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He had a scheme ready, to carry on where Weygand left off..

E

DE GAULLE'S last-minute ADVICE

VERY day, as military operations moved from the Meuse to the Somme and the Aisne and then to the Olse and the Seine, General Weygand and Marshal Petain had long conver- sation with the Premier, M. Paul Reynaud.

"I have saved honour." I am no longer in a position to stem the enemy's 'advance,"

He asserted that the soldiers were not fighting any more, that they were throwing away their arms and running away, that mutinies were to be feared, perhaps worse.

"Let us remember 1917," his ex- claimed, when Russian soldiers formed Soviets in the regiments and in the armies."

And he concluded: "There la no Other solution except an 'Immediate request for an armistice."

M. Reynaud, who had the vigorous words of General de Gaullo in his mind, betrayed no hint of weaken- ing.

Ho had signed an alliance with Great Britain. He was bound by ́it. He would honour the signature" of

As for the departure from over Paul Reynaud and I can France as he would his pwn. Paris, yes, the Government hear him whispering emphatic. He maintained the arra position has

had decided on it. But he ally in his car:

had taken up. The majority of the "When a general has lost all Council seemed disposed to follow would be the last to go. If he fighting sense, he is replaced by him. were taken prisoner, so much someone else." the worse.

"The news is worse?"

"Yes."

M. Chautemps, the Vice-Premier, was careful not to come into direct Paul Reynaud did not say that conflict with the Promier, but at the he would not dare-on' the con- end of a carefully-balanced argu- trary, he declared that he was ment, he asked:

"But it's still-war at any ready to do it. price?" I insisted again.

Once, often twice, daily—nS General de Gaulle, who was a witness, told me later-General Weygand produced long reports which were nothing more than

"Yes, without quarter!" bulletins of defent.

Why had he spoken of the Their general conclusion, possibility of being taken pri- Phone 27778-9 though not yet specifically in- soner? I put it down to his cus-

dicated, became more probable tomary love of bonsting. every day-armistice.

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WELCOME SENTIMENTS

was

Dilemma

And if De Gaulle flew to Lon- don and explained everything to Churchill because of the troop- ships and transports.',

How To Do It

would exclaim:

"Why should not the Prime Minister, whose authority stands so high with the British Govern-

Mr. ask Winston Churchill to meht, release France from her pledge?"

he enlarged upon his astute suggestion, M. Baudouin's face lit up. Even M. Reynaud admitted, that

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there

might be something in the But how could Reynaud put idea. He would think it over, broach The next day I had the ex- this scheme into execution? the subject gently to Churchill

"It must be done quickdy!" Woy- planation when I heard that Helene de Portes would cer- gand struck in. Mme de Portes had been playing tainly not agree to it. She Men who had been in a posi- a fine dramatic scene. tion to meet General Weygand

She had talked of nothing less "Your precious De Gaulle voice that fell like an axe. "I will between May 19 and May 25, than remaining in Paris. She would do better to go and coun- would dishonour us." and who saw him again in Paris did not want to leave. She was ter-attack somewhere with his between June 6 and June 11, no not afraid of the Germans, not tanks." longer recognised him as the she.

same man.

"Even were I alone, and I imagine I shall not be," said Mandel in a

have no part in a capitulation which

Bordeaux

Baudouin would. raise a host Then he raised the question of the Was this a deliberate attempt of objections.

next removal of the Government. They had admired his lucidity on her part to hasten the re-

The Weygand would declare: "If animously proposed Bordeaux.

supporters of the armistice un- and coolness. They could now quest for an armistice already we want to save anything there. M. Mandel showed that he had sec only the fatigue of nervous exhaustion, and ill-temper.

And sometimes, when subor- nates were concerned, he used a tone which was far from courte.

ous.

At this particular time it was a matter of deciding whether to fight in Paris or whether Paris And there were should be declared an open town. two opposed points of view.

·

One was that of the revolu- tionary tradition, of desperate

portant.

Departure

France-the Whole Truth

Fourth Article of the Series

By ELIE J. BOIS

Famous Paris Editor and for 20 years an intimate of France's Rulers.

treated?

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late."

This

Was

thero.

already considered the possibility of Quimper, in Brittany.. M. Reynaud, who had been

Gaulie's Brest attracted by De

scheme, approved and supported the suggestion.

It meant the port of Brest with possible communications with Eng land, America and North Africa.

And thus it was decided.

When M. Mandel returned to the Prefecture in the middle of the night,

He telephoned Immediately to

requisition chateaux, hotels and so

In Quimper.

