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After sending M. Paul Reynaud the draft Declaration of Union on June 16, 1940, Mr. Churchill had arranged to take a cruiser from South- in 24354ampion to Concarneau,

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I Start On A Mission

By Winston Churchill

to

I

Fleet were never presented to the arate peace. He ovidently expected Council. The demand that it should this and wished to save as much

British ports

as possible from what seemed to OUR War Cabinet sat until be sailed to

six o'clock on the 16th, prelude to the negotiations with him to be the wreck of the world, the German, was never considered is whole attitude in this respect and thereafter I set out on by the Reynaud Cabinet, which was most helpful. Then he turned H.K.$18.00

my mission. I took with me was now in complete decomposito our sending all our remaining share in H.K.$30.00 the Leaders of the Labour on. Here again there was no vote. fighter air squadrons

At about 8 o'clock Reynaud, the final battle, in France, which H.K. 72.00 and Liberal Parties, the three utterly exhausted by the physical wan, of course, already over.

Chiefs of Staff, and various and mental strain to which he told him that there was no posal-

days

sub. bility of this being done. Even at important officers and officials. had for so many

docinive lättle," "now at Waterloo. My wife had, for Marshal Patain. The action or never," "If France fall, all But I could There must be judged precipitate. He falls and so forth. The Senate Foreign Re- come to see me off. lations Committee in Wash-was an odd delay in starting. still seems to have cherished the not do anything to oblige him in

hope that he could keep his rend, this field. ington has ordered a public Evidently some hitch had oc-

ezvous with me the next day, and review of the proposed UScurred. Presently my Private spoke of this to General Spears.

arrived grant Secretary $940,000,000 recovery

from "To-morrow there will be another will no longer speak for anyone." *nid

AID TO BRITAIN:

shal Potain. The War Cabinet approved, at my suggestion, a further message omphasising the point. But we were talking to the vold.

Frittering Away

Good Morning!

It's just occurred to me that by becoming part of a Dominion and then seceding, wo might eventually get representative government,

British Reds are reported to be going underground? Forming cells In the cellars?

A senator called Can complaina

mon for his henchmen. Maybe he that another senator chooses Com- finds them ablo.

On the 17th also I sent a per- sonal message to Marshal Petain and General Weygand, of which coples were to be fuenlated by our Ambassador to the French Presl dent and Admiral Darlan:

to repeat to you my pro- Al Rogent's Park Zoo a man wan I wish

the camels, near found conviction that the illus observed trous Marshal Petain and the picked up a straw, placed famous General Weygand, our quarely on the camel's back and comrades in two great wars waited, Nothing happened. "Wrong the Germans, will not in straw," he muttered, and hurried

PAR pranie trane was waking bahkankama sion to the AINGA) Khn (UTA ER thit Ally By overtog

Presden, zadzied him to send.

to Britain, in view of what Downing - street breathless Government, and you are called wide discrepancies with the following message Spears.

in estimates of Britain's re- covery progress.

from Campbell [the British Bordeaux: Ambassador] at The usual spate of heated

"Ministerial crisis has opened anti-British and criticism,

Hope to have news by semi-isolationist vituperation [::;;

Meanwhile meet- largely for the benefit of midnight. constituents back home-caning arranged for tomorrow be expected from Anglo- impossible." On this I return. phobes who may know noth-ed to Downing-street with a ing of international economies heavy heart. but everything about bigotry and hatred. And there will be explanations and speeches in favour of Britain by sena- tors who have keener minds and can see further than the editorials in home town news- papers.

The final scene in the Reynaud Cabinet was as follows. The hopes which M. Reynaud had founsled

upon the

Declaration of

Union

were soon dispelled. Rarely has 50 generous proposal encountered such a hostile reception. The Pre- mier read the document twice to the Council. He declared himself strongly for it, and added that he was was arrouging a meeting with me discuss the for the next day to details. But the agitated Ministers, some famous, some nobodies, torn by division and under the terribic hammer of defeat, were staggerei.

