ENEMY ORDERS
SENTENCE ON DE GAULLE. HELD TO BE VOID. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 3, 1.40 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 2. “1 consider' the death sentence by the men of Vichy entirely void,” stated General de Gaulle, leader of the “free” French forces in Britain. “The sentence was that of a court largely under the influence, ijossibly under tire direct orders of the enemy, who will one day be driven from the soil of France. Then 1 will submit myself willingly to the people’s judgment.” A Vichy message savs the Minister of Labour announces that, as a result of the petrol shortage, motor traffic is being reduced to a tenth of its former proportions. France is negotiating with “certain countries” for fresh supplies. Germany has guaranteed not to requisition the petrol which France succeeds in importing.
See “Death Sentence”—Page 7
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 8
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