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WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS: THE SECOND BOOK

THEIR FINEST HOUR

De Gaulle And France

By Winston Churchill

case against him and aot him free for Frenchmen who wished to light He was, however, by the orders on.

·

Pimpernel organisation set up 1 have no doubt there will be # steady flow of determined men, and we need all we can get for the

French dofence of the colonies. The Admiralty and

ON the morning of June 17 I mentioned to my col leagues in the Cabinet a tele- phone conversation which hud had with Gen. Spears, who said he did not think he of Governor-General Nogues, re- Prime Minister to General Jamdy., could perform any useful arrested and put back on the Man.

allia, which henceforth was de- it seems enost important to estab service in the new structure tained in the harbour under strict Ich now before the trap closes at Bordeaux. He spoke with control without its passengers hav- an organisation for enabling

At our meeting of the Wat French ofilcers and soldiem, as Cabinet lale at night on June 20 some anxiety about Gen. deing any communication with the

well as mortant tepimicians, we heard among other things that Agulles Spears had apparent shore.

y been warned 1 us things were shaping it might be as well for de Gaulle to leave France.. I readily assented to a good plan being made for this.

So the next day-the 18th de Gaulle strolled out of his office in Bordeaux without dispatch-case, and even a went to the airfield to see his

friend Spears off. They shook

In the air mail yesterday hands and said good-bye, and came a copy of Hansard de-as the plane began to move, Calling a passage between de Gaulle stepped in and

door. the Captain David Gammans, slammed

iry.

memorable French people, should be quoted here: France is not alone.

The

Without, of course, knowing any of the facts here set forth, I was already concerned about the fatel

24.1.40,

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co-operato, General de Gaullo and his Com mitee would, of course, be the operative authority.

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VARI, LA

CANTONESE BY RADIO

BY S KLEE

in

Good Morning

Looks as if the Premier's Sun might be nuttinge,

ago, Kayn

Swedca in the Antarelle to yenŢA a cable. But now ax- peditions have to bring their own vegetables in ins.

A correspondent says that in his opinion recent Russian pronounce ments give grounds for hope, Or Is this merely Vishful Thinkinaký↑

Dubarry was a lady,

Her ways he would not mend. They were no very shudy, I fixed her in the end,

According to news from

Just about every animal you can think of has been carried by BOAC plane. Regular BOA Constrictor...

The trouble with some singers Is that they don't always practise what they screech,

Hong An American visitor in Kong heard his baby son in Sna tele- Francisco by trans-ocean phone. A far cry.

Way to varios porta. A sort minent French poutlets un tour b of "underground railway" as in had passed Rabat. We decided to the olden days of sinvery should establish contact with them at be established and # Scarlet once.

Mr Duff Cooper, the Minis ter of Information, accompanied by Lord Gurt, started for Rabat at dawn in a Sonderland flying:

They found the town bant. mourning. Flags were flying at half-mast, church bells were toll- ing, and a solemn service taking place in the cathedral to bewait the defeat of France.

to get

th All their attemple touch with Mandel were prevented. The Deputy-Governor, named Morice, declared not only on the telephone, but in a personal inter view which Daff Cooper demanded, that he had no choice but to obey the orders of his superiorn. General Nogues tells me to shoot myself I will gladly obey. Unfor tunately, the orders he has given me are more cruel" The former French Ministers and Depoties were in fact to be treated

Our mission escaped prisoners.

Lesson 26

Vocabulary: 142.

(tso), dzoh

145.

(lau) lau (or) lau*

144.

(ts'ang) tsung

145.

(tin) „deen

46.

who was recently in Hong machine soared off into the Kong, and the Colonial Secre-air, while the French police Creech and officials gaped. De Gaulle Arthur Mr. Jones. The travelling MP carried with him, in his small honour' of to judge from his public aeroplane, the

to have France. statements-seems

That same evening he made his with the seen little wrong

the broadcast to

One Colomy except varied aspects

passage its broadcasting system,

She has a but that, come to think of it, is a subject that really does need some examination.

Criticism can certainly be levied

the against

pro- gramines, but in view of the highly limited budget at its disposal, the station can

can

(ts'in) iseen1 Conjunctional combination: vast Empire behind her. She (2) Daan hai.

with the British unitc Empire, which holds the seas. and continuing the struggle. She can utline to the full, as England is doing, the vast indur-

thu United 2. trin resources of States.

Combinations:

J

Dzal ook'.

Ook' dzoh'. Other Frenchmen who wished to Choot dzuh1. fortunate. HO

4. Yee lau When the Petain Government was

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Lebrun, Petain and the Presidents

of the Senate and the Chamber 9, met together.

