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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 4 1940

TFEELING CHANGES IN FRANCE

GROWING RALLY OF SYMPATHY FOR U.K..

(From A Correspondent lately, in France) THERE IS IN France and in the French Co- lonies a rapidly growing feeling of sympathy for the British cause. This is the unanimous opinion of the many Frenchmen who have managed to escape| the country.

The very fact that so many do make their way out of France or away from the African possessions is in itself some indication of the determination to fight on which does exist. For every man who is successful dozens are turned back or are unable to evade the vigilant watch kept by the Germans or their agents on the frontiers. All those who have made their way out have suffered hardships which only men certain of their cause would have volun- tarily undergone.

Petain's Supporters

FINDS BOMB IN HER SAUCEPAN

When Mrs:' Char- lotte Clark, an office cleaner living in the London area, went to cook her lunch she found an "exploded incendiary bombin the saucepan. ·

The bomb had dropped down the chimney while she in an air-raid shelter during the raid.

was

"I had come back to the house when the All Clear went," she said, "and had a sleep before going to work."

"When I came in to cook a pork chop and potatoes for lunch, I found the bomb had fallen among the pans in the fireplace."

In contrast with the indiffer-tack itself, as for the failure to ence, and even hostility! of press it home to success, But three months ago there is now the burden of the blame is put said to be a majority who, if not so much on the British as permitted to express, a free upon General de Gaulle for hav- opinton, would leave little doubt ing shown a lack of resolution where their sympathies, lay. This and for having seemed to have trans.ormation of spirit has been outwitted in a matter of grown naturally out of the na- vital importance for the Free tive sanity of the French peo-French cause, Naturally the ple themselves, as well as from Vichy Government used the in- the trend of events since France cldent further to buttress their capitulated. Perhaps it is un-attacks on Great Britain, but fortunate that more has not been without great success. done to water this fertile soil by propaganda or action. Bri- tish broadcasts suffer from jam- ming, and ordinary French radio.

It would be wrong to suppose sets are too weak to pick up that Marshal Petain has no sup- the programmes. The change port in the country, While the in opinion has flowed naturally future development

of the war from the heartening fact of is so obscure, Vichy can claim British resistance, 2

resistance the active or passive backing of which neither German

boasting certain elements in France. nor the inflation of German Those are partly moneyed peo- military prowess and lampoon-ple who have something to lose ing of British niilitary "inepti and hope to save something by tude" by the inspired Press has clinging to the charlot-wheels of been able to shout or write the Marshal, Others, often hon-0000000

est. men and patriots, are

lieve that Press, in such papers

the regeneration of the us "Depeche" of: Toulouse, the great such programme as the Vichy France is possible. through some newspaper of Midi, there is. Government

proclaimed.} Vichy, while journals like There are still others, like Char- "Figaro" and "Candide," though article in "L'Action

les Maurras, who in a recent they bow to the Vichy will, care- stated that one

Francaise"

British film stars in Hol- fully avoid taking any anti-

should support lywood, angered by the British line.

Vichy because only by so doing could France maintain her liberty "back home" campaign of action now and in the future. alleging they are not giv

down.

00000

To-day even in that controlled disgusted with the past and be- FILM STARS

noticeable indifference towards

Stifling The News

Some Frenchmen .think it peculiar that the British have not taken greater advantage.

of

both the open and latent. feel- ing expressed most strongly in

..

has

Finally there are those who

HELP WAR

are still mesmerised by the ing the fullest support to magnitude of German military the war effort, have re- amount of vealed the risk sup- to

power and too timorowa or too

little concerned

These tendencies porting the Free French cause.their contributions to the

among cer- British "war chest." of the population

the Midi and the Pyrenean dis-tain sections tricts... Throughout unoccupied France the immense majority of are strengthened by the wide- A Hollywood dispatch to the the people are completely ignor spread belief that within a New York Daily News" states:

few weeks ant of what is happening outside take over the whole of France. Neagle, by personal appearances the Germans will Laurence Olivier and · Anna France. They only know what it is considered good for them and would have two main pur- have scat about £180,000, less Such a move is not improbable in Canada, and the United States, to know and all their news is strongly laced with German pro-ranean

poses, to control the Mediter- taxes.a

coastline.and the paganda. They are, for instance, Pyrenean frontier

Cary Grant has sent £32,000, quite unaware of the British tively and to harness French in phia Story."

effecthe salary received for "Philadel Government's offer to the Rey-dustry in the south to the press- naud Government at Bordeaux,. They have heard no word of the ing needs of the Reich. agreement with General de Gaulle by which the restitution of France in the plenitude of her power is guaranteed in case of victory.

No nowa of the successos' of the R.A.F. In their resistance to the German attacks or In carrying the counter-offensive Into Germany avor gets through the Vichy: consor. Nor Is any hint given of the pos- sibility of a defeat of Hitler,

Dakar Action

more

A high German official lo reported to have said that it was vitally necessary for the Germans, If they are to gain the victory, to foresta|| al- ways and everywhere any pos- sible British, move.

Escaping The R.A.F.

The Germans are anxious, to find industries outside the range of British bombers so as to maintain their essential war out- put. The manufacturing centres of Lyons and elsewhere in South- More vigorous action on the ern France might concelvably part of the British and of Gen. meet such a need in part, eral de Gaulle would be wel-The consequences of such a comed. A month of concentrat German move to the supporters ed propaganda of the right kind of General de Gaulle in France would have an appreciable effect and the Colonies are difficult to in a country already, in large estimate. The effect must be to part disillusioned with the Vichy increase the numbers` of those Government. It would, more who will feel that the only hope over, prepare the ground for any for France is the formation of an- daring strategie, move which other Government in North might be contemplated.

·

Africa or elsewhere.

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To Make Film

A total of £25,000 is expected to be realised from Noel Coward's play, "To-night at 8.30." now runs, ning in New York.

The Hollywood messago, alzo · mentione that · British Vactors, | writers and directors' are giving their cervloes to produce a film "glorifying; the British Empiro, but with entertainment as the

··major objective.”

If the regular salaries were paid the cost of the film would be more than £1,500,000 it is stated.

The Alm is tentatively entitled The Rafters Ring," Seventy-five. per cent of the proceeds is to go to England and the remainder to United States charities.

Among stars who will play in the film are Merle Oberon, Brian Aherno, Madeleine Carroll, Ronald Coleman, Vivien Leigh, Herbert But all reports from Morocco Marshall, Laurence Olivier, Mau and the Mediterranean è pos«rten- O'Hara and Basil Rathbone.. :sessions ... stato ⠀⠀ that Gorman The producer will be Robert contról" •has' within récent Stephenson, ussisted by Cedric wooks shown a strong and Hardwicite and Herbert Wilcox. rapid increase,

Reuter.

The case of Dakar, and its ef- fects on popular feeling are in- teresting; the general reaction was different from that after the battle of Oran.") In the state of bewilderment...which existed, at the time, the naval action, aft · Tho so-called urmistice and Mirs-el-Kèbir was - caslly twisted disarmament commissions which so as to have the worst possiblɑ have gone to Tunis,~ Algerlą,

effect on the public attitude to- Casablanca, and Dakar have been key services. It is for this rea» wards England. The action at followed by elvilian as well as son that the failure at Dakar: in Dakar, was certainly deeply ro-military personnel who are as- | regretted as a misfortune by: so „greiféd,” not" perbips for the at- 1.stming effective control of the many Frenchmen.