ON POLISH FARMS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 36, 6 November 1942, Page 5

ON POLISH FARMS

British War Prisoners

LONDON, November 4.

"The Stockholm correspondent of "The Times” says that the Germans confirmed' a report that British prisoners of wiir are working, on Polish farms. They lire strictly segregated from, I’oles ■ and apparently arc em ployed bn confiscated land which is earmarked for German colonies. Hitler bus replaced .his Gdvernor-Gon-erul of Poland, Herr Hans Frank, with bn iinnampd Storm Trobp general, siiys the Stockholm' correspondent- of the New York Tinies.” Prank was sacked. because he Was ‘‘too humline” with the Poles. . The property of nil triple unions and other associations of Workers find office employees jn occupied Belgium has been Seized by order of the German military commander according to the Belgian news agency. This; follows an unsuccessful nttem.pt to replace the unions by a unified trade union council for Belgium under German control. ' Vichy reports that more bomb explosions occurred throughout unoccupied France before the opening of Dofiot s party congress in Paris. Bombings are reported from 1 why, Nice, Annecy, Limoges,. Clermont 1’ errand. Perigtieux, Marseilles, Moiitlucon. Romine, and also Lyons, where oignt bombs exploded. Moscow radio announced that the Soviet has appointed a special Stiite Commission to compile a complete record Of the. German army’s crimes during the war. ' CHINESE HOSTAGES (Received November 5, 7 pan.) CHUNGKING, November 4. Severe reprisals were taken by the Japanese for the assassination of a Chinese puppet secret service man In a Village near Chungshan. The Japanese made h house-tp-housd search, beat and killed seven villagers, and took .100 hostages. A further 100 were taken from a nearby village.