Some by a tapping of telephones, about it by a These were the defentists. Most were wholly unprepared to receiva such far-reaching themes.

were told had heard

Mistrust Dominated

Feeling Pain

over to the enemy the

And

French Fleet, Such an act would

thou scarify their names for a sand years of history. Yet this result may easily come by frit- tering away these few precious hour, when the Fleet can be

in British Halled to safely American ports, carrying with it the hope of the future and the honour of France. In order that these appeals

or

Hr It

And as Sam Goldwyn sald, any. body who would go to a paychiat. have his head ex- rist ought to amined.

take

Sign in a window displaying

"These'll corseta

your breadth away."

A man nained Lemmon has been

Lemmonald? the

and

1

My two French visitors then got up and moved towards the door, Monnet leading. As they reached hitherto it de Gaulle, who had not hith The Spectre uttered a single word, turned back; might not lack personal reinforce doing good work among efugees,

we sent and taking two or three paces toment on the

пров First Sea Lord, who believed him- English:

"Manifest nonsenso though this According to Campbell (rent by wards me, said in

think you are quite right. Under self to be in intimate personal

Is, we feel that no harm, and telephone, June 16):

an imparsive, imperturbable de-professional touch with Admiral

Darlan, the First Lord, Mr. A. pomibly some good, may be done our editorial Ay reiteration of remarkable capacity for feeling v. Alexander, and Lord

Lloyd,

policy."-Gloucestershire paper. meanour, a scomed to me to have

Secretary of Sta

State for the Colonies, pain. I preserved the impression, this yery tall,

No long, known as ด friend of

The lovely woman lion tamer in contact with phlegmatic mun. Here in the Con- France. All these three laboured stond motionless as the lion took

lle returned

from her lips. to make what contects they could a plece of sugar stable of France."

with the new Ministers during the "I could do that," cried a young that night to Bordeaux. But not

19th. They received many solemn man. for long.

assurances that the Fleet, would "Would you dare?" sneered the

"Yes," he said stoully, “and də

for half an hour, encouraging We worked on him [Mt. Reynaui! him to try to get rid of the evil influences among his collenguen. After seeing M. Mandel for a for moment we then callet second time to-day on the Pre- alent of 'Senate, M. Jeannenes. whose views (like those of Pro- sident of Chamber) are cound, In hope of his being able to - Influence President of Republic to insist on M. Reynaud forming

new Government.

We begged him to make it very clear to President that offer can- tained in P.M.'s message would

an im-

never be allowed to fall into Ger- mun hands, But no more French

of the swiftly approaching Ger-

man power.

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Reason For New Delhi Conference

woman.

General Percival thinks the Malagan Communist problem could be solved with co-operation from the Ghinere Commo population. That echoing sound you heard was a ripe, red raspberry from Mao & Co.

Forthwith Marstal Petain form- ed a French Government with the main purpose of seeking mediate armistles from Germany. whips moved beyond the reach it better than the ou Late on the night of June 16, the defentist group of which he was As we have said before,

O shaped there is a lot of genuine dis-

the head was already and knit together that the process did not take long. M. Chautemps Interest and generosity in relief programmes to Europe,

accept them") was Vice- but most of those who pull

sarily President of the Counell. General all the strings know that it is

Weygand, whose view was that

Ministry of exceedingly to the benefit of

An hour or so later ML Reynaud was over, held the

Admiral Darlan the United States that war-

informed us that he was beaten Defence. torn countries abroad should

and had handed in his resigna Minister of Marine, and M Bau-| 1lan, Combination of Marshal duuin Minister for Foreign Affairs. be able to buy the products

Petain and Genoral

Weygand

The only hitch apparently arose! of America, particularly now

Another (who were living in when a slight dent in the

world and imagined they could over M. Laval, The Marshal's first been prosperity spiral has

The overwhelming feeling of the

alt round a green table discuss. thought had been to offer him the Ing armistice terma in the aid post of Garde des Sceaux-Minis. noted, and many commodity Council was to reject the whole

New Delhi, February 20, and even

manner) had proved tos nuchter of Justice. Laval brushed this prices are on the downgrade, plan. Surprise and mistrust do

minated the majority,

In for weak members of Govern- aside with disdain. He demanded

An informed source sníd It is obvious to even the

and resolute the

ment, on whom they worked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, most friendly

New Delhi today the question of which from

position alone he con- feeblest-minded student of were baffled. The Council had met

waving the spectre of revolution. ceived 11

to ponable

carry out his a British loan to Burma was the economics that if the U.S. expecting to receive the answer to on which

the alliances of major reason for the "informal On the afternoon of June 16 M. plan of

In Now request, on

Delhi on will not buy from the rest of the

had all agreed, that Britain Monnet and General de

Gaulle France, Anishing-up England, and conference" the world a fifth of what she the release France from her visited me in the Cabinet Room.

