soldier and is a professor Certain troops of the Bel genuinely
more we can do we should be. "I then flew vin Stanleyville happy to know to Nairobi, on an official visit. Phone 27778-9 of law in his own country gian Colonial Forces have al- There are no limits to our de- I wished to make it quite clear, I know him as a very staunch ready gone forward and are co- termination to co-operate com- immediately on my arrival in
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friend of Britain.”
They
operating alongside the forces pletely with Great Britain.
sia.
of the British Empire under the "In every domain we are try. Africa, that I was there to rein- My first question, to one command of Gen. Wavell. It ing, and successfully, too, to co- force and further our war effort. who had been seeing Bri- was this which was one of the ordinate production with war was the guest of the Governor Hongkong Telegraph. wat reasons of ways voye of it giren nesunt to witte the of Kenya, and niet, too, the Governors of Uganda anıl tance as it were, was what is not only a direct contribution full resources of the vast econo- orthern and Southern Rhode- to the Allied war effort but also, mic machine existing in the Bel- impressions he had gained. indirectly, a means of defending gian Congo, with its great na
Belgian Congo territory. tural wealth, at the disposal of Talk With Gen. Smuts He smiled. "That's easy
the Allied war effort." "Within the last few days to answer. London is, more
In recent years Belgium's "Passing through the Congo than ever before, the heart these troops have been the sub- overseas empire has been a re- again I then flew down to Pre- fa used by the langkong Telegraph" to
of the civilised world as we inntry.
jeet of special mention for gal- gular exporter of large quanti- toria, in answer to an invitation under the provisions of the Telecommuni-
ties of, copper, gold, diamonds, from Gen. Smuts. There, also, cations Ordinance, 1916, Such news 21 understand it. You have
Friday, June 13, 1941, Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 26015
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Indieate news which is tetelly copyright
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DAYLIGHT SAVING
"It is indeed a great satisfac- radium, cotton, copal, jute, tin, I was received with the greatest Kangkung on the date of publication by the sympathy and support of tion to all Belgians established maize, timber, coffee, palm oil, kindness, and I hope it will not serve all rights and forbid republications 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 The textile industry has ex- great statesman, a truly loyal as to the outcome of the that great campaign.
panded so that it can now sup- friend of this country; and "And our effort has only just ply all local requirements, and what is so amazing about him DAYLIGHT saving at last! struggle. I found every-
where the same feeling, the started. It will be increased as before long hopes to help to is his simplicity combined with For years Hongkong
and when necessary in accor- supply the Allied forces. Simi- authority. It was an inspiring has
saine confidence in the fu-dance with the technical possi- larly, there is. hope that sacks experience for me, and an added wanted it and agitated for it,
ture."
bilities. Our men are ready and tents for all the Allied reason for my complete confi- but the die-hards always suc-
The Minister then turned and fit, and keenly anxious to needs in Africa can be produced dence in the future, to meet a ceeded in stopping it; now,
in the Belgian Congo,
lender like that." At one point in the conver- ironically enough, a war has into the subject of his tour. tervened to make it a reality
overnight. The measure is not likely immediately to attain 100
join the fighting line.
"They are being trained in
As M. de Vleeschauwer's Resolve Of Free Men modern weapons and showing sation mention of the King of
the Belgians prompted me to English is somewhat imperfect, astounding aptitude. Our na
and not being certain about tive soldiers can take to bits ask a further question.
Smuts's command "In the Belgian Congo and put together again the most in his reply. "The Belgians in
of The Minister was outspoken Gen.
French, I asked in what per cent popularity; it will there are Belgians who still complicated machine-gun, blind- the Congo-as indeed all Bel- language they had talked to- necessitate certain readjust-are free, whose ways of life fold.
gian patriots the world over gether, are enthusiastically loyal to ments to the daily life of the are similar to yours, whose
Colony and this is bound to pro-general outlook is the same. Ships And Resources King Leopold. They appreci- kander and I answered him in
years.
co^ nges,
"Why, he spoke to me in Afri- "We have also done some ate at its true value the part Flemish," said the Minister, duce protests until adaptability Having been born free men, 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. Not only have we made possible playing by refusing to accept "There is practically no dif- free men. For this no the passage of South African Nazi domination and rejecting ferenec between the two langu- to be derived from extra day-sacrifice can ever be too troops through our territory but any form of contact or
and throughout my so- light are sufficiently compensat-great. There are no Quis- we are also organising and ex. operation with the invader. journ, in South Africa I spoke ing as the European countrieslings in the Belgian Congo, panding transport-facilities for "All contact between Belgium mostly Flemish..
