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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 5, 1941.

CHINA MAIL

WINDSOR HOUSE

ANTHEM OF VICTORY

Throughout the nations under

the heel of Hitler the letter "V"

has become a symbol of the even- tual victory of freedom. Chalked up on walls, it is a constant re- minder to the Nazi garrisons of the submerged fres glowing un-

der their boot heels, the fires that shall eventually destroy them and

the manifold miseries for which they stand. On a recent evening the BBC., in every tongue spoken In Furupe, suggested a number of variations on the "y" theme, cal-

culated to drive home to the Ger-

mans the explosive quality of the hatred they have distilled on an unhappy continent. The broadcast pointed out that the Morse code

signal for "V" was three dots and dash and told Europe's oppress- ed to use that rhythm when they

knocked upon a door, when they

wished 10 summon 3 waiter,

whenever they sought to express their contempt and deflance for

their temporary masters.

Reports received in London in-

dicale that the "sound war" s being taken up enthusiastically by the peoples of the occupied lands, that villagers beat out the rhythm of the "V" upon the side- walks as German troops march through their streets, and audi- ences in motion-picture houses applaud to the same beat when the ordained reels of Nazi con- quest are flashed upon the screen. It is not hard to appreciate the effect of this tapped-out jeer upon the invaders, to picture the ner- vous alertness of a Gestapo official who hears the ominous beat in every swinging shutter, creaking dour and in every drumming

rainfall.

BRITISH

DESIGNS

Yeste

ON

DAKAR,

SUCCESS IN INDO-CHINA OVER

JAPAN

BRITISH DESIGNS

WTH

THAI

ON

FRENCH WEST AFRICA