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alt Frenchmen, with heart and brain located in the right place, could Individually speak out their mind, would no doubt reflect a far different picture, (0 the outsider, from. what hho may gather out of the said article OF course, T shall exclude those who re shackied "up in. the offal "or facial "harness." 'They' are merely Instruments and denied any: personal For this very' reason, such utter-nets carry absolutely no weight and are devoid of any bearing. A smile And a mere shrug of the shoulder ix about all they deserve. That is the way I read them myself and T believe mast of my fellow countrymen had similar "reactions. "Our British friends, therefore, could do no bette Wan aligning their interpreta our own, whenever further. writing of the sort comes to the fore.
Tmust confess, however, that, apart from the smile and shrug above elted, experienced. an unpleasant sense.
humiliation. Not so many weeks ago, our" poper had nothing but. sweet words for the British, "It, then, represented our feelings. Now thai the most neredible tragedy has befallen us, our enemy of yesterday seem be our friends of today and, almost, vice versa!" Can such a thing ever Fortunately, we are not dolls and no Pelain in the world wil make us feel and think what we do. not feel and think. We shall never belong to this barbarian' magma, in which a man is no morea man, but hardly a beast." Our Tave and thoughts cannot be turned turtle by decrees. In short, we remain, towards the Brilish, ex: achy as we were before the fatidic June events, "The whole history France is made of chivalrous pride and loyalty. "It is certainly. not the sure of a week and short-sighted Spirit which Will upset our maga feet traditions. Had a Clemenceau anda Foch been there, In those sloomy hours, the timorous Petain vould have been Toft in the cold, to say the Toast and the Government would have transferred its seat EDITOR. (continued) lime boreal island, if necessary. But, we would have carried on; our friendships, honour and pledges would have been upheld; we would have rendered more certain the final allied victory and quicker too.
Whereas, in acting as he did. perhaps with the fallacious idea of sparing our unfortunate people temporary sufferings, he was, in reality, preparing for the latter the most dreadful and permanent enslavement. For his defection so tremendously reduced allied potentialities that it might have been administering the fatal blow to our British comrades, thus ensuring. on the entire Europe and probably the world, the hated grip of the Nazi monster! " Poor speculation, indeed, which betrayed not only the honour but the most conspicuous interest of France! Nevertheless, a man or a arty does not make a nation and our: British friends certainly do. know. what the real France Is! Long live the friendship of our two. beloved countries!
A Maw or Prance.
Shanghai, Aug. 8.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.