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1940.

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cathedrals seem to be intact. It has been still further improved in appearance,

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They are, indeed, dazed by of men and animals still filtered the the rapidity of the collapse, ground. but register no violent reac- tion to so great and unex- tack, only to find that there is pected a shock.

little to eat and less to do. Every- where the first pick of what is going falls to the army of occupation, the Soldiers in considerable num- second to those who work for their bars are being demobilised and German musters, the scanty crumbs returning home, and so, it is that remain are left for those who felt, the catastrophe cannot be full neither of these conditions. too appalling. The German pro.

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Hongkong Telegraph.deserted their Ally, are now

FUNNY SIDE UP

By Abner Dean

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BUTLERS, MAIOS, COOKE, ・CHAUFFELIRS

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"Have you that one a size largor?"

Nevertheless some attempt is ade The R.AF. attacks upon the to regulate on a fixed senle the in-

'af mount

consumable aerodromes in the occupied re- adequate gion are used as evidence that goods which are avallable. There is the British, who have already no lack of cash-marks printed by

the presses follow the troops. making direct onslaughts on of the German soldiers and the folk Cheze naturally are in the hands the Frenchman's home.

who work for them, but they result There is little interest among in ready sales for anything on offer. The Germans have instituted a sort the ordinary people in the of Douglas sial credit scheme upon ul the Petain watch they base their mark-note is-

is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph to self is not looked upon with any terfeit capitalist backing of gold but man machines and men. Such faith

THE preux "Special to the Telegraph Government. The Marshal him. c. The backing for this spurious currency is said to be not the coun- indicate nows which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the telecommunenthusiasm. His achievements the more solidly founded reserve of in their own invincibility has brought callous Ordinance, 100 Buch newN AS bears the indication "UP is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by Lo United Press Associations, who re- serve all rights and forbid repabïcation, either wholly or in pare without previous merangement.

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES

manoeuvres

as a soldier in the last War work done.

about a noticeable impatience with are generally recognised, but his

As a temporary measure it may be the protanged delay in the promised last-minute entry into politics all very fine, but marks printed, even attack

they upon England, which makes little stir in the French with such a basis, cannot produce have been led to believe was a matter man's heart.

the food and necessities of life which to be completed within a very few simply are not there. The gloomy weeks.

Armoured Fighters

By C. G. GREY On the other hand Laval, who fact is that in time, unless something Nur are the German Flying Corpsi

During the intense battles has never been popular, excites radkal is done, there will be nothing

averse from going home to enjoy theof recent weeks our fighters have USUALLY 80 quick to re-almost general distaste. It to buy at all.

laurels of their stupendous triumphs.)

This belief in their own superior maintained their mastery of the appear that Doriot is the The Germans are aware of this pudiate any foreign press report. would appe figure who inspires Alrendy their propaganda is putting qualities scines largely of intensive air. likely to embarrass or compro-

the blume in advance upon the Bri- propagando, since visible proof is too; mise Japan's Far Eastern man- and that

any confidence at the moment, tish blockade. They have immense often lacking. The British bombing On some days the proportion of is because he is faith in propaganda, not so much as raids on Belgian and French air bases shot-down raiders to our shot-down oeuvres, the studied indifference thought to be a man of the a panacea to solve all the riddles of are carried out with the greatest sue-ghters has not been so high as in the past. That may be because the with which the Japanese Foreign | people.

the situation, but as an excuse when vess.

Germans have become more wary the inevitable faliure comes. - Office has treated

An informant who had occasion and have learned how to dodge our the re- Few réalise that it is Abetz, port this

The German army is a propaganda be on the Channel coast, near Calnis, week that Japan a man who was asked to leave machine as well as

behind a fighting force. could observe the effect of the British Or it may be that they have

jitted better armour wax reorientating her "New France only a year ago for his The storm troops, those who have bonbing on the gun emplacements order in East Asia" policy to an

which included with drawal from the Axis alliance, leaves only a firmer conviction

extent

their

anti-French activities, who now; borne the brunt of the heavy lighting which have been and are being con- falder pilots.

at regalar intervals from We are now approaching the

rules France. His orders are and made victory so swiftly possible, structed

are propagandhis to a man, They 'Dunkirk southwards. given at the frequent dinners have a fanaticul belief in Hiller and which he enjoys with Laval in an equally fanatical hatred of Eng- Paris, dinners which are matters land. _that_the_story_is_closely_allied_fo-of-public-comment-and-the-obThey-sweep-through_tu_their_vicus weil us to screen from prying

facts.

Jew-

to

which they would not have taken aven five or 10 years ago,

Prisoners so far our bombers lave not cared

period when we are not likely to get The closing of this constal Zone what is normally regarded as good

depth of from 20 to 30 miles bombing weather. inland is in part due to these ralds, In the last war we knew pretty were good boinhing weather, and jects of which little effort is uries, trimfaced young men, without the concentrations which the Get well that clear moonlight nights any feelings except those conditioned mans are making there. The people that bad weather, either long hours The rumblings of discontent made to conceal.

into them; old warriors with the of this district ore still mostly pro-jof darkness, gales, rain, snow, heavy British and consequently potential clouds or fog, incant that there within over the costly China In- Vichy, for a nation which has minds of infants.

bombing.

Ing. To-day, what sples: peasants of Picardy and Artols would be no cident, have long been audible to reached the nadir in its history.

After them comes a different type have bravely helped British soldiers with blind-flying instruments, direr- the outside world despite rigor- gives an excellent picture of auf soldier, older, les fanatic: Aus and others to escape, running grave tional wireless, reliable motors, para-

certain French state of mind, trians, Bavarians, and East Prussians, risks themselves. To

break down chutes, floating jackets and rubber ous efforts to suppress them; the Naturally the place is crowded Each company of these has its pep this feeling the Germans plan all dinghies, air crews will take risks complaints come not so much beyond capacity. It is full of talker. who interminably, dins into they can to discredit the British.

cars that England Is their from the mute and pliant masses well-to-do refugees from occu- ridden, a cesspool of International

pied France, as well as French capitalists and Communists, a Moloch British

what the weather was, Last winter, cannon fodder and made such officers, immaculately accoutred, who wants the world so that she can

devour it all for herself.

One case of refined cruelty was when it was at its worst, the RA.F. big sacrifices in what appears to and political aspirants.

They crowd the cafes, hotels, They may not believe all they are winessed at Malines, where a body used to go up in low-lying, ice-form- being ing fog in the dark and somehow and boulevards. The refugees told, but they, too, have a faith in of British prisoners

cast. They were In full plough through it on those bomb- except for their tin hats.hleteering trips. and officers are enjoying, the Hitler. Their hostility to England is marched not very deep rooted. It is, however, uniform leaders who realise that they are calm and the mild pleasures to England who stands against a swift These had been replaced by a varic And recently, while there was a playing a losing gamble.

be had there. The aspirants and final victory, and therefore be galed assortment of every kind of short spell of electrical storms, with The changed attitude of Bri-ure busily fishing in the stirring tween them and the families and headgear, male or female: bowler hail and icc-forming clouds high up,

huts, toppers, caps, homburgs, wo-

on with men's bonnets, berets, plumed Ascot the R.A.F. bombers went tain, and the United States to political pool in the hope of find- beer gardens.

Back to "Mutter" is in effect the models. A

their jobs, apologetically bringing ing an agreeable job,

pathetically ridiculous their bombs home once in a while Far Japan's

East

spectacle.

because they could not find their There is adequate food for cry of the second-line soldiers. But that does not mean they will not con- machinations has, undoubtedly, those who can afford to buy it, the to follow Hitler wherever he Its only purpose could have been allotted targets. (One would think contributed towards persuading | always provided that you are may choose to lead them.

to make the weary men look clown- that any good railway line was a ish or to suggest to the French in-legitimate military objective.) Japan to modify her grandilo- not a butter lover or do not ex-

that British troope had

But until lately the Germans have been looting the shops. Other tales quent strutting in the Orient, pect to find a wide selection of

of discrimination between British and not shown uny fondness for bombing but the signs are that the most luxuries in the shops.

French prisoners of war are com-in bad weather-which is curious, potent factor has been the com-

whole, because there, were no better bad- mou. Nevertheless, on the purative failure of her war machine in China. Tokyo's new attempts to reach peace terms

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Here is litts evidence that France has suffered one of the greatest de- Tents in her history,

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Thoughts

England

On habitants

were

the treatment of prisoners whose care weather Byers than the Luft Hansa 10 o'clock night mail left Croydon The unexpected delay in the much is left to the second-line troops is not airline pilots before the war. The for Berlin without fail for years, From olher parts of occupied hail, rain, snow or fog. : France come reports that the Ger-

with Chungking are not prompt plentiful, yet in a minor degree the advertised attack upon England has too bad..

spirit sume The men are returning fairly qua, been having its effect upon the

the hands of the Chinese within 24 hours; the answer is patently clear......

of

German Air Force.

ment."

