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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1949.

WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS: THE SECOND BOOK

THEIR FINEST HOUR

It Was Taken For Granted

FUTURE generations may

By Winston Churchill

hand. Hence arose the alternative of armistice and peace,

bo

deem it noteworthy that the supreme question of whether we should fight on alone, never found a place upon the War Cabinet Agenda. Mr. Reynaud proceeded to say It was taken for granted and that the Council of Ministers had instructed as a matter of course by these on the previous day

him to inquire what would men of all Parties in the Britain's attitude should the worst State, and we were much too come. He himself was well aware

that busy to waste time upon such of the solemn pledge

We separate peace would be entered unreal, academic issues. were united also in viewing into by either ally. General Wey

gand, and others pointed out that the new phase with good conn

Franco Chad...

hndiread sacrificed Adence. It was decided to everything in the common cuase HOTEL RESIDENTS

tell the Dominions the whole She had nothing left; but she had weakening It has certainly not been facts. I was invited to send succeeded in greaths

the .common foc. the opinion of this paper, a message in the same senso

It would in those circumstances ever since the controversy to President Roosevelt, and be a shock if Britain failed to started, that Hong Kong also to sustain the determina-concede hoteliers were, on the whole, going to suffer unfairly or be put. out of business by control of their rents.

case

A

which

that France tion of the French Govern-physically unable to carry on, If ment and assure them of our France was still expected to fight on and thus deliver up her utmost support.

cor- On June 13, 1940, I made my people to the certainty of

ruption and evil transformation might possibly have last visit to France for four yeach at the hands of ruthless specia-

almost to a day. The French

lists in the art of bringing con- been made out against Mr Government had now withdrawn que Eardley's sweeping reforms, to Tours, and tension had mount-quered peoples to heel. That then but the new ordinance seemed steadily. I took Edward Hali- was the question which he had

ad the hard facts with ed rather lacking in teeth tax and General Ismay with me. 10 put. Would Great Britain rea- instead of being unduly for- and Max Beaverbrook volun- France was faced?

In trouble he midable. Most residents and teered to come too.

always buoyant. This time the weather was cloidst of our and we transients certainly are this opinion.

salled over in Hurricane however, a rather wider sweep the Southward than before. Ar rived over Tours, we found the airport had been heavily bombed the night before, but we and all our escort landed smoothly spite of the craters.

of

squadron,

reaki

10

It is, however, refreshing to have a letter from a hotel resident like that printed in the "China Mail" today, vir tually objecting to any sort of control over landlords and managements. Not that the

Immediately one sensed the in- writer claims any love for

creasing degeneration of affairs. those who sit at the receipt No came to meet us or

No one

D

In

the

of custom: he merely feels seemed to expect us. We bor-

Service

car from the will rowed that his own welfare

Station Commander and motored suffer. Like this. Admit-

making for the Pre- ting that hotel profits will into, the elty,

where it was said the fecture, decrease, as a business man French Government had their himself he sees only two headquarters. No one of conso- developments that quence was there, but Reynaud likely services and standards will was reported to be motoring in

from the country, be cut down, or the owners

was also to arrive soon. will be forced to give up contin- operations- both

gencies which would cause him and his family definite discomfort.

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France has given her best, her youth and life blood; that she can do no more; and that she is entitled, having nothing further to contribute to the common cause, to enter into a separate peace while maintaining the solidarity imm- plecit in the, soleman agreement entered into three months pre- viously?"

Separate Peace Mr. Churchilar that

Good Morning!

According to our front page yesterday, "A Methodist bishop visiting the Orient says, that a

sitting, Ambassador Kennedy ar- Communist offensive is moving rived with President Roosevelt's across Fouth Eastern Aala with reply to Reynaud's appeal of June the rest of the Continent." And they always told us you can't take

with you. President Roosevelt to M. Reynaud

13.VI. 40. of June 10 has As

10.

