RIFE IN AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 45, 3 December 1940, Page 5

RIFE IN AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.

HATRED OF THE GERMANS.

PLANES CRASH ON TRIALS

(United Press Association —Copyright ) LONDON, December 2.

An account of how French workers are risking death by sabotaging German aircraft, factories in France is given by the “Daily Mail,” which publishes a stony written by a Frenchman who reached England. The Frenchman says that sabotage is rapidly increasing at the Citroen, Gnome, Renault and other factories where Germans are bribing or threatening certain Frenchmen to mingle with the workers and report the most outspoken of them. These are picked out and shot. Eight Citroen employees thus became victims in October.

Of 20 planes made at a. Parisian factory and tried out by the Germans, three crashed and two of the pilots were, killed. The Germans then tried to counteract sabotage by using French pilots, but this ceased because the Germans feared that the planes would be flown to England. The article gives details of numerous incidents illustrating French hatred of Germans. German soldiers are oi-dercd to keep -together when out sightseeing. Communist cells are active in Lyons, and hundreds of Frenchmen in key positions in the police and administrative offices are doing their utmost to hinder the Germans and assist escaped prisoners. Whenever possible the French are assisting British prisoners.

CHIEF OF OCCUPIED FRANCE.

SHORTLY GOING TO VERSAILLES

(Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) VICHY, December 2.

A communique states that the Cabinet dealt with various questions relating to the forthcoming transfer of the Chief of the State to Versailles.