LORRAINE ANNEXED.
ACTION BY GERMANY.
FRENCH RESIDENTS REMOVED.
LONDON, December 1
Germany has annexed the province of Lorraine from France, and the Frencn population is being evacuated. This is in flagrant violation of the terms of the armistice under which France laid down her arms. There is no evidence that the annexation was preceded by any form of agreement, though there have been rumours of a secret deal between M. Laval and the Nazis. It is said that now the western frontier of Germany must be settled once and for all. These are the words of Herr Josef Buerckel, the newly-appointed German administrator of the area. He also said that only Germans could live in German frontier areas, and that the old struggle for the Rhine was ended. Yesterday Marshal Petain appealed to the French people to extend their charity to the men, women and. children who were forced to leave thenancestral homes in Lorraine. AREA TO BE RENAMED. (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON. ’December 1. The incorporation of Lorraine in the German 'Reich was formally declared yesterday. The Nazis say it will he renamed
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 44, 2 December 1940, Page 5
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