Britain, India, minor partner Joining AK

the Monday between tain Pakistan, Ceylon and Australia. wants to export, and if there obligations of March 28, in order Monnet was very

Nazi Europe. Marshal Petain

It was announced that Malcolm is no other means for them to that the French might ask the plan to transfer all French con surrendered at once to the vehe- buy dollars (convertibility in Germans what

terms of tracts for munitions in America mence of this formidable person- MacDonald, British Commissioner London still being suspend- armistice would be. It is possible,

able to Britain if France made a sep-ality. M. Baudouin, ed), there is only one way for

even probable, that if our formal her to avoid depression and answer had been laid before themesse

the unnjority would have accepted that is by foreign loans. This our primary conditions about sond

Francis

their

final option of retirement to Africa if the German conditions were too severe. But now there was a classie example of "Order, counter-order, disorder?"

refused

it. Violent

Paul Reynaud was quite unable to overcome the unfavourable Im pression which the propional of Anglo-French Union created. The defeatist section, led by Marshal Patain

even to examine were made, charges "It was a last minute plan," surprise," "a scheme to put France

tutelage, or in

off her Colonial Empire." It relegated France, so they said, to the position

a Dominion..

carry

is not sound economics, of ing their fleet to Britain, or al course, but the steel, tobacco, least would have made some other grain and motion picture proposal and thus freed them to open segotiations with the enemy. magnates see no other alter-while reserving to themselves a native at the moment.

Further, even those who do not have an axe to grind know that it is in America's interest to have a thriving Europe, back on its feet, which can pay hard cash for goods from across the Atlantic-and the quickest way to do that is by giving aid now. This does not mean that many honest persons have not had doubts about the way loans have been spent, or the fact that in Britain especially such as sistance has been used to fur- ther political systems far op- |- Fatal Reverse- posed to individualiam and free enterprise. Indeed, It is Beyond these came other argu- measure of the vastly ments. Weygand had convinced broadened outlook in the Petain without much difficulty that that millions England was lost. High French United States

military authorities-perhaps Wey- could have been poured into gand irself had advisad: "In the coffers of the Labour three weeks England will have

heri Government in

like chicken." London, heck wrung which used them to as-minke a union with Great Britain

was

to Petain, "fusion sist in the nationalising of as with a corpse" Yoarnegaray, who

according much industry as possible. had been so stout in the previous The bitter little Bevans and war, axclaimed: "Better be a Nazi Morrisons in Whitehall kept province. At least we know what

Helbel, denouncing the evils of capi- that means." talism, but kept themselves personal friendly of General Wey- and their very administration and'e declared that this achome

meant complete

destruction

for alive solely by the bounty of France, and anyhow definita sub- free enterprise America. Fur-ordination to England. In vain by: "I prefer to ther, in the past few weeks, collaborate with my Allies rather

did Reynaud reply: their apologists have been than with

my enemies." And Man spouting abysmally untruth-del: Would you rather be a Ger ful claims that Britain is now mon district than a British Dom- on its own feet again, having infon?" All was vain. made complete economic re-

1

covery.

Senator

are masured that Reynaud's Was never put to a vote In the Council. It collapsed of it- Largely, one cannot help self. This was a personal and fatal feel, because of the Conser-reverse for the struggling worn- vative Party's inability to down Premier which marked the provide a constructive alter end of his Influence and authority native platform, the Socialists upon the Council. All further dis have continued to retain their and asking the dormant what cussion turned upon the Armistice, grip on the electorate, who terms they would give, and in are apparently still content Chautemps was cool and stead- to accept the overseas dolo fast. Our two telegrams about the while they demand fewer and

active upon a

1950 Election Secret Talks

London, February 20. Secret talks to decide the

of tho programmе

Porila- mentary Labour Party at the 1950 general election began at the 300-year-old "Manor lale or House" at Bhanklin, Wight, today.

