THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 17, 1941.
PARIS TO-DAY A CITY OF HOPELESS HEAVY
PARIS TO-DAY IS A CITY of listless, hopeless WAICHOW
people struggling to maintain an outward appear- ance of normality but still stunned by what every- body refers to as “le debacle” or “le catastrophe."
A vivid picture was given by a neutral woman who has lived there for many years, remaining right through the war and the Nazi occupation, and is now on her way to America.
"People take no interest in any happenings except the momen !
tary
[roblems
of
B.W.O.F.
she Evang.
saud They seem equally apathe- tic about the future
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You never hear ventren of Petam, de Gaulle, The Best h
the GermaTIN. 1 they peak of the past It is place andmermonate blame on the tulers of the Republe in the La
20 year
by Eart
The F.net. Ovaltined
valasim pie. then I following the further course of the
AIR RAIDS
(SPFCIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}
Widespread air raids on highways leading from Waichow into the interior, and on towns and villages along the East River, are
DONATIONS being carried out daily by
most
of
Japanese aircraft operat-¦
Our Own Corres-
Appended is the latest a list of ing in groups of three or
for credit subscriptions received
five machines, according For the British War Organisationi
Fund, Hong Kong Branch.
to a report from Swabuc.. The Committee of the British
Much damage has been done to Wai- War Organisation Fund are most communication between
Free to the Stewards of the chow grateful
and other parts of Hong Kong Jockey Club for their China, while towns and villages Thes nave, in any case, given
donation generous
were partly demolished by high up trying to form an idea of what $30,000. Previously Acknowledg- explosive bombs.
have Only happening in the world outside ed £100 & $652,381.12; D G. Day
21 few casualties the German cordon They have (Monthly) $15; A. H. Guinness been registered, but damage to no trust in their own newspapers| (Monthly) $20. A. M. Kennedy property is said to be extensive. and the radio, which they know (Monthly }
$30; J. S. Dunnett
The Japanese aircraft are be- are merely German echoes. Many (Monthly) $20; L. E. N. Ryan Heved to be operating from tried at rst to listen to the Brit- (Monthly) $100; Royal Hong Swatow and from a Japanese ish rada, but the programmes are Kong Golf Club proceeds of La-aircraft carrier off the cast of now jammed.
dies Sretion Stapleford Competi- | Hoilukfung. tion $10: Nestle's Milk Products pondent. (China) Ltd. $1,000: Capt. I. J. Lossius (February) $20; D. E. Clark (Monthly) $50; "Q" $500; Sale of 1 CH.S.S. Badge per Lady MacGregor $1: The Members of
The wedding of Mr. Johu Bar- The staff of the Hong and Wham- poa Dock in Mentory of the late row, of the Colonial Administra-
tive Service, Island House, Tain, j Mr. J. G. Ozorio $159; Mr. and
and Miss Katherine Ellinor Collie, Mrs. . P. Horden (Monthly) $10: Mrs. Mason (Proceeds of Raffle of Nursing Sister, Queen Mary Has bracelets) $132; Hong Kong Joe-pital, is to take place at St. John's key Club $30,000: Fung Keong Cathedral at 4.30 this afternoon.
Manufactory Rubber (Jan/Manch 1941) $600. Hancock (Monthly) $25. motor transport is furries brug | 685,073 12. ing Fond. Everywhere are bicycles, often with sidecars, trailers and other contraptions 10 increase capacity.
No Taxis In The City
"Yet Paris is slowly returning to an outward appearance of its old self. The most striking chan-
the IN
almost Complete disappearance of motor traffic, The few cots all belong to German officers. There is not a single taxi in the whole erty.
"A few motor buses are allow- ed in the outer suburbs where there in Metro. The only other
"Nearly all the shops, including the smous dress salons have re- opened. The latte: are doing scarcely any business, selling per- haps half a dozen dresses munthly. Stockings are practically unob-
Ltd.
and R. Tolai
SHOOTING
INCIDENT
A SHOOTING INCIDENT ON tamable, but there are a few pairs STONECUTTERS ISLAND EAR- of old stock selling at 100 francs|LY YESTERDAY MORNING a pair.
WAS REVEALED BEFORE MA- MACFEDYEN AT JOR A. N.
THIS MORNING KOWLOON
TWO WOMEN WERE WHEN CHARGED WITH APPROACH ING WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE ISLAND.
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It was stated that early yester- day morning a junk, carrying a man and two women, went ashore on the island. An Indian consta- ble on duty went up to them and the
was alleged to have
man
"German womenfolk who Rock- ed to Pari alter the occupation to buy up everything with cheap francs are 110 longer much in evidence. Officers, however, are
till buying many antiques.
agents, Goering, through reputed to be the biggest client colle ting especially tapestries. "It noticeable that the Ger- mans are most courteous to the Parisians, apparently in obedience to orders. They salute on enter-¦ struggled with the tonstable, who shot him in the lung with his re- ing shops, and tip generously of restaurants. All hotels are com- | volver, mandeered by the Germans, whose The man was admitted to Kow- headquarters are at the Crillon. loon Hospital where his condition Even the smallest places have was reported to be very serious. been taken over The Ritz alung The wounded man was the mas- obtaini spreial permission toter of the junk, while the two wo- keen a part for its own guests. men were his wife and daughter.
"En y fats and houses, includ-
Pleading guilty, both accused ing there vacated by British re- were placed on a $3 bond to be sidents
for three also been taken, of have
good behaviour Male Britons are interned at St. months. Denis, a few miles from Paris, The women remain at liberty, but report daily to the police.
Problem Of Food
"Large numbers of the inhabi- tants who evacuated before the German advance are now back again. But many have never re- turned. A pathetic sight is that of hundreds of ravenous dogs and cats wandering in the Bois Boulo- gne abandoned
by their fleeing owners.
from
WOUNDED MEN ENTER HOSPITAL Three Chinese, Chung Ming, 32, Wong Tak. 25, and Li Kwan, 25, all residing at No. 25, Con- naught Road Central, ground floor, were admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital, suffering gun shot wounds, alleged to have been inflicted by Japanese who visited Ma Lam Tau, Chinese ter- "Food shortage la now Fran- ritory, a week ago. ce's biggest problem. The bread ration is fairly liberal, but the fat allowance, includ- Ing cooking, is only half a pound monthly. Cheese is also half 糖 pound monthly, and meat three-quarters of a pound weekly.
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"The increasing cooperation of Vichy with the occupied area authorities is illustrated by the fact that rations in both parts of France have been identical since September. Domestic fuel shor-:
They arrived in the Colony yes- terday by a trading junk.
WOMAN FINED
For selling tickets outside the Sun Wah Theatre, a 16-year-old married woman was fined $5 by Major A. N. Macfadyen at Kow loon this morning.
tage is also acute. It will be im out has been much strieter lately. possible to heat many blocks of Orders ware Bats this winter."!
recently posted in the streets coinmunding absolute
She aduled that the Paris black- | observance of the new rules.
WEDDING TO-DAY
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