1941-02-03 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 1941.

CHINA MAIL

WINDSOR HOUSE

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DOVER BEACH

Forebodings of a Hitler onslaught mean that there can be no respite, no relief, to the armed

men

ver's watch on Do-]

Each moment

The Nazis thought we were simple but

We escaped

from Holland

escape from Hitler-dominat-

of calm upon the Narrow THREE times I and my 15-year- moment I determined to try to Seas, each hint of mist,Į old comrade, X, attempted to escape. drifting across the waters ed Holland.

I started to hitch-hike my way to a harbour, that are England's slenderj

and eventually I Many times we almost gave up got a lift on a bus. When that moat, redouble the men- hope, but the determination to broke down I. fook it over from 1 ace banking in the East. escape in order to fight against the driver, and soon we were on

the ruthless power that has turn-the move again. ed my country into a prison urg- to-

ed us 213. The third time, luck was on our side, and here we are, the free once again, and with only

The

sea is calm night,

The tide is full, moon lies fair Upon the straits.

Ah, love, let us be true To one another! For the

world which seems To lie before us like a

land of dreams, So various, so beautiful,

so new,

one desire--to defeat Nazism,

I was a student, working fo pass my examination as a mech- anical engineer when the Ger- man luvasion threatened us.

But I had first to take spie refugaes to safely, and when I reached the harbour I had missed the last boat by one hour. It was bombed and sunk I learned later, so my luck was better than I had thought.

Now the streets were full of Germans, who, though they were

It was a good life ja those outwardly polite, certainly gave days. People saici whut they themselves the airs of conquer- thought. We students led a par- | ors. ticularly care-free existence with plenty of fun and parties.

One morning we were told that war had bogun. We didn't be lieve it. We thought someone was having a joke at our ex- pense, but we soon learned other- wise.