The Prima Minlater, Mr. Clément Attlee, and most of the Cabinet Ministers were present-but they took back seats. The party's policy is being decided by the 28 members of the National Executive, half of whom are not even Members of Parlin- mont.

L

At a general election in Britain, the Cabinet, theory,

dissolves and the battle is fought by the vari ous parties, and not by the Government and the Opposi tion. No decisions are being made and no vote will be takon.

New

A

who had al- for South East Asia, will also rendy under-taken the Foreign also attend.

Burmn has asked Britain fos Office, for which he knew himself

tary-

Violent Scene

to be utterly inadequate, was quite loan but that Britain is not ready to give it up. But when he prepared to act until the matter. mentioned the fact to the Secre- his been discussed with the Do- tary-General of that Department minions taking part. The con (whom we should call "the Per-ference will be headed by Pandit: of Nehru and Dr. H. Evatt, Aus- Under-Secretary manent

Charlon-Roux, the tralian External Affairs Minister State"), M. latter was indignant. He enlisted and Deputy Premier.

"The meeting might last only the support of Weygand.

one sitting." sukti 2 Foreign Ministry official. He said Dr. Evatt was arriving here on Mon-

and Nehru day afternoon

WAD When Weygand entered the due to leave Delhi for Allahu- room and addressed the illustrious bad on Tuesday morning.

source said India "Is in Marshal, Laval became so furious that both the military chlofs were tensely" Interested in Burma overwhelmed. The General fed because: and the Marshal submitted.

1. They had a common tron- permanent official, however, stood tier of hundreds of miles. firm. He refused point-blank to

2. The presence serve under Laval. Confronted with Indians in Burma.

3. India's this, the Marshal again subsided,

dependence and after a violent scene, Laval Burmese rice supplies. departed in wrath and dudgeon.

He said

mediation or

.

The

The

of

700,000

I

IIII

"How about starting a black market in ground nute?"

EXPORTS FROM BRITAIN UP

Landon, February 20.

Britain, the world's largest

on exporter of bicycles and motor cycles, sent oversena in January

a loan machines whose valua exceeded

It may well be that the attitude might be offered to Burma but £2,000,000 for the first time. in

not any military ald. He added ang month. of this official, Charles-Roux, pre- the loan was intended to finance This was an increase of almost vented a French declaration of the exportable surplus of the £600,000 on January, 1948, fig- war upon Great Britain, for which current rice crop mainly to India ures issued by the trade today inexorably approaching events and Malaya.

stated. Most of the 186,108 bicycles were certainly to furnish suficient

A Foreign Ministry, spokesman exported went to Malaya, India, accasions. When, four months sald the High Commissioners of Burnn, the Dutch East Indies,

Laval evan- Pakistan later, on October 28,

and Ceylon in New Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico, tually became Foreign Minister, Dells are expected to represent and most of the 7,561 motor cycles there was a new consciousness their countries at the conference. to Australia and the Argentina.--

Wha by then + factor,Associated Press. Apparently the Island

could

not

It In expected that when the conference la over to- morrow night, the pramme will have emerged, but further meeting of the

a fact at WELL National Executive

was a now fact; and bo

which the whole French nation called to Bottle finally the

rejoked. election policy, which again will come before the Labour Party Conference at Black. pool in June for approval.-- Router

be entirely discounted. Anyhow its pro.

neck had not been "wrung, his liko a chicken's in threa wecks."

DO YOU KNOW

YOUR HONG

KONG?

Can you ro

fewer working hours and going. And if she has not cognise where higher pay. On the whole, made herself a going concern this ploture was America comes out of the yet (which is obvious), she taken?” The_mnì ̧ argument with much higher should not allow government|swor 1 in Page honours than Britain, which representatives to say so in should make up its mind once order to win votes at a by- and for all which way it 'Id [election.

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Our telogram of the 16th had made our ansent to inquiries about armistice conditional upon the Balling of the French Float to British barbours. It had already been presented formally, to Mar-

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