AN AUTHOR’S CLAIM
OF FRENCH BREACH OF FAITH. A WAR TIME STORY. i United Press AssociatioD--By F.leotre Telegraph—Copyrght. ] (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) LONDON, June 15. A hook ]ust published declares Devil Island convicts, who participated in the war were promised of they served with honour, that they would be pardoned. Three hundred volunteered and received their baptism at Verdun, as members of the Foreign Legion. The survivors instead of receiving pardon, were returned to Devil Island. The author condemns French for their breach of faith and gives actual names and incidents. He says it was one of the most inhunvin acts ever committed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1931, Page 6
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105AN AUTHOR’S CLAIM Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1931, Page 6
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