WAVE OF REBELLION SWEEPING FRANCE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 205, 30 August 1941, Page 1 (Supplement)

WAVE OF REBELLION SWEEPING FRANCE

WARNING SIGNS

Mysterious Fire Destroys Vast Shipyards

United Press Association.—Copyrig-lTt. Rec. 5.30 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 29. A wave of rebellion against Petain's regime is sweeping France, according to a Daily Telegraph correspondent. A warning of the seriousness of the position is indicated by Petain's 300-mile journey to Auch for a conference with Darlan.

Feeling is reported to be running high in Caen, the home town of Paul Collette, who fired the shots at Laval, and recently numerous incidents have occurred. The police have renewed their drive against the opposition elements at Meknes, Toulouse, Marseilles and Rouen. Seven "militant Communists" have been arrested at Algiers. A further sign that the Vichy authorities fear unrest can be seen in a new decree against the meeting of Parliament at Vichy.

The secret French radio, broadcasting from northern France, appealed to French workers to unite in the struggle against the Nazis, the announcer said Laval and Deat had met their fate and De Brinnon and other traitors were not going to escape the fury of the French people.

"It was cheap to accuse us of working for foreign interests," he said, "but this will not prevent us from uniting to liberate France from the German yoke." The Free Belgian News Agency says the Germans have imposed curfew at Mons as a retaliation for the desecration of German victory signs.

A mysterious fire destroyed the vast shipbuilding yards at Baesrode, in Flanders, where the Rhine barges are built.