+

To-morrow-

Meet the Camp Cat

OU will hear more of Charlie doo that sends this cat into raging

THE foregathering of the leaders of the Anglo-Japanese

While he was doing so, M. Paul communities in Hongkong yes-

Reynaud became a prey to the fury terday, on the occasion of the battle, if need be street by decided on by Weygand and Bau- is nothing for it but to capitu-What is this ridiculous joke about

de Portes, fortieth Birthday of His Imperial strect, leaving the enemy to bear douin!

going to Quimper? Are you anxious Or was it just the coquetry of Majesty, The Emperor of Japan, the blame for destroying trea-

All this Paul Reygaud told to make a fool of yourself? Go to sures of stone amassed by the a woman who wanted to be en- himself as he paced round his Quimper by yourself, my friend, you a specially pleasing and centuries.

room like a wild cat in a cage.

vour Mandell" and your

General de Gaulle, who was pre- happy event in this present time The other was that of the

He certainly had reason to mediate, One can imagine anything of for the conspirators were making sent, defended the proposed depar of international distrust and | High_Command, the politicians, Helene de Portes.

All that is certan is that she lotting parts, preparing the atmos it. And while he was doing so tele-

arrangements drawing up plans, alture for Brittany.

Baudouin skilfully argued against discord. Both the Consul-Gen- and the keepers and curators of

old buildings.

went and, în view of what hap- phere. eral and His Excellency the

There were secret conclaves just as

phone calls Their contention was that it pened afterwards, it would have there were almost open discussions. naud, also opposing It.

kept reaching M. Roy- Governor, stressed the wish that is not cities which fight, but been better if she had stayed in

The Premier yielded, and got in the general situation touch with M. Mandel. Orders to it should be possible for Britain armies.

Paris. But would

Reynaud when the Government of France Quimper were countermented and and Japan to live again on the

started to establish itself in Tours, have gone without her?

June 10 was a crucial date. In amid the extraordinary confusion the message was sent to Bordeaux to expect the Government to arrive friendly terms of the past, and The spectacle presented at the future almanacs

that prevailed the we shall see

General Weygand then prepared to there there is no doubt that such a

Premier's offices on June 8 left under that date:

attend a Council of Ministers, having the decision in no doubt.. The "Italy declared war on France made up his mind to engage in a wish will echo in the hearts-of-sole concern of everyone was to and Great Britain; the French violent assault. all Japanese and British people safeguard his own skin and Government left Paris.”

He made a sketch of the military A conference with Mr Churchili in alike, whose great aim in life is divert responsibility from him- It was towards Tours that position that was as black as, and Tours, Mme, de Portes demands an

perhaps blacker than the reality. armistice. self.

Weygand to foster the happier aspects of

what still remained of the

renews, his It was not a defeat, it was a rout, ultimatum and says Communists now June 9 was taken up with Government began to make its it was collapse, complete and relent- hold Paris. The scenes in Bordeaux. civilisation, and to eschew all preparing for the departure, way that evening.

Icss.

British Ambassador's difficulties. that savours of the false and which had been fixed for the M. Reynaud went to G.H.Q., hostile.

evening of the tenth.

where General Weygand, not by PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRIVATE I asked for an appointment indirect hints this time, but with M. Reynaud. Marshal directly and imperatively, sug- Petain was leaving the War gested asking for an armistice. Ministry when I arrived.

M. Mandel, Minister of the While I was waiting in the Interior, was the last to leave ante-room M. Baudouin came Paris.

You will hear more of Charlie dos tres, she uns cats to rains hurrying in, looking very im- On the roads an uninterrupted slicker, who knows where to go on top of the bookcase in the draw- procession of lorries, limousines, and have a good time in London,

ing-room. he asked the usher.

"Who is with the Premier?" light cars, coaches and carts Brummagem, and points North. and she hates the sight of the place. "Then somebody brings her here, were conveying a whole people

He has a quick eye and a She hangs around the bushes, trying He looked annoyed and then,

A name was given in reply, emigrating no one knew whither. Bren-gun tongue-opens a con- to cop herself a cock-robin or seeing me, said: "Have you an

De Gaulle's Plan versation with Five Rounds Sparrow for supper, and she doesn't

have no luck. appointment?"

Application, and then, having General Headquarters were at got on his mark, goes

on in Briare. But General Weygand bursts.

"She tries to get into hut, but before you? I've come from the enemy out of France.

