LEADERS RETURNING

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 307, 23 September 1944, Page 7

LEADERS RETURNING

War-Stricken Luxemburg (Received September 22, 7 p.m.) LONDON, September 21. The Prime Minister of Luxemburg, M; Dupong, and also three other members of the Luxemburg Government, were flown to Paris today in an R.A.F. Transport Command plane, on the first stage of their return to Luxemburg. The Germans have sent 30,000 of Ibe 300,000 Luxemburgers to concentration camps at one time or other during the occupation, according to Dr. Schommer, the Luxemburg Government delegate, who has arrived in his country. He said that in addition between 1100 and 1200 families totalling about 5000 persons were deported to Poland because the sons had fled to the woods rather than serve in the German Army. The Gor» mans succeeded in conscripting 13,000 young Luxemburgers for the Wehrmacht.

This is to be the third Allied Government to regain its capital. The leaders expect to be back in Luxemburg at the weekend.

UPROOTED HORDES

Relief And Repatriation

(Received September 22, 7 p.m.) MONTREAL, September 21. “Nearly 20,000,000 people of Europe have been uprooted from their homos and placed elsewhere by the Nazis, who have also conscripted 2.000,000 Allied nationals, dumped them in some other country, and forced them to do their dirty work,” Said Mr. T. Scott, director of the U.N.R.R.A. committee for displaced persons, at a Press conference. He stated that eight European nations would probably soon accept a multilateral agreement under which common treatment would be given tq displaced persons. The Government in one liberation area would give another country’s nationals the same treatment as that granted to its own 'displaced nationals. The countries concerned are Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Poland, Greece and Yugoslavia. The Russians would not sign the agreement. These countries would also probably agree to admit repatriation committees from other countries, so that, for instance, I,lie Polos could determine who were actually Poles to be returned home. Similarly, in Poland the French could identify the French who wished to return to France.

German army clothing stocks would probably be requisitioned for male Czechs. French. Dutch and Poles. U.N.R.R.A. would use in the early stages whatever Gorman food slocks could be found to feed the United Nations nationals in Germany.