Deeply Alarmed

Rent. To rent.

A storey.

A floor.

A layer. Classifier for storeys. Electricity,

Thousand.

Jut.

To rent a house.

House rent.

To let To rent.

1st floor.

What Boor?

An office.

Que story. One Bal.

An electric clock (or bell).

A telephone.

Deen wah",

10.

Dah deen wal“.

Conversation:

To telephone,

A.

expensive stars, and does a very laudable job with re- cords, relays, and frequent outside Germun control was sti6. Sch" „dzee,lau. Hocal features. But what Mr.

It was discussed ut a meet- open.

7. Tul'tsunglau Gammans was more concern- ing of the Petala Cabinet on June ed with was the coverage of 1 The same evening President 8. Deen jung1. the station, which is not heard in Canton or even in parts of the New Territories. (Mr. Creech Jones said the matter was being examined.) Mr. Cammans proceeded 'o ask if it was intended that Hong Kong's would eventually be heard throughout South China, or was the government going to neglect the opportunity of getting in touch with a large number of people in China? (Mr. Creech Jones said the matter was being_examined.) A question was asked about the more powerful broadcast-outside France would frustrate A. Hai gay; lau2 ah1?

broadcasts

There teen to have beon general agreement at least to send a representative holy to North Even the Marshal was Afrien, not hostile. He himself intended to stay, but saw no reason why hautemps, Vice-President of the Council, should not go and act in its name. When rumeurs of an B.

exodus гд reund Impending agitated Borilusux, Weygand was hostile. Such a move, he thought, would wreck the "honourable" armistice negollations.

Laval was deeply alarined. He feared that the netting up of an effective resistance administration

(Mr. Up ing station in Malaya. Creech Jones said the matter was being examined.)

one

wns

WAS

2

Ngaw seung" dzoh' gaan! I want to real an offer, sch dzce lau.

You sel dzee lau choot dzoh' mah1?

Aw! „Nay seung dzoh' sch „dzee lau mch1? Gaw2tecoo gaaye) yau yut gaan'-hoh hohe geha

polkey on which he

re B.. Hai say" lau2. Weygand and Laval set selved. to work on the clusters of DELA. puties and Senators crowded into Bordeaux.

Darlan, as Minister of Marine, B. different view. To puck off took all the principal critics of his con- A. duct in a ship Reemned at the a most convenient moment to him solution of many dificulties, Onte B. aboard all those who went would be in his power, and there would be plenty of time for the, Govern ment to settle what to do. With the approval of the new Cabinet, ho offered passages on the armed auxilary cruiser Massilla to all political figures of influence who wished to go to Africa.

mouth of the Gironde on the 20th.

ta

B.

Yau mohdeen wah? neh1?

Yau „deen wah2. Gay daw1 tseen2 dzoh1 yull gaws yuet ah? Yut' tseen mun' dzoh1

yutt gaws yuct,

Daan hat, yecoo" seen1 bay saam gaw yuet dzohtung look tscen1 mun' "cha tsecń"".

Is there an office to let?.

Oh! You want to rent an offee?

There is one in that street-a

your good one.

What floor is it on?

It's on the 3rd noor.

Is there a telephone?

There is a telephone. What's the rent per month?

The rent is $1,000 per month.

But, you must first pay three month's rent and $0,000 "ten money,"

Deem gaaye,ngaw

yecool bay "cha tseen""" neh1?

Mr. Gammuns then asked why Radio Hong Kong con- Linues to be under the con trol of the Postmaster Gen- eral instead of setting up a special radio department as In Malaya. (Mr. Creech Jones said the matter being examined.)

Sometimes wonders why questions are ever ask ed in the House, especially nowadays when Socialist ministers consider that any The ship was to sall from the A. criticism is a personal affront. All too seldom is a single Many however, who had planned straight answer given. The to go to Africa, including Jean-

noney and

suspected, a present government at home, trap, and preferred to travel over-

Spain. through

The final living far beyond its means on the dole from America, is party, apart from refugees, cun- probably aiming at a 10-hour slated of 24 Deputies and one A.

Senator, and Included Mandel, week for TUC members, and Campinchi and Daladier, who had 27/6d. in the £ income tax all been actively pressing for the (instead of the present maxi- move to Africa. mum of 19/6d.) for anyone earning more than the union On the afternoon of the 21st the B.

