WILD WITH JOY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25049, 13 November 1944, Page 5

WILD WITH JOY

CHURCHILL_ HAILED CROWDSJN PARIS JfEMOKABLE SCENES BEATITUDE OF NATION |B#d. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 12 Paris went wild with joy at the opportunity to acclaim Mr Churchill daring his first public appearance at the Armistice Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe. Frenchmen had longed for a sight of the ebullient pugnacious figure who symbolised Britain, and whose voice had revived them in their hopelessness, says Reuter's Paris correspondent. Symbol of Nation's Rebirth The crowds in the Champs Elysees could not be restrained. There was a constant roar of "Churchill! Churchill!" On the stroke of 11 o'clock a single cannon shot.sounded over the city, proclaiming for the first time in five years the one minute's silence. The Provisional Government had chosen this moment to symbolise the rebirth of the nation *nd to proclaim anew the rebirth of the Entente Cordiale. There was an anxious moment as the British Prime Minister approached the Arc de Triomphe for the march past. Riotously happy Paris students, youths ®nd girls, leaped the barriers and surged forward in dn attempt to express their latitude to him. Mr Churchill stood & the middle of the road beaming until • path to the saluting base was cleared. The New French Army The correspondent says that Paris *as touched to the heart at the march past. Frenchmen saw with their own 6jes- the symbol of their newly-won |berty as the nucleus of the new French Army swung past in sober nnghttering battledress, and saw Mr MJurchill and General de Gaulle together as evidence of the new unity, nevertheless, the small British contingents received the lion's share of the cheering, especially the naval continent and the Guards. Mr Churchill, after the morning's toremonies, wfts the guest of honour at 'luncheon given by General de Gaulle. We was a gathering of distinguished «rench and British guests. : General de Gaulle, in a speech, broadthe Pari;;, radio, said: "We »«ouid not have seen a November 11 like j?W. if our old and bravo Ally, m At?" w hb all her Dominions, under ®*r Churchill's inspiring leadership, had ®°t displayed extraordinary determinaj|on to gain victory and shown ftiagni»Btlt courage which saved the world's ••wrfcy. There is not a single Frenchman who j H no t convinced of this. , Undying Gratitude of France

once ' ie was building for wil < L USan d years. I do not know what <a~ l " e remembered of his doings in a b jjisand years, but I do know that in fn» years France will not have gotten what Britain achieved in this

j, a j r Churchill said tho two countries j,Q shared the glories of Western j« J°P 0 so long that alliance with j.? 11 ? 6 had become an indispensable Wk ' unc *aniental principle. He paid a turnup ® enera ' de Gaulle for the tin, ,PJ r t he had played in the liberaTh t>Fr?nce- ?, a . r is evening newspapers came great streamers, "Vive 'in. ® Newspaper Liberation Soir said: l U(ft fl i c^e Gaullo claims that he is sfntrP rs n ? em h(?r of the Resistance U'in?i ln France. We today salute sistfln £' u,rc hill. first member of lletancfl Europe." feENCH MINISTER KILLED * PARIS. Nov. 11 teiwJ' 116 I'pporcq, the French Finance i Arftm, j' ffas killed in a road accident, vkeroift i„j S ' ,e was decorated for l iiriiii* r S t p °* t^lo resistance force liberation of Paris.

SPITFIRE ESCORT BEITISH PAETT MRS CHURCHILL INCLUDED (Heed. 8.30 p.m.) ~, LONDON, Nov. 11 •This is Mr Churchill's first visit to Paris since May 16, 1940, when he held conversations with the French Ministers within a month of the German entry into Paris and Marshal Petain's demand for an armistice. Mr Churchill and Mr Eden were accompanied by Field-Marshal Sir Alan Brooke and General Sir Hastings Ismay. Mr Churchill flew to Paris in an aircraft of the Royal Air Force Transport Command. Mrs Churchill and Miss Mary Churchill, who wore the uniform of a junior commander in the A.T.S., also went with him. The party was escorted by a force of Spitfires. Mr Churchill was taken from the airfield in a closed car, with bullet-proof windows, which was protected by a dozen French police on motor-cycles as it sped through the streets, says Reuters Paris correspondent. Mr Churchill's arrival was not announced, but the news leaked out and the streets were lined with crowds waving their hats. SCOPE OF COMMISSION ALL EUROPEAN QUESTIONS The decision to establish a European Advisory Commission was made at the Moscow Conference in October of last year. Britain, the United States, Russia and China pledged themselves to continue their united war efforts for the organisation and maintenance of peace and security. Pending the inauguration of a general world organisation, the nations agreed to consult one another on all matters affecting world security.

As a first step, the conference decided to establish in London a European Advisory Commission, representing Britain, America and Russia, for ensuring the closest co-operation the three Governments in the examination of European questions as the war developed. After the Foreign Secretary, Mr Eden, returned to England from Moscow, he said the reason why the Commission was limited for the present to the three principal Powers was because on them rested the responsibility for seeing that the war was followed by a lasting p',:ace. GERMAN SPIES SHOT ' (Reed. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 12 Two German spies, both members of the Wehrmacht, but wearing civilian clothes and posing as farmers, were executed on the Third Army front yesterday, says a correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph.