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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH October 16, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

NANCY

*--AND DURING A STORM, NEVER STAND UNDER A

-- TREES ATTRACT LIGHTNING /

TREE

SO TREESK ATTRACT ¡LIGHTNING,

EH

THEY CALL

BITTER PEACE TERMS FOR VICHY

OPENS NEXT WEEK

PUBLIC SCHOOL

IT “WINSTON'S REICH TO GRAB ALL

FOLLY"

FRENCH IN COLONY Committee Works

-But It Has FRENCH GOLD ABROAD Quietly, Efficiently

Done Its Job

In a communique to the Pross yesterday M. Louls Dinu, President ot La Frimco Libre, (Free French- men Association), says:

THE WHOLE OF FRANCE'S EASTERN FRONTIER. FROM LONDON, Aug. 30-Three THE NORTH SEA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, IS TO BE PUSHED direct and apparently unexpected BACK UNDER TERMS WHICH GERMANY IS PREPARING TO This is not a pailtical party: on the hile were scored by "Winston's fully in a recent cross-Channel FORCE ON THE PETAIN GOVERNMENT. artillery duel.

Winston's fally" was the name given one of the big southeast.const Auran by an expert who thought the Prime Minister's idea for a big gun there inclically unsound.

After the Germany succeeded with French railway gun is landing Iew wild shots along the southeast it was decided to try out the

British gun.

Tuer salves were fired.

The

first shell landed about 20 yards from one big German constal kun and apparently took the gun's They new cumpletely by surprise, immediately brought all their anti- arcraft into play, aiming them high Le ridd what they supposed to be a Fatih bomber.

The second shot swemed to go a little wild, but landed in the venue

of a dump, where ammunition for

the big gun was being loaded into

COTX

Surprised Nazis

The third shot appeared to have way wide of the mark, and

KO'

lauded in a wooded sector some dis Lance from the const

That one may have Liet the Juckiest of the ol

"The Committer of La France Libre is working silently but efficiently. contrary we accept all Frenchmen animated with the desire to see their power and splendid Empire.

Italy is to get her spoils. The Riviera territory to the cast of a line from beloved country regaining her überty, Switzerland to the Mediterranean is to be handed over to Mussolini.

In the north the zone Dunkirk to Boulogne to a depth just north of Arras is to be named Flanders, and will be incorporated in the new Belgo-Dutch State which, as already reported, is to be under the rule of King Leopold of the Belgians.

Cakes To-day As

Says This Bombed

Usual, Baker

WHILE British fighters played Old Harry with Nazi, raiders in the air the other day, things were also happen-)

ing on the ground below.

4: fish freshly the Channel, potatoes, thin Berns, butter, fresh fruit and cream. de goggled to amazement as the loaded tray was put in front of him, "But why are you so kind?" he asked, You give me all this food when you have no food yourselves!”

Here are some of the things Presently for was brought a meal...

are penerous helpings that happened. Here, too. other stories, ranging from the heroic to the comic, but all ex- for what had pressing the thumbs-up spirit of looked like a wooded sector suddenly, Britain in a blitzkrieg. begap disgorging men. The shell

south-east vlilage baker was had discovered large and well curnouflaged German troop rencen- wakened cariter than usual and found that a bomb outside the shop had iration

blown his front window.

The name "Winston's folly" will undoubtedly allek but some experta may have changed their minds about its appropriateness.

TALK AT Y.M.C.A.

A folk on "Chinese Legends" w be given by Mr. Walter C. Clark, illustrated by coloured "alldes, at the Y.M.C.A. West Lounge, al 9 o'clock next Sunday, October 20, under the Group. ausplees of the Discussion All members and their friends, in-

cluding ladies, are welcome.

A

Swim To England Story told one day of the lust moments in troopship Mahomed All El-Kebir, sunk Uy

U-bont recently:-

Thanks to our Chlof, General de

Gaulle, every day this immense Ein- even with the reverse of Dakar the

pire regning its

consciousness and

day is not very far distant when colonies and Protectorates will be to- Euper and Malmedy have al-gether again, sharing with our gal- ready been reincorporated in lant Allies the burden of the war Germany, and Lorraine and Al-until the Anal victory, sace are to be taken back with

"In Hongkong many Frenchmen that part of the Bricy Iron-ore are rallying to the standard of Gene- field which even in 1870 was feftral de Gaulle, The Committee is doing ila utmost to send volunteers to Eng- to France.

land. Some are passing through and South of Alsace the territory of the Committee is taking care of them, Belfort is to be annexed, together giving them clothes and money and with the whole of the France Comte keeping them in a hotel until they

leave. to the Swiss fronder.

This means the annexation of over) 4,000,000 French people.

Overseas Wealth

"The Free Frenchmen in Hong- kong have no hatred for their com patriots or even for the Government of Vichy and they try hard to per- The financial clauses of the peace sunde them to come and to help in

the resurrection of France. Cer- are to be extremely severe,

The "France is not vanquished. many, already collecting the neces- kitty data through the Bank

of fault of an incompetent General Stuff, France, will try to seize the entire composed for a major part, of old fortune possessed by France abroad,men without any knowledge of the mainly in the United States,

new strategy of masa mechanised

These foreign holdings will be units and aircraft, aided by a hand- made over as an essential prelimin-ful of unscrupulous politicians, can- ary to German evacuation of France. not change the spirit of a people who Meanwhile German manoeuvres, were the first to proclaim the three First thing he did was to persuade

skilful though hidden, are making it principles of Liberty. Equality and his wife tu go to sleep again.

impossible for the Petain Govern- Fraternity. ment to carry out any real reforms. "There are indications that every-

It is to the interest of Germany Secund thing he did was to seruwl a big notice: "Don't let tier spoll

manifestations, even in the occupied When all the rafts and beats had to keep France as weak and disthing is not so perfect in France and

area, are taking part dally. your appetite. Bread and cakes as gone, thirty officera and men remain-united as possible.

sun"-and stick it in front of his ed on board. They were wondering shop.

baking.

Then he got on with his usual day's

Expected To Starve

The occupied territory is being! what to do. A naval petty officer stripped of all reserves of produce said: "Come on, mates, there'll al- and wealth. Everything is being ways be an England. Let's swim to taken for German” use.

1."

With that he dived into The Others followed, and were A young Nazi airman woke up in Atlantic. u south const hospital after his crash. 'picked up by England's warships.

TO-DAY at the

KING'S

LOVE PLAYS A DOUBLE-HEADER!

"This husband"764.

turned from the grave but proved

he was no ghost!)

WES

This husband re- turned from the

office... to discover · be was no husband I'

WESLEY RUGGLES'

Too Many Husbands

Moving Jean ARTHUR

Fred MACMURRAY Helen DOUGLAS

Melvyn

Attacks on Petain

**Defeatism, however, seems to be civilians and among the people, officers alike. In the Far East the lelick of Vichy is terrorising them, telling them that if they pass, to de Gaulle their families in France will Unoccupied France is to be given be sent to concentration camps and no chance of restoring her strength so on. That barbarous method can- until the end of the war.

not hold everybody and many of our For this reason the Germans are compatriots, listening to reason, are fortering the extremely violent at-coming to us.

tacks against the Petain Government, We don't want to exert any pres- which are being mode dally in the sure; we are all Frenchmen living German-controlled, German-printed freely in a British Colony, trading Paris Press,

Like our ally without any restrictions For France's North Africa Empire still and with completo freedom. maintains some independence, but that we expect that the Committee of the unfortunate Marshal Petain, on France Libre will continue to receive the orders of his German masters, the support of all true Frenchmen

especially those of Herr Otto in Hongkong.

and

Abetz, Ribbentrop's ambassador, 15 "The Committee has decided to striving to

to abolish or restrict lain-issue identification cards to all mem- dependence.

bers, application for which should

It is openly stated in Vichy that be made to the France Libre Head- the object of the Germans is to quarters, National Bank Building, weaken the Petain Administration by 4th Floor, No. 405.

ridicule and by Hostering partisan "The Committee is very grateful movements so that the Germans and to all persons who have contributed Italians can say: "France is badly generous donations administered. We must step in to Gaulle's Funds,.**** put things right"

It would follow that German and Italian troops would enter the pre- sent unoccupied zone, and strip away the last remnants of French indepen- dence.

Italians, it is being stated, are cs- pecially urging this move because they badly want to lay hands on the naval arsenal at Toulon and on the port.of Marechiles,

'PLANES FROM PRISONS

Women prisonera”, in Ayles- bury Gaol, Buckinghamshire, are giving a quarter of their "pay" for comforts for the troops and

to help buy a Spitfire,

They can earn upwards of a

a week and their contributionis

from 1 to 3 weekly

The umounk?:thukal con Indded to by the prisoni Lovery week4285 hand

the comforts funds,

CHILDREN

to General de

love its taste

MOTHERS

DE

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