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HORSES SAVE MAN'S LIFE QUEENS THEATRE

MR. FREDERICK FORD, 64-| year-old Suffolk magistrate and farmer, owes his life to two of! his old farm horses.

Mr. Ford was lying seriously ill at his home at Copdock, near Ipswich.

The horses had carried him home, unattended, after he collapsed on the back of one of them in his flekly.

Along Main Road

Villagers saw the procession.

In front walked Spot, while behind

came Blossom, carrying her master

on her back.

King Leopold's Evil Genius Was A

Pro-Nazi Hanger-On

FRESH evidence that King Leopold's capitulation

The horses brought him across was from the first a "put-up job" has been given me by felds, through the village street,

along the main Landon road with its a man who was on the spot at that time. three Rines of traffic, and then, crossing the road down the lane to Mr. Ford's farmhouse, by centuries-old parish church,

Mr. Ford was unable to move und delirious when he arrived there.

"My husband had a terrible heart attack," Mrs. Ford told the "Dally Herald,"

Off To Stable

Hig name, for obvious reasons, alone. The British probably bind

but he was in about a dozen. cannot be given, the

peculiarly good position to know what Most of the Germans who held was going on in Belgium during the these passports were camoußeged of-

ficers of high rank. early days of the invusion.

Curious Attitude

In response Leopold himself well over a number of years

and he stresses the change appen, British and of character that has taken place in moved into Belgium, the people in him. writes a correspondent.

the streets greeted them fervently

In addition, he has known King

When,

to Leopold's French troops

As a youth Leopold was studious, and strewed their way with flowers. "The two old mares, which we hard-working, zealous; but since the For different, says "my informant, have had for a number of years, tragle denth of his wife he has been was the welcome given to the Bri- walked on into their stable after my a man living in moroseness, sometimes

tish and French staffs by Leopold husband hud been lifted from on the edge of tears, with extremefund the men about him. Blossom's back. There they waited vacillation of character. patiently to be unkarnessed.

Satu owes his life **** hus-

"There is no doubl

A ylilager said "I saw

Sinister

His evil gerius, this man confimis, Mr. Ford was General Van Overstracten, whom slumped on the back of one of his he sent to see Mussolint before the chestnuts with the other leading the capitulation.

way,

I wondered what was wrong "As a young soldier," I was told, when he did not

not speak.

but I never "Van Overstraeten was a Imager on -guessed-that-he-was-so-ili."

at the Court. Mr. Ford is a justice of the Sum- ford (Ipswich) Bench, and a member of the local education authority.

He can remember nothing of his collapse and has no recollection of how lic reached home.

"He was a great man for social life: a elever man, but sinister, and most unpleasant.

"Let us just say that Belgian head- quarters did not em very pleased to see them. The King's attitude, in particular, was very curious and de- fentist from the start.

He kept on saying that the post- tion was terrible and

there was nothing, that could be done to re- medy it."

When the invasion-began-two-most important bridges over the Mouse were not blown up, as is well known. That in itself points to treachery,

Throw Down Arms

"He was pro-German. There is little doubt that he was the devil in The 1st Belgion Corps had fairly the box and I think that-if you heavy losses, no tie support, no follow the future career of General tank support, no equipment equal Van Overstructen and his wife in at modern warfare It had

every NAVAL APPOINTMENT Belgium under German rule, you will reasonable justification to retire.

find that they have plenty of money] But from the first day, continued Tokyo, July 0. and power."

my Informant, there were large Captain Prince Aguakira Kuni was) As further light on fleighs before numbers of unarmed Belgian soldiers to-day appointed Captain of the the invasion, my informant pointed mingled with the streams of refugees. coastal defence ship Yakuno-out that the Germans had 430 diplo-They had thrown their arms away,

Domci.

matic passports for ears in Brussels Moreover, faced as the Belgians were with such German superiority they carried out retreat which, in the opinion of my Informant, would

mliturly have been

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"Put-Up Job"

"I have reason for thinking," he said, "that the whole thing was put-up job, in which General Van Overstraeten was the leader, assisted by some, but not nil, of the Belgian Staff,"

"Incidentally, some of those men had served with Allled Forces in the last war, and wear British decorn- |tions-which, I hope, will quickly be

removed from them."

Van Overstraeten and his helpers, The maintains, worked on the vacilat- Ing character of Leopold until he capitulated,

They were given the opportunity the German break to do so by through In France, whch compelled the French forecs In Belgium to retire.

This they made their pretext for saying that all was tost, and the French were deserting the Belgians.

Nazi Monroe Doctrine

Rome, July D. Informed circles to-day envisaged

ja Monroe Doctrine for Europe direct- ed by the Axis following a state- ment by the official spokesman that the talks of Count Clano in Beriln were concerned with military and political problems resulting from the war.

The Axis has shown itself not only a military but a political instru- ment," they declared, "After the forthcoming final victory the Axis feels that It has a responsibility of European character."-United

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