"After my visit to Gen. Smuts have known for the past 25 Any who had such tenden- Allied forces. Our policy is one and the Belgian Congo, of
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 ment Council. Finally I left to "There comes next the contri- great Colonial corporations may fly back along the route by forward originated in England there, have been put out of bution of our merchant fleet, be prisoners in Belgium, provi- which I had come, meeting on in 1916. The measure was re-harm's way. There may be manned by Belgian seamen. – sional arrangements made be- the way the governors of the fore the war and certain legis- West Const empire possessions vised in 1924 and made per-enemy propaganda, but it is
"We have, as you know, an Intive measures taken since give and, in particular, the Governor manent in 1925. At the pro- not noticeable and cuts no agreement with Britain by Belgian concerns operating on of Nigeria. Thus was I able to which the whole of it, including African soil complete autonomy, complete the contacts I had the ships which formerly served Germans and Italians had the Congo Line, is time char
hoped to make with all those Radio "Life-Line” who, on African soil, are to- been fairly active before tered to your Ministry of Ship-
ping. We had asked for the "One life-line, it is true, re- day pulling their weight in the most of them were locked up hips formerly used for that mains open--the powerful wire- struggle which the British Com- (largely on M. de Vleeschau- line to be kept on it as far as es makes it possible to tell Allied friends are waging.”
less station at Leopoldville. monwealth of Nations and their wer's initiative)..
possible, not only because they "In what were formerly service but because they are ara specially adapted for the
sent time, because of the war, Britain's clocks are two hours 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-
ice,"
ly as a defence measure; it will German East African posse-needed; but in the past few GRIN AND BEAR IT
ssions and are now the months the strain imposed on save fuel and power and will
mandated Belgian territor- British shipping has deprived facilitate military training. It ies of Ruanda and Urundi, they need. The Belgian Congo 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
British: another hour for work in the neglect, maladministration problems with the garden. To thousands of people and even starvation under met with sympathetic considera- Government, however, we have here daylight saving will offer German rule, but now they tion and seen a very sincere de- a boon, and although incon-aro prosperous, healthy and sire to readjust the position. It veniences to start with are in happy.
is now improving.
ovitable, these are bound to bo
*The Belgian Congo's "There, as in the Belgian operation in the economic ant outweighed by other considera-
Congo, the natives roundly financial fields," the Minister tions...
condemn Nazi-ism. If that went on "is well under way." is how Hitler treats white You probably know of the two agreements between the British their delegates Government and ourselves. people,' would say to me, 'what could we expect if he were victor- ious?"
It is proposed that daylight saving shall be one hour in what can be broadly called the Bummer, and half an hour dur ing the winter. This is reason- able and meets an overwhelm- ingly popular demand. It is ex- tremely doubtful whether, onco the system becomes operativo, it will over be discarded. Day- light to the average man is very precious; ho has a great hunger for it, and putting the clocks forward is one way-artificial it
Colonials In Action
CO-
"One provides for purchases to be made by the United King- dom In the Belgian Congo. All! the products specifted (with possibly one small exception) I asked for some account of are essential to your country. inj
connection with the war effort. Belgium's war effort.
We do not want you to buy "Take first our military co- things you do not need, and so operation," replied M. de Vice we are endeavouring to find "You know that, marketa elsewhere for those schauwer. after losing one army in the other products which we used battle of Belgium, our accond to sell in Europe. army, in process of reconstruc
Is true-o? satiating his in reconstrucche other agreement is
hunger. bala
The introduction of daylight saving in Hongkong is warmly approved,
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- torrible misfortunes. We have tial-shall be ceded to Britain
By: Lichty
“You been six weeks in the army, Hubert-it it true that we can be successfully invaded?'