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June 13, 1941.

Belgian

Empire's Share

In Britain's War Effort

M.

ALBERT DE VLEESCHAU- WER, Belgian Minister of Colonies, who left London last December to tour his country's vast African empire, has re-

Colonial Minister on the Purpose of His African tour-An interview with M. Albert de Vleeschauwer, by George Soloveytchik

turned to Britain after our troops in this country, and against-British sterling. That

mobilisation

the R.A.F.

orders day.

King Leopold

occupied Belgium the truth and to unmask the lies of Nuzi pro- paganda."

It was to Leopoldville that M. de Vleeschauwer flow from Lis- bon at the outset of his journey. Standing in front of a great map. he pointed out to me his itinerary.

"First, I spent some time in

Phone 27778-0 of law in his own country gian Colonial Forces have al- There are no limits to our de- to Nairobi, on an official visit.

Hongkong Telegraykı.

Friday, June 13, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 26015

Hangkong on the date of publication by

the Allied war effort.”

a journey of more than their number will increase as asset is needed as much as, if the Lower Congo district," he 30,000 miles.

the new recruits called up under not more than, anything else to snid. "There I was able to get I talked with him in his general

in touch at once with our French friends and neighbours office in Belgravia. He come along. We have, too; our looked well, though tired. pilots in

They "My feeling is that we have who are co-operating so valiant- He is a man in his early for- have done well already and have gone as far as possible, but if it ly under the standard of Free

a respectable number of victor- tics, who saw the last war as ies to their credit.

is felt that there is anything France. a soldier and is a professor

more we can do we should be "I then flew via Stanicyville

happy "Certain troops of the Bel- genuinely

to know. I know him as a very staunch ready gone forward and are co- termination to co-operate com- Immediately on my arrival in I wished to make it quite clear, friend of Britain.

operating alongside the forces pletely with Great Britain. of the British Empire under the "In every domain we are try force and further our war effort. Afrien, that I was there to rein- My first question, to one command of Gen. Wavell. It ing, and successfully, too, to co- I was the guest of the Governor who had been seeing Bri- was this which was one of the ordinate production with war tain's war effort from a dis- main reasons of my voyage. It requirements and to place the of Kenya, and met, too, the Governors of Uganda and tance as it were, was what is not only a direct contribution full resources of the vast econo-

to the Allied war effort but also, mic machine existing in the Bel- Northern and Southern Rhode

sin. impressions he had gained. indirectly, a means of defending gian Congo, with its great na-

Belgian Congo territory.

tural wealth, at the disposal of Talk With Gen. Smuts He smiled. "That's casy to answer, London is, more "Within the last few days In recent years Belgium's "Passing through the Congo THE preax "special to the relegraph" than ever before, the heart these troops have been the sub- overseas empire has been a re- again I then flew down to Pre- is used by the lengkong Telegraph ta

jeet of special mention for gal- gular exporter of large quanti- torin, in answer to an invitation indicate news which is strictly conrrant of the civilised world as we lantry. under the provisions of the Telecommunt-

ties of copper, gold, diamonds, from Gen. Smuts. There, also, cations Ordinance, 1016. Such news as understand it. You have bears the indication "Up la received in

"It is indeed a great satisfac- radium, cotton, copal, jute, tin, I was received with the greatest the sympathy and support of the United Press Associations, who ra

tion to all Belgians established maize, timber, coffee, paim oil, kindness, and I hope it will not all the free peoples of the in the Congo to know that our palm kernels and ground-nuts, sound presumptuous if I say & eller wholly or in part without Arrangement.

world.. Even in the neutral men have been given the op- in addition to other commodi- word or two about Gen. Smuts. countries there is no doubt portunity to pull their weight in ties of secondary importance. He is a very great man and a The textile industry has ex great statesman, a truly loyal as to the outcome of the that great campaign.

panded so that it can now sup- friend of this country; and struggle. I found every- "And our effort has only just ply all local requirements, and what la so amazing about him DAYLIGHT saving at last! where the same feeling, the started. It will be increased as before long hopes to help to is his simplicity combined with For

Hongkong has years

and when necessary in accor- supply the Allied forces. Simi- authority. It was an inspiring same confidence in the fu- dance with the technical possi- larly, there is hope that sacks experience for me, and an added wanted it and agitated for it,')

ture."

bilities. Our men are ready and tents for all the Allied reason for my complete confl- but the die-hards always suc-

and fit, and keenly anxious to needs in Africa can be produced dence, in the future, to meet a The Minister then turned join the fighting line. ceeded in stopping it; now,

in the Belgian Congo.

lunder like that." ironically enough, a war has into the subject of his tour.

"They are being trained in sation mention of the King of

At one point in the conver- As M. de Vleeschauwer's tervened to make it a reality Resolve Of Free Men modern weapons and showing the Belgians prompted me to English is somewhat imperfect.

astounding aptitude. Our na ask a further question."

and not being certain about overnight. The measure is not

Smuts's command of The Minister was outspoken Gen. likely immediately to attain 100

I asked in what per cent popularity; it will necessitate certain readjust- ments to the daily life of the Colony and this is bound to pro- duce protests until adaptability assorts itself. But the benefits to be derived from extra day

serve all rights and Surbia republications;

years.

