DRAMA AT DAKAR
UNARMED FRENCHMEN ATTACKED WOUNDED LEADER'S GALLANTRY LONDON, October 3. (Received October 4, at 1.50 p.m.) Captain G. Thierry d’Argenlieu, who is a priest in peace time, Jed the party of General de Gaulle’s supporters who attempted to land at Dakar last week. When the Vichy supporters fired on the party Captain d’Argenlieu, who was seriously wounded in the thigh, stood in a boat with blood streaming across his white uniform, under a hail of machinegun bullets, and directed the withdrawal until the last of his party was withdrawn. An eye-witness of the Dakar action said two boats shoved off from the French destroyer Savorgnan de Brazza six miles off the port 'of Dakar. The first contained unarmed former French deputies in full dress colonial uniform, and the second was manned by noncommissioner officers and sailors, similarly unarmed. A young ensign and a lieutenant, after first refusing, permitted the party to land. Other Dakar officials telephoned the GovernorGeneral for instructions. He flatly refused to receive the delegation, and ordered the party to sea. Captain d’Argenlieu then asked: “ What if we refuse? ” The reply was; “You will be arrested.” Then an orderly rushed up with a written order commanding the arrest of the entire party. Captain d’Argenlieu shouted a quick warning to his officers and leaped into the boat. As they pulled away from the quay an ensign boarded a small trawler and ordered machine guns to be trained on the party. A momentary hesitation on the part of the gun crews enabled the boats to reach the outer limits of the harbour. There they met a murderous fire from the harbour moles. Captain d’Argenlieu was wounded immediately, but halted his boat and awaited the second, which was slower. AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS DOUBTFUL SEATS DECIDED TWO WON BY GOVERNMENT SYDNEY, October 3, Two of the three doubtful Federal seats were decided during to-day s check-up of candidates’ preferences, resulting in the Government winning both. One seat, Maramoa, in Queensland, has not been finally decided, but indications point to the official Labourite, F. Baker, winning, in which case the state of the parties in the House of Representatives will be equal, 36 seats each, with two Independents. _ The House consists of 75 members, including the Northern Territory member, who possesses the right to \ ote only itfi connection with ordinances for his territory. The two Government candidates returned to-day were the former Minister of Customs,’Mr J. Perkins, who retained the Eden-Monaro seat, and Lieu-tenant-colonel R. S. Ryan, who won the Flinders seat in Victoria, formerly held by the Minister of Air, the late Mr J. V. Fairbairn. The latter contest lias been extremely interesting, largely owing to a neck-and-neck fight between the Labourite, Mr T. Lee, and the Independent, Mr E. A. Mann, who, prior to the election, was the official commentator on the National Broadcasting stations known as “the Watchman.” NATIONAL GOVERNMENT LABOUR PARTY’S TERMS SYDNEY, October 3. (Received October 4, at 8 a.m.) The Senate count will not be concluded for a fortnight, owing to the delay in receiving soldiers’ votes. It is generally expected that Labour will win only in New South Wales, thereby reducing the Government’s majority in the Senate to one. The Federal Elections are thus a virtual stalemate, capable of producing a major political crisis in the event of Labour declining to be associated with a National Government, which, according to political observers, is the only out. Authoritative Labour opinion, is already declaring that in no circumstances will the Labour Party accept fewer than half the portfolios in any National Government. Labour also demands the right to select its own Ministers. The position will he surveyed at the conference of Parliamentary loaders convened by Mr Meuzics for Monday. FRENCH DESTROYER SUNK IN DAKAR FIGHTING VIOHY, October 3. The destroyer Andacieuse was lost in last week’s fighting at Dakar.
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Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 6
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