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LAVAL?: VICHY RAT CONTEST

(By Reuter's Chief Diplomatic Correspondent)

NEWS FROM VICHY suggests that M. Pierre Laval, the Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, has been losing ground lately, both with the Germans and Marshal Petain.

The Germans feel he is not making rapid enough progress in his policy of bringing France into line with the Axis, or rather with German plans for a new order, because Italy does not appear to have been consulted about this move.

Indeed, it is chiefly at Italy's expense that Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, is trying to win' France over to complete subser- vience.

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Probably with view to bringing extra pressure on La- val, the Germans are conniving at bringing about the admission of M. Pierre-Etienne Flandin Into the French Cabinet. It will be recalled that the first time Laval went to Paris he was

kept waiting while the German Commissioner, Otto Abetz, saw M.

Flandin.

Another String

It would be in keeping with German methods to have another string to their bow in Flandin, who would seem to be prepared to outbid Laval for German favours. I

Marshal Petain

seems to be showing some firmness in resist. Ing Laval and for the moment seems to have checked the trend

DYING, HE ASKED OF FIGHT

Somewhere on the Ita- lian East African front, troops of the Sudan De- fence Force are still talk- ing with awe of the cour- age of a young R.A.F. man.

Aircraftman W. J. Davidson,

although fatally injured, thought more of his pilot and the bombing raid on which they had than of his own condition.

been

BOMB UNITY MITFORD'S COTTAGE

When a German high explosive bomb dropped in a "Mid- lands village during. the night it consider- ably damaged the cottage of Miss Unity Mitford, "Hitler's girl friend," a church and a number of other houses.

Miss Mitford's cot- tage was empty, but the following day, ac- companied by her mother and sister, she arrived to inspect the damage.

DISORDER

IN DENMARK

Many Nazis have been taken into custody after a disturbance at Hadersley, From their fort on the Sudanese was reported in Stock- in Denmark, yesterday, it frontier troops had watched R.A.F. His attitude has undoubtedly fort, As the machines reassem- aircraft bombing a nearby enemy been strengthened by growing bled to leave, one aircraft sudden discontent in unoccupied France ly left the formation and attempt as a result of the increasing hard-ed a forced landing, only to crash ships of the population.

a few hundred yards in front of the fort,

towards a complete understand Ing with Germany.

The enemy immediately opened fire with every available machine- gun on the aircraft petrol tank and it exploded.

What Sort of Show?

holm.

a meeting on Sunday at which Danish Conservatives also held

15,000 people were present.

The ex-Minister of Commerce, M. Moeller, in a speech at the meeting, declared: "We don't be- lieve foreign methods suit us.

"We believe in popular gov ernment, in the right to think and speak freely and the right- -to promote what we consider.

right.

Penury And Distress There is general penury and distress.and the Germans are un- able or unwilling to do anything to relieve the situation, while the fact that the holding of nearly two million French soldiers as hos- tages is a source of bitter anguish Corps went at once to the spot, our desires as Danes and Scan- A major of the Sudan Defence "We are irrevocably united in and humiliation in a correspond- where he found Davidson, con- dinavians." ing number of French households.scious although mortally injured.

It was a clever stroke of Mar. shal Petain to sond General Woygand:to Morocco, to be out of reach of immediate pressure. It leaves the back door open through which is the possibility of ultimate escape,

...

The aircraftman's first thought was for his pilot and what had happened to him. Then he ask-

Different Tone

A different note was sounded

ed, "What-sort of a show did by M, Stauning at a Labour meet- we make of it?”.

ing in Copenhagen on Sunday, He added that he had jumped when he declared Denmark at from the 'plane and as he hit the present was one of the most for- With Italy's war potential prac ground he followed down the slope tunate countries in the world, tically paralysed by the hammer as far as possible. blows of Greece, backed by the

since she preferred submission to Royal Navy and the R.A.F.,

The pilot, Pilot Officer C. G. destruction. the Bush, and French

Aircraftmani W. J. He claimed Denmark had more armies in Algiers and Davidson were buried with full ample-food supplies than.. most Morocco might yet be called upon military honours on the following countries.-Reuter, to play an important role in the day, restoration of France-Reuter.

HIT IN

LANDED

'STUBBORN EYES BUT NORWAY THINKS WE SHALL WIN

TYPHOON HITS GUAM

PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS An RAF, officer who broughtIN HONG KONG ARE -AN- his 'plane down safely though XIOUSLY AWAITING WORD wounded in both eyes, is award- FROM GUAM ISLAND BASE AS ed the: D.F.C.

TO THE INTENSITY AND POS- Ho la Flying-Officer Gordon SIBLE DAMAGE CAUSED BY A Nell Spencer Cleaver, Auxillary SEVERE TYPHOON WHICH Air Force.Last August: he-lod] WAS DUE TO PASS DIRECTLY his flight against 'planca bomb-OVER THE ISLAND DURING ing his base,

THE EARLY PART OF LAST

"The Norwegian people are still hostile to Ger

After destroying one 'plane he NIGHT.' many and are incredibly he was severely wounded in both This will be the second -severe stubborn in their belief in eyes, but refused to abandon his typhoon to strike Guam and is

'plane and landed safely. and hopes of a British vic- Flight Lieutenant Archibald of the trans-Pacific schedule, with greatly hampering the operation tory," says a report in the Ashmore McKellar, of the Auxil the "California Clipper" now de leading Nazi paper in Po- D.F.C. He led his flight against

fary, Air Force, also geta the layed in Wake Island,

The recent typhoon in the Man- merania, the "Pommer. ninety Heinkels. At least four fla area has caused Pan American sche Zeitung"

were destroyed. He bagged three, to be completely out of touch Acting: Fight Lieutenant Peter with one of their radio stations led his fight against 100 enemy was directly in the path of the Malah Brothers, another D.F.C., located on a remote island. which aircraft, but was himself attacked typhoon. by several Messerschmidt 1105.

“We must recognise that Ger- mans are unpopular in Norway and one reason, among others, is that the Norwegians are lazy. They hate to see the industrious Germans working day and night on aerodromes, roads, etc.," says the paper. 2

The "California Clipper" which Turning to meet them, he was scheduled to arrive in Hong stalled, but spun out of it; thon Kong on Thursday, December 12, shot down ia Dornier. E cannot possibly arrive here be- Altogether he has destroyed fore Friday, December 13, or even seven enemy "plapes It complains that Norwegians Acting Flight Lieutenant Sid- of the typhoon In the Guam, area. later, depending upon the course refuse to clean the shoes of Ger- ney Robert Gibbs (D.F.C.) was [ man guests in the hotels and con- the hero of the long flight to cludes: "Norweglans are far be Tromso in bad conditions. He hind the Garinans mentally and located eight Heinkel 110 flat they are unable to understand the 'planes, Three were destroyed German idea of a new order in and the romainder seriously dam-Newfoundland's Spitfire Fund Europe. Their chief worry Is aged

yesterday reached £15,000 with... that Germany Will, plunder the 680244 Sergeant Ronald Fair- £0,000+ saknowledged by whole of Norway and all endeav- fax Hamlyn, who gets the D.F.M., Minister of Aircraft Production ours, to convince them otherwise destroyed five enemy 'planes in from the "Daily News," of Saint are futile. Exchange.

one day,

John's-British Wireless."..

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