NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 January 1942, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

j ANOTHER “CAVELL” ! LONDON, Jan. 20. i Mrs. Yvonne Roberts, _ a FrenchI woman married to an Englishman, and ! called the second “Nurse Caved/' ter i planning the escapes of hundreds of : Frenchmen in the last war and this iwar, has arrived from France, to join I the Free French. The Germans cap- ; tured and sentenced her to death in I the last war. but the King of Spain I successfully intervened. She was in charge of the hospital trains in France jat the beginning of the present war, and after the collapse of France, worked ceaselessly for eight days and 'nights, evacuating babies- from Paris Ito Bordeaux. She has since aided the escape of hundreds of persons from France. She said that the French peasants and civilians would never refuse to help anyone making a bid for freedom, although the penalty was death for the whole family. BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA. LONDON, January 20. According to the Berlin radio, Dr. Hacha, President of Boh_emia and Moravia, has announced me formation of a new Government with a German nominee. Biernert, the former Police Chief in Prague, as Minister for Labour. The radio said that “with this important specialist on our side the new government will construct a new order without compromise.” M. Krejci continues as Premier. The new Cabinet took an oath of allegiance to Hitler, after which the members saw Heydrich, the Protector, from whom they received guidance in the future policy. TYPHUS INLITHUANIA (Reed. 2 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 20. Polish circles in London report that the Germans have closed all churches in Lithuania because of the typhus scare. Police permission is necessary for weddings, baptisms and funerals, the attendance not exceeding thirty. Jews are prohibited from posting parcels throughout German occupied Eastern Europe, for fear of spreading typhus. Several cases of bubonic plague have been notified among war prisoners in Poland. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. RUGBY, January 20. In a tribute to the Duke of Connaught in the Commons, Mr. Churchill said: “The Duke lived a life so long that it was the only link with conditions of the Victorian era, when a large number of people had persuaded themselves that most of the problems of society had been solved. It was also a link with the life of the Duke of Wellington. I had many opportunities Of meeting him. He was a friend of my family. I served as I a young officer at Aidershot, under his command in 1895, and I know the respect in which he was held by all ranks. Ninety-one is a great age. For my part, "I am very glad to feel that he lived long enough to see the dark clouds with which we were confronted 18 months agQ, brought out into the somewhat clearer and more hopeful light which surrounds us at the present time.” CANADIAN TROOPS. RUGBY, January 20. The Canadian military headquarters announces that further reinforcements of Canadian troops and airmen have arrived safely in Britain. They include foresters, ordnance, mechanics, infantry, artillery, band, and] service corps men, as well as rein- j forcements for the Czechoslovak] Army, and one Norwegian nurse. i DAMAGE IN FRANCE. ! VICHY, January 20. J Seven thousand houses were de- I stroyed and two hundred thousand j damaged during the fighting in France ) in 1940. " . i