Your message

{

moved

me very

1

Some types in Canton have bocu deeply. forging Hong Kong dollar notes. about anyone

I have already stated to you One doesn't hear and to Mr. Churchill, this Cov-counterfeiting gold yuan. Maybe ernment is doing everything in the price of paper is too high. Its

to power to make availabla

"prison reform" ad- - A woman' the

the Allied Governments material they

revocato, wants prison termos, reduced 60 urgently real round. How like a woman not quire, and our efforth. do still

to

Босиле

of our faith in

and

maro are being redoubled. This to let a man Anlah his sentonco.

BUHOrt of the tents for oma koopers are said to be which the Allies are fighing. Tho magnificent resistance of the French and British Armies has

hotel losing Hope. Sooff thera allver threads among the gold.

profoundly inspressed the Amer-the lean people.

Further Torture

case would Britain waste time and energy in reproaches and recriminations. That did not,

to mean that she would consent action contrary to the recent agreement. The first step.ought to be M. Reynaud's further message putting the present 1 am, personally, particularly im position squarely to President the Roosevelt. Let them await answer before considering any- thing else. If England won the war France, would be restored In her dignity and in her greatness.

•

:

Conservatives are sickened by State Health Service in

Britain.

Decreased fertility in the US.

pressed by your declaration that is said to be due to the change France will continue to fight on from rural to amar hectle city 'behalf of Democracy, even if it existence. Even without the enter nicans slow withdrawal, even to tainments of the town, a true. North Africa and the Atlantic lover of nature need not find the yoru

country evenings dull.

It is most important to remem. ber that the French and British Fleets continue [in] mastery of the Atlantic and other oceans;

to remember that vital materials from the outside world. necessary to maintain all am so greatly heartened by what Prime Minister Churchill said a few days ago about the the resistance of Empire, and that deter

All the same I thought the issue raised at this point was sa serious that I asked to withdraw with my colleagues before an- Official Record

swering it So Lords Halifax and as follow:

The official British record reads Beaverbrook and the rest of our

party went out into a dripping I said that Great

but sunlit gardea, and talked Britain realised now much things over for half an hour. Mr. Churchil

France had suffered and was on our

continued return I restated our suffering. Her own turn would

We, could not agree to position. She

11 come, and she was ready,

peace, however to find that her con-might come.

a separate ution to the land struggli

Our wor aim remained was at present 50 email, total defeat of Hitler, and we owing to the

which

felt that we could still bring this had been met with as a result

about. We were therefore not in of applying an agreed strategy a position to release France from

reverses

the

in the North. The British had her obligation. Whatever hap not yet felt the German lash,

ould com to apply

to the great French Em:

This poem Is the only Ong of its Kind in the English Language.

The recital Of the titlo

Takes more Ume

Than the rhyme,-Punch.

"Seven Years Hard For Bus Robber." But not any harder, than piro all over the world. Naval for anybody else.

power in world affairs still the lessons of histors, carries

Errant printers again. "Troub

as Admiral Darian well knows e In Damascus." No relation to the We all thought the President Mahdi.

had gone a very long way. He had

A policeman arrested

да

·AX-

but were aware of its force, pened, we would level no re-authorised Roynned to publish his different matter from con- that implied, and now he had sent

Well, it takes something to thought: to win the war

and

rom Iter this formidable answer. upon catch a something.

They nevertheless had but one/oaches against France; but that mesange of June-10, with all that policeman posing as a policeman

WRE

If,

destroy Hitlerism. Everything i senting to release her from this, Frahen decided to endure the urged that the French further torture of the the

we

do this and

- War,

was subordinate to that aim: ghould

now send a new appeal to

States would be deeply no regrets, President Roosevelt, which по dimculties, could stand in the way.

would support from London. M. committed to enter it. At any rate, and Mandel He was well assured of British Reynaud agreed to

it contained two points which were copacity for

for enduring and per- promised that the French would tantamount to helligerance; first, material aid, slating, for striking back Bu hold on until the result of his promise of all

which implied active assistance; the foe was beaten. They would final appeal was known, therefore

secondly, a call to go on fighting hope that

If the Government would carry on fighting

driven right out of France.

