LIFE IN PARIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 212, 6 August 1940, Page 2

LIFE IN PARIS.

HE ACTION TO GERMANS. - LONDON, July 22. A Portuguese woman who has returned to Lisbon from Paris describes life under the German occupation. “German troops who bivouacked in tho Bois de JJolougne,” she says, “seemed not to be warriors from a battle, but rather suggested special troops brought-in lor a propaganda victory parade. 'The Parisians watched sullenly and women wept. A German officer "asked me: ‘Why do they cry? We do not wish to harm them.’ I said that I thought it natural. The officer said : ‘A T es. Perhaps it is understandable.’ “The Germans had a complete list of important Parisians, and officers immediately occupied the homes of wealthy Jews. They and, later, their wives, filled the fashionable bars and cafes, and crowded the shops. The women were most anxious to buy lingerie. “Immediately after the occupation of Paris, milk, butter, and potatoes were not available, but after a, few days, supplies became normal, and the Germans settled down so thoroughly that it was suggested that they would be Parisians fo • a. long time. “Nevertheless, there is an undercurrent of uneasiness. I heard many remarks about the ‘ruthless’ bombings of Hamburg, the Ruhr, and other places. These 'havc certainly affected the Germans, and particularly the soldiers from tho district bombed.”