The following broadcast was made over Station XCDN last night by a Free French announcer:
"This is the voice of the Free French speaking—a voice which will not be silenced until France, ax a nation, has regained the right to 100k other nations in the face, until France again ruled by her own people and longer by puppets, "Efforts are being made in Shanghai to reduce ws (0 silence and submission. Threats are being hurled at tus and every form of intimidation is, being used, Our friend, Egal, is being illegally detained aboard the French gunboat Francis Garnier and a fan~ {astie charge is being levelled against him. It is intended that an example should be made of M. Egal, A. death sentence may be passed on him if our enemy is allowed to carry out their scheme, "We speak to you not only with anger. We speak to you with shame and with infinite sadness, Wo are
ind 10 whom we all look with respect, because a man, whp is our felond ins been arbitrarily kidnapped, And we are ashamed because until this occurred we thought that it could not occur here, that such a thing could not occur' outside of Germany. We are ashamed for those who are shameless.
"We are being accused of having encouraged sailors to. desert their ship. This is not true, had only offered to members of the French armed forces in Shanghai to help them join the Free French fighting units, half of the French armed forees in' Shanghai would have gone. 'And we know that when we say halt of them', we are doing the other half an injustice, "We know of many Frenchmen in Shanghai soldiers, sailors and civilians, who want' to join the Free French Forces and who have been waiting for months for a chance to Pretext for Removal "The charges preferred against M, Egal were only used, as a pretext for his removal. Bgal's real offence in the eyes of Vichy representatives here is that he dared stand for his country for freedom, and for the general cause of decency, 'The local Fepresentatives of Vichy do not like to be reminded of what they are, or rather, as In this ease of what they are' not, "The Free French are Britain's allies, They are fighting the common foo, side by side with Britain, They have sworn to follow her for victory and to die with her it she perishes, But England can not dic France can not dio, In spite of what 1s being done to Kilt her her own territory, "Vichy's well to ce-operate to the full with Hitler's tawies Reich, has been clearly stated by Vichy politi cians, If Vichy has become a friend of Germany, then Vichy is an enemy of England.' "Every illusion must be abandoned in that respect and facts must be faced, "We wish to thank our British and "American friends for—the assistance which they are giving us in our fight for Mf, Eyal's freedom, The whole-hearted " support which has been offered us by public opinion in Shanghai 1s to us an invaluable assert, We know that we can count fon our allies as they can count on
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