DAYLIGHT SAVING

light are sufficiently compensat-- ing as the European countries have known for the past 25

The idea of putting the clocks forward originated in England in 1916. The measure was re- vised in 1924 and made per- manent in 1925. At the pro- sent time, because of the war, Britain's clocks are two hours

shead of the sun, constituting an important part of the fight the nation is waging against

the dictators.

Daylight Saving is being in- troduced to Hongkong primari-

"Why, he spoke to me in Afri-

no dif-

"In the Belgian Congo and put together again the most in his reply. "The Belgians in French,

tive soldiers can take to bits there are Belgians who still complicated machine-gun blind- the Congo--as indeed all Bel- language they had talked to- are free, whose ways of life fold."

gian patriots the world over-gether, are enthusiastically loyal to Ships And Resources King Leopold. They appreci- kander and I answered him in are similar to yours, whose general outlook is the same. Having been born free men, "We have also done some- ute at its true value the part Flemish," said the Minister, they are determined to die thing else which is important. that he, though a prisoner, is who is himself of Flemish stock.

Not only have we made possible playing by refusing to accept "There is practically free men. For this no sacrifice can ever be too troops through our territory but any form of contact or co- ages, and throughout my so- the passage of South African Nazi domination and rejecting ference between the two langu- great. There are no Quis- we are also organising and ex- operation with the invader Journt in South Africa Ispoke

"All contact between Belgium mostly Flemish. fings in the Belgian Congo, panding transport facilities for

"After my visit to Gen. Smuts Any who had such tenden- Allied forces. Our policy is one and the Belgian Congo, of

of complete co-operation. We course, has been severed. No I returned to the Belgian Congo cies, as well as the enemy do not intend to depart from it. communications are permitted. for a meeting of the Govern- aliens who were established

But though the heads of certain ment Council. Finally I left to "There comes next the contri- great Colonial corporations may fly back along the route by there, have been put out of bution of our merchant fleet, be prisoners in Belgium, provi- which. I had come, meeting on harm's way. There may be manned by Belgian seamon. sional arrangements made be- the way the governors of the enemy propaganda, but it is

fore the war and certain legis- West Coast empire possessions "We have, as you know, an Intive measures taken since give and, in particular, the Governor not noticeable and cuta no agreement with Britain by Belgian concerns operating on of Nigeria. Thus was. I able to which the whole of it, including African soil complete autonomy. complete the contacts I had the ships which formerly served Germans and Italians had the Congo Line, is time char- been fairly active before tered to your Ministry of Ship

who, on African soil, are to "One life-line, it is true, re- day pulling their weight in the most of them were locked up ring. We had asked for the

ships formerly used for that mains open-the powerful wire- struggle which the British Com- (largely on M. de Vleeschau- line to be kept on it as far as less station at Leopoldville. monwealth of Nations and their wer's initiative)..

possible, not only because they This makes it possible to tell Allied friends are waging.". "In what were formerly service but because they are are specially adapted for the

ice."

Radio "Life-Line”. hoped to make with all those

ly as a defence measure; it will German East African posse- needed; but in the past few GRIN AND BEAR IT

ssions and are now the months the strain imposed on save fuel and power and, will

mandated Belgian territor- British shipping has deprived facilitate military training. Ities of Ruanda and Urundi, some countries of the facilities they need. The Belgian Congo promises other benefits; more the native population of must, I fear, be included in that time for open air recreation, some 3,000,000 suffered from category. In discussing these the British another hour for work in the neglect, maladministration problems with garden. To thousands of people and even starvation under met with sympathetic considera- Government, however, we have here daylight saving will offer German rule, but now they tion and seen a very sincere de- a boon, and although incon-are prosperous, healthy, and sire to readjust the position. It veniences to start with are in- happy.

is now improving. evitable, these are bound to be

"The Belgian Congo's co- "There, as in the Belgian operation in the economic and outweighed by other considora-

Congo, the natives roundly financial fields," the Minister tions.

condemn Nazi-ism. If that went on "is well under way." It is proposed that daylight is how Hitler treats white You probably know of the two saving shall be one hour in

their delegates Government and ourselves.

agreements between the British people,' what can be broadly called the

would say to me, 'what could summer, and half an hour dur-

we expect if he were victor- ing the winter. This is reason-ious?" ablo and meots an overwhelm- ingly popular demand. It is ex- tremely doubtful whether, once the system becomes operative, it will over be discarded. Day- light to the average man ia very precious; he has a great hunger for it, and putting the clocks forward is one way-artificial it la true-of satinting his hunger.

The introduction of daylight saving in Hongkong is warmly -approved.

"One provides for purchases to be made by the United King- dom in the Belgian Congo. All the products specified (with

Colonials In Action possibly one small exception)

I asked for some account of are essential to your country in Belgium's war effort.

connection with the war effort. We do not want you to buy "Take first our military co- things you do not need, and so operation," replied M. de Vlec- we are endeavouring to find that, markets elsewhere for those schauwor. "You know battle of Belgium, our second to sell in Europe. after losing one army in the other products which we used army, in process of reconstruch other agreement is there as a result of the French financial. It provides that all sur debacle. The Belgian spirit has plus foreign exchange and gold never been broken, despite our production and it is substan terrible misfortunes. We have dal-shall be ceded to Britain

tion in Franco, was caught

By Lichty

"You bodn abt weeks in the army, Hubortis it truo that

we can be successfully Invaded

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