FRANCE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 430, 9 August 1915, Page 6

FRANCE.

”WE SWEAR WE WILL NOT YIELD” ("ma" and ‘‘syp.nkv svs” servjcf.] London. Aug. In the French ( handier, M. Des ehanel spoke with tire and eloquence of France’s determination to pursue the war. The Deputies cheered to the echo ids simile that France would hunt the vulture back to her eerie, adding that, each of France's soldiers before, the blood-stained wire entanglements would repeat the words of Joan of Are. ”¥ou can chain me. but you will never fetter the fortunes of France.” M. Deschanel said. "We aro deaf to the insolent threats and perfidious suggestions, and will face the struggle in all its vastness and length, continuing to devote the whole spirit of France. We swear we will not yield.” Paris. Aug. 7. The Chamber of Deputies Postal Commission recommended penny postage with England. The Chamber sent the Duma a resolution of profound admiration for Russia, enthusiastically concurring in the determination to continue with heroism the effort for the independence of their peoples against Germanic militarism. HIDDEN TREASURE Paris, Aug. 7. A large amount of treasure was hastily buried during the German invasion. Fugitives are now informing the military of the location, and orders are being issued for searches.

Sometimes the goods are recovered accidentally. A French soldier cnlazxing a dug-out in a flower-bed on alarm recently discovered a box with £3OOO in notes and gold.