Silky Manner

It being already nearly 2 o'clock, I insisted upon luncheon, und after sonic parleyings wo drove through streets crowded with

refugees' CATS, most them with a mattress on top and

with crammed

We luggage. cram found a cafe which was closed, but after explanations

vo ob- tained a meal. During luncheon I was visited by M. Baudouin, an oficial of the

There is something to said for this argument, but the theoretical answer is that is apparently government satisfied that the reduced margin of profit is still suff

French Foreign ciently large to allow of con- tinued services at the pre-omce, whose influence had risen sent standard and to provide in these laiter days, He began at once in his soft, sliky manner further incentive to carry about the hopelessness of the French resistance. If the United war on It is unlikely in our opinion States would declare

possible that any hotelier will close Germany, it might be his doors because of the new for France to continue. What did I think about this? I did not regulations. And presum-discuss ably the new ordinance im-discuss the question further than that I hoped America in, and that we plies, if it does not state in would come

Aght

Ho watertight fashion, that all should certainly normal facilities must still afterwards, I was told, spread It

about that I had

agreed be provided under the new abou

France should surrender rates. If this is so, any re- the States came in. sident could invoke the law if these were revoked.

say

од.

on a

SO

The Death

RAF/

scale,

At the end Reynaud

look

even

ware

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Higher Army Pay Urged

Control Over Atoms Sought

Washington, February 22. The United Nations has been. urged to undertake supervision of an International distribution of radio-active isotopes.

These are varieties of atoms" which give of radiaitons and aro produced in atomic energy IC- actors. They are used for me- dical, scientific, agricultural and Industrial research..

of Paris down to the sea, and Before leaving I made one if need be from North Africa particular request to M. Reynaud. At all costs time must be gala- Over 400 German pilots, the hub

buik been shot ed. The period of waiting was of whom had not limitless: o pledge from the the RA

prisoners were States would make It France: Having regard to the Valted

situation, they should be handed quite short The alternative course meant de-over to our custody. M. Reynaud

struction

ion for France quite as willingly gave this promise, but certainly. Hittler would abide soon he had no power to keep it. by no pledges. If, on the other These German pilots all became hand, France remained in the available for the Battle of Bri- struggle, with her fine Navy, a second time.

and we bad, to shoot them her great Empire, her Army

M of our talk, still able to carry on guerrlila warfare

a gigantic

us into the adjoin- and if Germany falled to desing room where MM. Herriot and troy England, which she must Jeannency, the Fresidents of the Chamber and Senate respectively, do or go under, if then Ger- many's might in the air was were seated. broken, then the whole hateful patriots edifice of Nazidom would emotion about fighting on to the James Forrestal,

death. As we went down the Congress to raise the pay of most topple over.

crowded passage into the court-military personnel by a total of Never Doubted thai

yard I saw General de Gaulle over US$4,000,000 yearly.

Mr. Forrestal testified before Immediato unless

help from standing solid and expressionless

him the the doorway...

House Armed America, perhaps even a de-at

Services Sub- in French: Iow

administration claration of war, victory was I said in a

mch: Committee on an not so far' off. At all events

impassive. Ik the court- uniform pay scale for the had not and would

not alter yard there must have been more Navy, Air Force, Coast peace and security of the zia-` her resolve: no terms, no surten in frightful misery, Clemen- and Geodetic Survey. Except for sible to achieve

hundred leading French-pubi

ench-public health Service and render. The alternatives tor

We then returned to the Pro- tecture where Mandel, Minister of the Interior, awaited us. This faithful former secretary- of Clemenceau, and a bearer

for-

ray of

Given

Both these French spoke with passionate

Greeting

Washington, February 21. The Secretary of Defence, Mr. today asked

England would fight on, Shemomme des He re-bill which would set up the first!

was his

纳%

a covernment-the Thu

The hand. wrung his

cocalessive:

The proposal was made on be- half of the Federation of Ameri- can Scientists by Dr. Arthur Ro- berts, State University of jowa physicist, and chairman of the Federation's Administrative Com- mittee.

itsalf as an organisation embracing 20 association different selentific with a total membership of 2,000, F- mainly atomic scientists.