This may win them Masella sailed. On the 23rd the wage. victory in the next general ship's radio announced that election, as it has in recent Petain Government had accepted A.

and signed the armistice with Ger- by-elections, but it is not a

many. Campinchi immediately policy which will make Bri- tried to persuade the captain to Hot B. tain strong, or help to weld his course for England, but this a strong new Commonwealth.officer no doubt had his insirise tions, and met his former political Any matter which is not ur chler of two days before with gently important as a vote bleak rofusal. The unlucky band. catcher seems to be beyond of patriots passed anxious hours their len, including the postill on the evening, of June 24 the Gibilitles of the Empire, Mandel now acted with his una DO YOU

Anxious Hours

the

Massilia anchored at Casablanca.

..

Nay,m bay, „kui,dzau m dzoh hay nay Ngawm jung yee" bay); daan hai, ngaw ting yut dah deen wah, wahnay jeel lak3. Hoh, ngaw dung",ney geh' „deen wah' lah'.

Nay gch3 „deen wah2 gay? daw,hoh ah1? Saumil saam1ling tsut1 say*,

KNOW

YOUR HONG

which they always accused decision. He had with Daladier the Tories of neglecting. drafted a proclamation setting" up Even in the matter of a a resistance: administration In broadcasting station. No one Premier. He went on shore, and, North Africa with himself as wants their radio to be full after calling on the British Cond of propaganda, but the dis established himself, at the Hote seminating of the British Exculator. He then attempted to point of view for the Amori-send his proclamation out through

the Havas

When can or the Russian) can be General Nogues road lle text) he| KONG? of tremendous value. Good was disturbed. Ho Intercopted programmes in English, Can- the mesange, and it was telegraph- tonese and Mandarin could and Polata,

od not to the world, but to Darian

be transmitted from here as They had now made up their far, ns, the Yangise, and there minds, to have no alternative and would be no need to overlook" potentially rival Government Out- Tokyo, Manila, Saigon and side German power andel was Parfaited, at his, Hóté," and brought Bangkok Much could in-before the peal court but tha deed be done. - (Still, the magistrate, afterwards “iliamidad matter, is being examined.) 觇 Vichy Uectato

ther

Why should I pay "tga money"?

If you won't pay it, he will not

rent it to you.

I don't like paying 1!; but, I'll telephone tomorrow to tel you know.

Very well, I'll wait for your

telephone call.

What's your telephone number?

33074.

had no chice but to return the way they cane.

His Murder

·

•

An acquaintance of ours who liven so high_up she can almost it the Peak, received from cali

ding

England one of there while boxes containing a minute slice of wed.

anku Or rather it

didn't. Inside was no cake, but a nute from His Majesty's Postmaster General, saying that in view of thy regulations against the export of unlicensed foodstuffs, he had been obliged to remove the enke.

evening."

•

man.

every

"Can you read the third lino?" an oculist asked his patient, "Certainly" replied the A few days later (July 1) I

"ZWDK. I'm 'no good at pronoune- Kave instructions to the Admiraltying it, but they broadenst from to try to cut out the Manalia and somewhere around hero rescue those on board. No plan could, however, be made, and for nearly three weeks she lay under

Atlantic Pnet discussions the batteries of Casablanca, after

the which

whole party

tinue, there are more sharp words. than ever in the U.N. Assembly, brought back to France and din- poned of as the Vichy Government but there are still no immediate thought convenient to themselves signs of war. Neither Russia nor and agreeable to their German America seems to want one, and mastera. Mandel began his long Britain seems a trile reluctant to

were

and painful internment, which give them

ended In his murder by German orders at the end of 1944. Thus porished the hope of setting up a strong representative French Gov.

in crtumment, elther In Africa or London.

After the collapse of France, the question which arose in the minds of all our friends and foes was, Would Britain surrender, too?" So far as public statements count had in the In the teeth of events name, of his Majesty's Govern- nent repeatedly declared our re- solve to fight on alune After Dunkirk, on June 4, I had used the expression "If necessary for years, if necessary alone," This vas not inserted without design, ad the French Ambassador in London had beon Instructed the ext day to inquire what I actually neant. He was told "exactly

-what-wan-said,"

I could remind the House of my mark when I addressed it ne 18, the morrow of the Bor- lenox cullapse, I then gave

Bome dication of the,, solid practical grounds on which we based our nflexible resolve to continus_the ar." I was able to assure For- iament that

professional dvisers of the three Services were. anfident that there were good and reasonable hopes of ultimate vic- ory.

our

More Sinister

I told them that I had received· 'rom all the four Dominion Prime Ministers messages in which they endorsed our decision to fight on and declared themselves ready to share our fortunes. I ended:

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