MANY ESCAPES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1941, Page 5

MANY ESCAPES

FROM OCCUPIED LANDS. MR CHURCHILL ENTERTAINS YOUNG FRENCHMEN. LONDON, September 23. Five young Frenchmen, who were entertained in London today by Mi Churchill, told their host how German soldiers in occupied France listen in each night to the 8.8. C. They contrive to do this by forcing the French families with whom they are billeted to tune in to London. These five boys arrived from France last week in two canoes in order to enlist in General de Gaulle’s forces. They spent 30 hours on the journey, using sails at night and paddling by day. Near the English coast one canoe was smashed on the rocks and the three occupants swam ashore. All five landed near Eastbourne. Two pairs of brothers and a friend composed the party, whose ages range from 17 to 19. A message from Gothenburg, Sweden, says that the Luftwaffe near Bergen sank two Norwegian ships which were attempting to escape to England. One hundred persons on board were killed. Escapees are increasing in number and several well-known Norwegians have succeeded in reaching England. . The boomerang nature of the Nazi oppression in the occupied countries is aptly described by the influential Swiss newspaper, “Journal de Geneve." "In all the occupied countries," it states “relations between the people and the German authorities are getting worse. It would be a mistake to attribute this reaction to Communists; it is equally possible that hunger and misery resulting from the food shortage induce acts of desperation. “In Norway the resistance has assumed such proportions that it can only be attributed to a revolt of national feeling. Force can install any regime, but it does not suffice to render it popular or even acceptable. It is not only by martyred and groaning peoples that Europe can be saved." NAZI ANNOUNCEMENT COMMUNISTS SHOT AT LILLE. (Received This Day, 9.0 a.m.) VICHY, September 23. German military headquarters at Lille announce that death sentences have been passed, by a court-martial held on August. 23, on the Communists, Alfred Delattres, Marcel Deify and Andre Lefabvre, of Harnes, for repeated crimes with arson and explosives, which have been carried out. The condemned men have been shot. POLICY EXTENDED SEIZURE OF HOSTAGES IN BELGIUM. (Received This Day, 9.0 a.m.) LONDON, September 23. A Brussel’s message says the German military commander has ordered the arrest of 25 citizens, as hostages, in connection with an incident at Tournai, were unknown persons, under cover of darkness, shot and killed a prominent Rexist. They also killed two German policemen and wounded another, who rushed up to the scene. It is announced that the hostages will be shot unless the perpetrators surrender or are discovered within ten days.