FIVE MINUTES' SILENCE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1941, Page 5

FIVE MINUTES' SILENCE

THE FRENCH PEOPLE

PROTEST AGAINST MURDER

OF HOSTAGES

(Rec. 12.20 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 30. A further broadcast was made this evening by General de Gaulle concerning the standing to attention of every man, woman, and child in France for five minutes at 4 p.m. tomorrow. "The whole of France, gathered together during these five decisive minutes, is going to show that, despite insult, torture, and treachery, she is preparing for vengeance under her tattered flag," said General de Gaulle. It is stated in London that at the same time five minutes' silence will be observed by all "the" Free French forces in Britain and overseas. .The Free French have set aside this Sunday for commemoration of the hostages murdered by the Nazis in. Nantes, Bordeaux, and elsewhere. VICHY UNEASINESS. The suggestion of the five minutes* silence is felt here to have created great uneasiness in the minds of the Vichy Government, and to be responsible for the latest Vichy decree forbidding listening to British broadcasts under a heavy penalty. ■ Private listeners can be imprisoned for up to two years, and will have their wireless sets confiscated, while public establishments permitting such listening will be closed for six months. These repressive measures are a tribute to the effectiveness of the 8.8.C., a fact which has been demonstrated already in Germany by hysterical outbursts by Dr. Goebbels against such listening by his own people. The Vichy Government's action, shows an acute realisation that large numbers of Frenchmen are likely to listen to a message to be broadcast tomorrow afternoon by Colonel Britten, organiser of the "V" campaign in the oppressed countries.—B.O.W. -?-■