1940-08-27 — Page 7

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SCAVSHTU

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 27, 1940

CHINA MAIL

WINDSOR HOUSE

MEN OF VICHY

If M. Laval and his as- sociates stand behind the pathetic figure of a great soldier grown old and weary, behind them all looms the overshadowing figure of the Nazi con- queror. In his recent broadcast Marshal Petain confessed that he was un- able to obtain Germany's permission to transfer the seat of French govern- ment to the area occupied by the enemy, so that the Government could be set, up at Versailles and the Ministries in Paris. There could hardly be harsher evidence of the puppet character possessed by the Petain regime than this needless placing of itself, together with the rule of France, directly into German hands. Such an act of subservience to Hitler justifies more strongly than ever the precautions taken by Bri- tain to prevent the French Fleet falling-or rather being delivered-into the power of Germany for use against Britain. If the Vichy usurpers believed, however, that their barter

BURMA ROAD

TRADE SERVICE

CADGING A LIFT IN THE EAST

(Copyright in All Countries.)

Are we fighting for Britain--or what?

this

ed by a mess of pottage in it has made me angry-until now. them.

They are now calling it

gerous

and they knew nghting.

what we were

-By- EMRYS JONES

are

the French have called

a merely obscures the fact that all Democracy gives us the right to ship. But why did of France's democratic People

other wars are people's wars, since the believe what we like.

lack leadership? "phoney war" and many

Well then, you know as well as Mlle, Curie said that it was be- freedom would be reward-odd things, but no description of people have to fight and die in

I do, that some people are tem-cause so many Frenchmen placed So we progress to this new won-peramentally inclined to the idea ideas before nationality. der, the "World Civil War."

of dictatorship as others are to the Some were Fascists first and the shape of German len-"World Civil War."

This is nonsense, and I am an- What does it mean?

idea of democracy. Some people Frenchmen second; others were iency, the Nazis have

be It means that the people of the naturally prefer to ordered Socialists, first and Frenchmen gry because it is dangerous non- made it brutally plain sense, as I will show in a minute: world especially those at war rather than governed. So are second..

The spirit of Clemenceau, who that they are not to be For it implies that we I mean are divided by two sets of ideas. men made.

you and can take two points Broadly put, people are divided by Now, when people say this is a cared nothing for so-called ideo- France, propitiated by French ser-of view about this war, or rather the ideas of dictatorship or demo- "World Civil War," meaning a logy but everything for

cracy, economic totalitarianism or war of ideas, they are saying that was missing" in "the people who vility. Ridicule has been about the virtues of fighting it.

I remember in October business Socialism, Fascisin, or plutocracy.there are two ways of being ruled went to war in September. return the only

which is true-but they from

And if further warning is need- men in Manchester imploring me

also saying that a single people ed, ask Norway, Belgium, “and Berlin for the Petain-to do all I could to stop that dan

are fighting a war for those two Holland whether they were tram- notion. You see, for years

ideas-which is not true. Laval imitations of Nazi they had dealings with German

Or pled down for the sake of ideas should not be true.

or just plain brutal conquest. methods of government. business men-German people

People fighting with the will to Here at home there are many Cham- While the new Fascist-

victory are fighting not for ideas Conservatives who want but for their nation, their home-berlain in the Government just like regime in France is Of course, the most casual stuɖ-

land.

because he is a Conservative, and ent of history knew what we were be but anghting Frederick

This is the whole point destined to

mapy Socialists who want him the Great,

That is why this is not a World out for the same reason. shadow of government re-Bismarck, the Kaiser, or Hitler: It means that people are fight-

Civil War. It is a war of nations. Right and Left warred in France the more the leaders change,theling for one or the other.

Is all this worth

arguing on behalf of this party man and flecting its Nazi overlord, more the German people remain. Now do you see the danger of

labout?

that, thinking in terms of ideas the phrase "World Civil War"? it will also be lacking in the same.

I think so. The other day I instead of only for the good of However, when this nonsense! Of course you do, for it implies, reality by reason of the of not "fighting the German peo- even encourages, disunity within lunched with Mile. Eve Curie, the France. The result we know.

İclever daughter of the discoverers So quit talking about this as a anomalous shape propos-ple, but fighting Nazi-isin vanish- the nation.

ed under events, a new descrip- With our natural tolerance, peo-jof radium, and of course we talk-Civil War of ideas.

You are beginning to talk sense ed for its polity. Though tion of the war gained circulation. ple might be led into the notioned about the French collapse.

that Nazi-ism-as system

We all know that, primarily, when you call this the Battle of the new Constitution is "The People's War."

This Left-Wing phraseology might be as good as democracy. France failed for lack of leader- BRITAIN. being modernised along totalitarian lines, it yet is to hark back, according to Marshal Petain, to the ob- solete forms of pre-Re- publican absolutism. Thus Versailles is to be the seat of rule, the Bourbon pro- vinces will replace the Night after night the bombers departments, and the re-or the R.A.F. strike at the very

heart of Nazi Germany. Acro constituted French Par-dromes and dockyards, munitions liament will merely be works and oil dumps are bombed with unfalling accuracy... We are summoned, like the reaping the benefit now of the States-General, at the vast experience and the know- ledge of enemy territory -guined will of the despots. Mod-on those reconnaissance raids last ern,-progressive, and free-winter.

inside

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a

R. A. F. RAIDER

Every night while you sleep British airmen bomb Germany. This shows you how it's done.

O

See what is happening dom-loving France is to one of our big long-distance Well- be compelled to go right ington bombers which is just ap-

proaching its objective. back to the Bourbons. This Daily Mail" artist Haworth has proposed travesty of gov-cut away the near-side wing in

his drawing to show more clearly. ernment, with its double what goes on inside the big fuse-

ing stretched out on the floor ofj system of tyranny, will lage

The front and rear gunners are the bomber between front gunner surely stir in many in position in their power-operate and pilot, with the bomb-alming

bombs. seen clutched Frenchmen the deter-ed turrejs ready to drive off Nazi device in front of him.

As he watches for landmarks neath the aircraft. mination to retrieve their The navigator has left his small through a special window in the The pilot, sitting just "above traditional and cherished table of which are his charts and floor of the plane, in his right and behind him, works in closest stant touch with other bombers in Instruments used to plat the course hand he grips the push-button cooperation. Nerve-centre of the the squadron, is the radio opera¬ liberties.

of the aircraft, and he is now ly control which will release the whole crew, who keeps in con-tor. He sits behind the pllot.

ughters.

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