FRENCH ACTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23718, 26 July 1940, Page 8

FRENCH ACTION

FORMER POLITICIANS / IDEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS ; SEIZURE OF PROPERTY BERLIN ANNOUNCEMENT 3By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (deceived July 25, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 25 i It is announced from Berlin "the French Government has de-i ,;prived four French Ministers, 14 i'deputies and one senator of French j 'citizenship and their possessions in because they left France •after May 10 without authority. "The French Government wishes to '•strike against Daladier and his closest I'collaborators without delay," says the 1 'German statement. A message from Vichy says M. iMarquet, the former Mayor of Bordeaux, said in a broadcast to the :nation: "You have been living among ilies, but the hour of truth has arrived. "We are now trapped under tho debris 'of a worn-out political, economic and social state. Think of those who threw their country into war, although we wefe not ready to fight. The guilty ones Tvill be punished." BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ' ;iN UNOCCUPIED FRANCE STATUS BELIEVED UNCHANGED • / ■British "Wireless LONDON, July 24 Asked in the House of Commons Trhether he was able to state the com."position, status and present situation of Belgian Government, Mr. H. A. •Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that as far as lie was :aware there had been 110 change in its ■composition sinco May 10, and there .hpd been no change in its status since :it had assumed by decree on May 28 the sovereign powers of the King. The Ministers, Mr. Butler added, Tvere believed to bo in unoccupied Prance, with the exception of tlio Minister of Dr. Vleeschauwer, and the Minister of. Health, Dr. Marcel •Jaspar. Dr. Vleeschauwer visited London re<cputly en route to Belgian Congo, and •discussed the utilisation of the Congo's resources by the Allies. Dr. Jaspar in London last month. NAZI DISTORTION MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEWS British "Wireiess LONDON, July 24 "The persistent endeavour of German and- German-inspired broadcasts to crerite the impression that Mr. Lloyd George is working for the substitution of -the • present Government by ono "which.-.would be prepared to seek peace from-the. Axis- is surprising in : view of the'" veteran*', statesman's" 7 articles in newspapers _ throughout the Vorld. .. . . ' .One appearing in London shows t'bat his thoughts are turned rather toward an eventual British victory, and he expresses a profound* belief in the stability of the British character and the steadfastness of a people united in the determination to win the .war to restore the ideals of freedom and good faith to Europe. Mr. Lloyd George's tribute to the energy of the present Government carries greater weight from the fact that he never lacked the courago to express., his views and advocate the adoption of his opinions at times when they were unpopular' or contrary to •iafScial'.views. : v , ITALIAN CAPTAIN BURIAL WITH FULL HONOURS British "Wireless LONDON, July 24 ! According to a message from Alexandria the captain of tho Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, who was wohnded when his ship was sunk by the Australian cruiser Sydney, died aboard a British hospital ship at Alexandria rind was buried in the British military cemetery this afternoon wiith full honours. Those present at the funeral included several British naval officers and 200 ratings. When the captain was carried into a ; cabin of the hospital ship where he died he asked what ship had destroyed his. "The Sydney," was the reply. The captain was greatly surprised and declared that the Sydney was among the ships'which the Italians believed had been sunk some time ago. •• j' CONFIDENCE IN BRITAIN ' ARGENTINE, COMMITTEE British "Wireless LONDON, July 24 A message from Don Carlos Alberto Pueyrredon, president of the pro-Ally committee at Buenos Ayres, expressing the confidence in British victory felt by Argentine sympathisers of the Allied cause, has been received by the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill. 'the message has given much pleasure in London, where great value is placed upon the" deep understanding of the issues underlying the present struggle, which is known to exist among thoughtful and well-informed people, as well as" the instinctive sympathy which is )o widespread in Argentina and other South American States, and which is manifest in this timely declaration by influential personages. GIFTS FROM COLONIES '' TOTAL OVER £9,000,000 British Wireless LONDON, July '24 It was announced in the House of Commons to-day that contributions made by the Colonial Empire toward tile war effort in the form of gifts in cash, including loans free of interest, but not including gifts in kind, have amounted to £9,250,000.