Paris, June 9.
"We are facing a' last quar~ ter*of.an_ hour which might prove decisive. Hold firm!" General Maxime Weygand exclaimed in a proclamation to the army today. "The German offensive is now developing on the whole front between the Channel and Montmedy," Gen~ eral Weygand said. "It _will extend tomorrow. to Swit zetland. The order remains for everybody to fight without a spirit of withdrawal, looking straight forward from wherever is stationed."
"The Commander-in-Chief", he added, "ienows the proofs of courage which the land armies and air forces ceaselessly gave, The Commander-in-Chief thanics them for it. France will thank them even more. Officers, non-commissioned of-cers and soldiers, the mother country's safety needs not only your courage but the whole of your tenacity, initiative and fighting spirit of which T know you are capable. The enemy has sustained heavy losses, "He will soon be at the end of his tether. We are facing a last quarter of an hour which might prove decisive. Hold firm!"—Havas, French Deny Charge of UL-Treating Prisoners Paris, June 8, Giving a direct reply to German allegations that the French have been maltreating German prisoners war, the French Government announced. today it is prepared accept neutral supervision of the treatment accorded such prisoners on condition that Germany also agree to, this proposal, The French itigh Command also Issued a communique categorically denying the German allegations and @eclaring the German Government has no Justification whatever for its threat tha French prisoners of war will be brutally treated "unless Ger~ man prisoners of war cease 10 be maltreated."
'The French army, the communique pointed out, has made it a point to observe every article of inter" national law regarding prisoners of war, Moreover, it emphasized, the German High 'Command has' not offered and has no proof to bolster its drastic accusations, Field Marshal Hermann Goering, German Air Minister, only lately: announced that French' prisoners of particularly airmen, would be "punished" for the brutalities alleged to have been inflicted on German prisoners of war—Havas, Two Swiss Planes Shot Down by Nazis Zurich, June 9.
'The Swiss Army Staff' announced that German. planes yesterday re~ peatedly violated Swiss territory.
north-western Switzerland, the announcement said, a lone Swiss plane was attacked' by several Ger~ man planes. The Swiss plane erashed and the pilot and observer were killed, it said.
In the same region, one Swiss flier was said to have been seriously injured by a shot from a German machine-gun. He was said to have piloted his plane to its base, the Army Stam" announced. Two German planes made forced landings on Swiss territory and their crews were intered, the announcement concluded, j "United Press, Allies Order 8,000 U.S; Planes.
New York, June Bight thousand" aeroplanes "have been "onlered for the Allies, of which more. than a quarter have been delivered, declared a spokes~ man of the Allied Purchasing Com. mission. Allitd orders for—fighters and bombers ore approaching £230,- (000,000, he added—Reuter, Italy Reduces Air Mail Service Rome, June 9.
Air mail service between Ttaly and South "America will function only once a month, it is announced. Plane departure dates will not be made Public. Heretofore service had been on a weekly schedule—Reuter.
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