DE GAULLE'S THREAT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 183, 3 August 1940, Page 9

DE GAULLE'S THREAT.

"Settle With Men Of Vichy After Victory." COURT'S DEATH SENTENCE. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 2. A message from Clermont Ferrand (France) says that a military court condemned General de Gaulle, French leader in London, to death and military degradation for treason, attacks against the State and desertion to a foreign country.

General de Gaulle said: "I consider the death sentence by the men; of Vichy ae entirely void. I shall settle accounts with them after the victory. "The sentence is that of a court largely under the influence of, and possibly under direct orders from, the enemy who will one day be driven from the soil of France. Then I shall submit myself willingly to the people's judgment."

FRENCH NEWS AGENCY * Split In Service That Sponsors Petain Regime. ORGANISATION IN LONDON. (Beceivert io a.m.) v LONDON, August 2. The London office of the Havas Agency has severed its connection with the French organisation, which has turned to the Petain' regime. The London service is now supporting General de Gaulle and has been renamed Agetice Lef (Liberte Egalite Fraternite —liberty, equality and fraternity). the agfeney hopes to become one of the principal means of getting out of France reliable information on the couree of events there, also to become a primary and independent source of reliable news for free Frenchmen all over the world. '