FAITH IN DEFENCES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1940, Page 5

FAITH IN DEFENCES

PEOPLE OF PARIS CALM

CLOSING OF SCHOOLS ORDERED BY GOVERNMENT. EVACUATION OF CHILDREN ADVISED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, .Tune G. While the storm rages on the great northern battlefront, Parisians are carrying on calmly. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” says that hundreds of people sat outside the cafes this afternoon enjoying the sunshine undismayed by the news of the German offensive. The Frenchman in the street believes that General Weygand has succeeded in organising deep defences in the interval .between the first offensive and the latest attack. The newspapers today advised parents to evacuate their children from Paris. Where country homes cannot be found for the children the municipalities will take charge of them. The Government has ordered the closing of the elementary schools in Paris on Saturday in consequence of the bombings, which hit many schools and killed many children.

IN EVENT OF INVASION

ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN HEAD COOL AND MOUTH SHUT. RAPID PROGRESS IN MEASURES OF DEFENCE. LONDON, June 6. “Keep your head cool and your mouth shut stay nut and sit tight,” said General Sir Hugh Elies, chief of the civil defence services, broadcasting on what to do if Britain were invaded. “Germany would like to see our roads thronged with hapless refugees, blocking the road" and preventing the advance of our troops. These dangers can be met if everybody is alert and determined not to spread rumours or become a fugitive.” Thousands of local defence volunteers are going to their posts and the Ironsides are rapidly forming, their personnel including men from Flanders who are familiar with the methods of parachutists.