TOMB OF NAPOLEON
FIGHTING FRENCH TO CARE FOR IT Rugby, Sept. 24. The difficulty of remaining faithful to the memory of Napoleon Bonaparte and loyal to the Vichy Government comnelled M. Georges Collin and his wife, the only two French citizens living in the Domain of Napoleon, on St. Helena, to write to General de Gaulle explaining their plight. The result was that a Fighting French ship called at the island recently. The captain and crew planted a willow near the Emperor’s grave and hoisted the Tricolour with the Cross of Lorraine over the tomb. Although the property was vested by Queen Victoria in Napoleon's heirs, its maintenance was taken over by the Third Republic, and since June 1940. M. Collin has been in the pay of Vichy. In his letter to General de Gaulle he emnhasised the humiliation of maintaining contact with traitors who had tramnled on the honour of France. Now the French National Committee has assumed the responsibility' for the upkeep of the grave. —8.0.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 3
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