"Will you allow me to go in no longer thought of driving the He knows everything and every at the scruff of her neck, and toss they pick her up by the loose skin Foreign Office-it's extremely Nor did he think of organis-such celebrities as Gordon Richards, She scrounges her gruk

body: claims close friendship with

round the ing a

defensive force which Alex James, Len Harvey, and most cookhouse, and lolters about in the I did a little theorising. This would preserve some part of the of the nobility and gentry.

bushes. She comes off second best Was the ninth. Italy's entry national soil.

Charlie always has the inside dope, in a set-to with a weasel. the secret Information. into the war had been an- It was another man, who was

"And at inst she finds what she thinks is a nice quiet place to rest. nounced for the tenth.

thinking of that task, who was

in, and makes herself a little home, My supposition changed to drawing up a scheme in broad The other day, as we picked our and settles down to look for a feller certainty, when I entered the outline, and who would press M. way over the puddles between the and love some kilters, study of M. Reynaud, who Reynaud to make it his own. huts, a cat passed.

"Well, she just about gets all set · seemed more on edge than ever.

Charlie the Chancer said: "There one Sunday afternoon, and has M. Reynaud listened to M. Baudouin had just in- General de Gaulle. He under-

stic goes,

The unluckiest cat in the quiet night. Then next morning sho formed him that, according to a stood quickly, for his intelli-

jumps out of her..akin. She's been world,

"Dead unlucky. If I was the Com- and settled down on the Bren-gran message from Rome, Mussolini gence was swift:

manding Officer of this outôt, I'd range.

Tint sort of embitters her. She would strike the next day.

"Withdraw towards Brit-detail twelve men for a firing squad

gets kind of browned off-fed up to tany, hold out there as long and

and

the works.. always came back, cides to stick around this camp and... troops and ask Churchill to Once they put, her in

a convoyed bring people bad luck, transport them, Bomo to lorry and took her soventy miles into North Africa and the rest to Hampshire, and dumped her. Next

"I'm giving you fair warning- for the return battle. England, to form a nucleus day she was back.

"Don't ask me how: It's a mystery, keep clear of that eat. She's a cow.

"If "If ever you're called on Company I'd creep up behind her and give har I was the Captain's bull-terrier "Save the whole air force; Orders, and that cat crosses your

the business. But they the navy must continue to co-pathi, expect the worst. operate in the defence of the one the white patch on her chest, all over. So take my tip: avold her," "Timow that eat in London-I re- anything about her that's the Army two Empires in alliance.".

The Surrey Blond Man sald, in his She was evaruated to Chesham Bois "Yes. But what about Wey- when the war broke out.

mild yet formidable tones: "How "She didn't like the country. First d'you know all this, Charliet" the morning there she takes a walk to I know it for a fact," said Charlie the chicken-run and tries to go for a the Chancer. "Look, Bid-lend us a head of the Government?" rooster.

tosheroon till myko postal... forder I can picture General de "Well, the old rooster stands on comea?" sa Gaulle's tall figure toworing (Up-toe and lets out a cook-n-doodle- "No," said the Surrey Blond Man.

So much has already been lost both in lives and wealth by the insanity of war; and so much is yet to be gained by friendly and reasonable collaboration between the peoples of the earth. In- deed, the curse of unjustified and unreasonable hostility has evoked expressions of disgust and apprehension throughout the entire world, so much so, that the United States has been compelled to throw the whole weight of its resources into the battle which aims at the restora- tion of friendship and peace be. tween all the peoples of the earth.

Mr Yano's reference to the alliance which once axisted be tween Britain and Japan, and which saved the Far East from a major upheaval, was well chosen, and it is to be hoped that his confidence that the same spirit will be kept alive in the hearts of both nations, will prove to be soundly based.

The merchants and traders of Japan must have lost very heavily on account of the pre- sent war, and British traders too, havo auffered heavily, and unnecessarily. For such dis- ruption of the normal trade, so properly referred to as the life- blood of nations, cannot be justified, and it behoves those

who wield the power to check

"Yea."

urgent."

Once again. I asked him if he was still in favour of total resistance, with all its conse quences.

He made me a staccato and jerky little speech in reply. Did I wish to insult him by doubting his purpose? I would soon sco!

throughout the British Empire, and similar expressions of

or to extend war, to consider thought and goodwill uttered. the masses whose deatre is for. It is not too much to hope that peace and prosperity.

the sincerity, so obvious at the moment, will not be allowed to evaporate.

Similar gatherings to that of yesterday's will have taken place

tried to

a

as possible, assemble all fit time that cats her several the teeth. She goes mean. She de-

gand?" inquired Paul Reynaud.

"Weygand? Are

you

Sho

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won't do

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