The Federation' describes

-Peace And Security

Dr. Roberts said the materials in question in no way threatens

To anticipate official com- ment should hotels go out of

tion. Hence it may well be pos- business, our correspondent ward of his life's message, seem-

measure of in- says that government mighted in the best of spirits. He was her were death or victory. That cehu's son was brought up to me. the lowest-ranking, ellsted

man ternational co-operation in this Hurri answer to M. Reynes were already in the air. uniform would benefit,

and raw recruit, everyone indeed take over the closed energy and deflunce personified.

in harmless but important fold of

atomie endeavour. luncheon, un attractive he His

noud's question. properties (although

The Secretary told the Com- The U.S. Atomic Energy Com- wouldn't like to live in one chicken, was uneaten on the tray M Reynaud replied that he had and I slept sound on our swift

before him. He was a

home.mittee the

were mission has been making Ameri- the proposed nover doubted England's deler and uneventful Journey under such conditions), but sunshine. He had a telephone in

first however, This was wise, for there was a based on the mination. He

can made istopes, available to he asks if it is government's each hand through which he was anxious to know how the Bri long way to go before bed-time study made since 1903, an un-foreign countries. Twenty-one

dertaking that required intention to

a year countries have already received Desperate Appeal drive private constantly giving orders and de- tish Government would react

simple: out of business cisions. His ideas were

shipments.) In a enterprises

After our departure from Tours and a half. He said they need to

wipe out inequities resulting from Dr. Roberts sald problems in- French and then run the concerns fight on to the end in France, in

preat about half-past ave M. Rey plecemeal adjustments made Involved include licensing, safe sent, one or another might naud met his, Cabinet again at the past and to put military per- guards for health, standards themselves? A fair question, order to cover the largest pos

sible movement into Africa. This say: "We know you will carry Cangry. They were vexed that sonnel on a "equal pay for equal measurements, distribution pro- even if unlikely to require was the last time I saw on. We would also, it we saw and my colleagues had not.come

valiant Frenchman. The restored

any hope et 0 victory, But we there to join them. We should work" basis with civilians.cedures, nomenclature and prices, sce no sufficient hopes of an have been very He does, however, make French Republic rightly shot to

willing

United Press,

-Associated Press. do sov to early victory. We cannot count no matter how late we had to fly one point which, has been death the hirelings who murder-

on American help. There is no home. But we were never in- discussed time and agained him. His memory is honoured

light at the end of the tunnel.vited; nor did we know there was throughout the colony; in his countrymon and their Al-

We cannot abandon our people to be a French Cabinet meeting the shortage of accommoda- Solemn Pledge

to indeâalto German domina-At Cafgey the decision was taken llon. We must come to terms to move the French Government

was already too late to or off We have no choice....

to Bordeaux, and Reynoud sent With off his telegram to Roosevelt ganise redoubt in Brittany. its desperate appeal for

the entry Nowhere would ⚫ a genuine on the scene at least of the French Government have a American Fleet.

an answer.

tion, are hotel proprietors

lies.

This

Presently M., Reynaud arrived.

such big sharks as compared At first he seemed depressed. It with the owners of new General Weygand had reported to houses and flats? Do the him that the French armies were present rentals even apexhausted. The line was pierced proximate the increased costs in many places; retunees were nil the roads of building? And just what pouring along

through the country; and many. justifies the key money of the

were in disorder. racket, apart from sheer op- The Generalissimo, felt it was portunism? No one with necessary to ask for an armistico any sense would deny that while there were sull enough the stamping out of this French troops to keep order until vicious system would be ex- peace, could be made. Such was

the military advice. tremely difficult, througho

He would send that day a fur-

Wo

hope of escaping capture on At 10.18. p.m. I made my new French soil....The question to report to the Cabinet. My ne Britain would therefore takel count "was endorsed by my two the form: "Will you acknow- companions. While, we were, still

DO YOU

lack of evidence mainly, ther message to Mr. Roosevelt KNOW

There is no doubt that such saying that the last hour land pregna practices flourish only become, and that the fate of cause the public panders to Allled cause lay

them and will not complain.

In America's

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