1940-10-25 — Page 65

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 25, 1940.

Hitler Plays Up To Petain With Military Honours

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”)

THE HISTORICAL meeting between Marshal MILITARY:

Petain and Hitler, upon which, as it was officially

stated in Vichy yesterday, "the position of France DRIVER and her future largely depends,” occurred late yes- terday afternoon.

Exact place of the meeting is not disclosed but the official announcement stated it occurred amid "impressive surroundings" and that the conference was lengthy.

Marshal Petain.

FINED

FOLLOWING A FATAL AC- CIDENT IN NATHAN ROAD' ON OCTOBER 7, A MILITARY accompanied } He returned to Vichy on Wed- by Pierre Laval, the Vice-Prem'er, nesday, conferred again

with DRIVER, PU IU-SHING, 20, WAS crossed the demarcation line be- Marshal Petain and then proceed- FINED $50 BY MR. E. tween

HIMS- the occupied and uned with the latter to see Hitler occupied zone at 8 a.m.

yesterday morning.

WORTH AT KOWLOON THIS Military honours were ren- All these talks culminated in MORNING FOR DRIVING dered him on both sides of the the historic meeting of Marshal WITHOUT DUE line, after which Marshal Pe- Petain, Laval, Hitler and Ribben-

CARE AND tain and Laval proceeded to the trop yesterday.

CAUTION. point where they met Hitler. The formal announcement on the conference made in Vichy The impression is prevalent in last evening confirmed the gen-Vichy that the Brenner interview eral impression of the extreme im- between Mussolini and Hitler was portance of the talks, and that the the starting point the interview between the chiefs of German talks. the French and German States: is actually the culminating point in Franco-German

conferences which started a few days ago but were conducted speedily.

Laval Movements

Laval proceeded to Paris on October 17, returning to Vichy on Sunday: he reported to Marshal Petain and then left again for Paris on Monday,

Vichy Impression

Franco-

It was alleged that near Mid- dle Road, he knocked down 54-year-old woman, Tsoi Ngor. who died later in hospital,