SHARP RESENTMENT
LIKELY
IN
FRANCE
Lord Halifax On Britain's Melancholy Duty
Cruel Choice
Imposed By Petain
LONDON, TO-DAY. A STATEMENT MADE BY THE FOREIGN SECRE- TARY, LORD HALIFAX, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS YESTERDAY ON THE BATTLE WITH THE FRENCH FLEET, WAS SIMILAR IN SUB- STANCE TO THAT OF MR. CHURCHILL IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
BRITAIN AND FASCIST PETAIN
London; To-day.
Asked in the House of Com- mons if the French Government at Bordeaux, now under German control, was still recognised by the British Government, Mr. R. A. Butler replied: "It is not yet possible to speak with cer- tainty as to the conduct of our relations with the Government of Potain."-Reuter.
Concluding, Lord Halifax said: "It is melancholy BATTLE ON
to reflect that the magnificent ships of the
French Navy should have been prevented by ABYSSINIAN
their Government from continuing the strug-
gle with their comrades in arms against the
common foe, but that they should rather have been ordered to resist their former comrades in order that they might place themselves under enemy control.
MORE ALIENS TO BE INTERNED
London, To-day.
In a written reply in the Com- mons yesterday to a series of questions on the subject of allens. Sir John Anderson, the Home Se- cretary, said that in view of the exigencies of the military situa- tion certain further categories of Germans and Austrians are be- ing interned but it would not be in the public interest to give de- tails of the scheme at this stage. -Reuter.
WANG KEH-MIN
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Peiping, To-day. Wang Keh-min, former chairman of the North China Rolitical Council, left by plane yesterday for Tsingtao. He was preceded by members of his family.--Havas.
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"The officers and men of the French Navy were placed in a position which must have seemed to them well nigh
Intolerable.
“As regards the Government of Marshal Petain, I am bound to ob- serve they they placed redemption of the promise to the enemy before the solemn pledge to an ally and this brought to a point the cruel Majesty's
His dilemma in which Government were placed. "But it is not on reproaches or re- criminations that the Government will rest their case.
"It is inevitable that what has pass- ed, distorted as it will be by enemy propaganda, must create a sharp re- sentment in France where already the distress of war and the harsh condi- tions of armistice have strained public opinion almost to breaking point.
French Feelings
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"It is not difficult to realise what are likely to be the-feelings among the officers and men of French Government and the French French Navy, among members of the
people.
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"Nor is it necessary to translate Into words the feelings which uppermost in the minds of all those who believed that on the close un- ion of the United Kingdom and French depended the victory of our common cause and who still think that relations between our two coun- trica must, for good or ill, be power. ful in the future of the world.
"But it is also true, and it is on this fact that the Government based their action, that it is only through victory for British arms that the liberation of France herself con be achieved. (Cheers).
Cruel Choice
"Therefore we in this country, who are, determined to resist to the end and at whatever cost the German at- tempt to dominate Europe, must rely upon the power of the French nation sponer or later to appreciate the final purpose of the British people and to judge fairly the cruel choice which the French Government, under. Ger- man pressure, had so unhappily im- (Loud, prolonged posed upon us." cheers).
Throughout Lord Halifax's state- ment and the remarks of subsequent speakers there was obvious and vigor- ous sympathy from all quarters of the House. Reuter.
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BORDER
London, To-day.
PETAIN'S
FASCIST INCLINATION
London, To-day. Commenting on France's proposed Governmental changes, semi-official circles in London quote the descrip- tion applied to Marshal Petain by the German official · news agency, which calls him "The Fuehrer of the French Government.”
The newspaper "Petit Parisien" yesterday said that the "French na- tion confident, disciplined and re- solute waits the decision Petain is about to take."
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Other newspapers re-echo this view. It should be remembered, however, that censorship has played a big part in France since early in June. At one time, France had only one paper, issued and controlled by the Govern- ment.
Now, although many further French papers have resumed circulation,
Details of a battle between British and Italian troops near Moyale (in Kenya, on there are no signs that the hand of censor has been lifted appre- the Abyssinian border) were the
ciably. Reuter. available in London yester- day.
A British outpost was held by one Company of men.
A much larger force of Italians crossed the frontier and suddenly at- tacked the outpost from the rear.
British reinforcements were sent immediately and launched a counter- attack in co-operation with bombers of the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force.
An, R.A.F. communique ṣays that the S.A.A.F. bombers made direct hits on gun emplacements and blew up an ammunition dump.
The land forces drove the Italians out of British territory, restored the outpost and destroyed four Italian guns. Reuter.
OPERATIONS IN NORTH CHINA
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Peiping, To-day. Operations for the eradication of the Communist forces in East Hopei were launched recently under General Wang Tien-hslang, commander of the Chin- ese North China army.
A thousand Reds were annihilated, it is claimed, and quantities of arms and ammunition captured. Important Red forces must still remain, however, as, according to the semi-official "Hsin Min Pao," it was decided to station. large garrisons at all strategical points in the province to prevent the resump- tion of Communist activities.—Havas.
SOVIET EMBASSY IN PEIPING CLOSED
Tokyo, To-day. The Soviet Embassy in Pelping was closed yesterday, according to a Ja- panese report. All other Soviet diplo- matic missions and consulates Japanese-occupied areas of North China have already been closed,
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The Soviet consul-general, M. Nikitin, and his wife, leave Peiping at 7.50 this morning by train for home. the report adds,-Reuter.
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