The opinion is often expressed thut.

ler's army.

occupied France is in a much better

Al Brst

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areon

of

through

ed by a desire to avoid further

We have yet to see whether the aggravation of the United States to their bemes and to the harvests A neutral observer who was pri- mans are getting down to the ques-

In many cases vileged to have a squadron parked tion of the British subjects still in enemy will give up all pretence of and Britain, so much as a tacit which have been

they were left bombing war targets and will take ruined by inattention. But it is hard in the woods near his home, and who raidence.

Indiscriminate plustering admission that her people ure

thickly-Inlublled to discover any serious attempt to coastanily-

come into contact with alone, war weary and the country's re-meet the formidable problems which bath, officers and, men, discloset a Now it is learned that the resi-heavy clouds and bad weather in sources are getting low. Japan's are threatening the Vichy, Govern- tile about this vital branch of Hit- dents in the Bayonne-St. Jean de the hope of creating pante among Luz districts are being gathered and the populace. There is little chunce Bombs & Petrol for a apologists will find it hard to delude the Japanese people about

He found that on the whole the put under some sort of surveillance of panie if the Government will be Visit to Barlin

the withdrawal from Nanning, shape, in spite of all the devastation, officers were ine physical types, the first intention was so put the frank with the people and, ist them

recent hito a concentration cump, but finally Courageous and decent. In

it can be done without telling the capecially as the city fell into

weeks he had noticed a considerable the German authorities requisitioned know what is happenings for us an, hotel and are now keeping them

too much, Next to the ill-fated decision to increase in the number of very young there under fairly reasonable con-

ditions.

The finding of enemy bombers at move south of the Great Wall, the plots joining the squadron,

night remains one. of the great biggest blunder' Japan committed There was, however, no suggestion. As yet southern France has not The sudden cessation of the during the past ten years was to sign that these new arrivals had any con- suffered from any great shortage of problems of our wor...

on with the Axis. There are in-nexion with heavy pilot losses. For commodities. It is even suggested Moonlight, while helping bombers Japanese advance along the dientions that she now realises this the system in vogue in the German that the fate of British residents in to find their targets, may confuse north, Indo-China frontier; the for, committed technically though the Air Force tends to conceal from the German-occupied France is more the fighters, and it la probabln (flat-

pleasant

the than under half-hearted attempts to prevent is to render military and other ald serving officer and man all accurate

Vichy a bright starlight night without a the Burma Road from being re- to Italy, Japan is doing her utmost knowledge of casualties,

Government. French people may be moon gives the best chance of co- the to wriggle out of

obligation,

ers and guns...... operated; the repudiation of There Is falk of "escape clauses" and The squadrons do not operate as indifferent, but the official is often operation between searchlights, fight- Sometimes, with luck, searchlights Wang Ching-wel, and the recall "advice" to the Government to take units; a few planes from squadrons hostile.

which the of General Abe. All these are into account geographical relations all over the countruther the The virulent attacks

Gingoire of Marseilles maintains scarching through fairly thin cloude patterned events and all lead to one as well as the objectives looming German battle Alghts. Further to

concerning

fortify this policy of concealment of verdiet; that Japan is utterly tired behind British diplomacy

spontaneous. A similar allhouette to fightors above. But if bombers of the fullfly of hier adventures in the Inle-Greek war, which at least losses, pilots and crews are almost daily against England are certainly may show up an enemy bomber in Chins; that she cannot face the pros- shows that Japan has assumed a new continually transferred from one unit trend it observed in must of the Press the clouds are thick the

in unoccupied France. It may not may, remain in or above the cloude bict of Interminable, Hostilities which respect for British diplomacy. The and draining, her eccorique and fingre truth is Japan has got herself into While Individual pilots would ex-have any great effect upon the feel and are difficult to find.

The best way to stop them Cal reserver in Sarisingmanner, a jar and she is about, to try and press admiration for British RAF.ing among the ordinary people, but land) that the sooner alt der cut her extricate herself as best she can. It fighting qualities, the squadron as alt does offer an excuse for official collecting-taxesoflock. then ut

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