The Archive · 1940

Nazis Arrest 500

French Students Eleven Killed in Paris Armistice Day Riot London, Nov. 28; Five hundred Paris students havê been sent to concentration camps in Germany and others have been de: ported to unoccupied France following recent riots, according to information received in Free French circles, The Paris Univessity has been, closed. The demonstrations are Té ported to have begun on Armistice, November 11.

The students formed a processidit led by youths carrying two poles. In French two Poles are "Deux Gaules" Pronounced the same as the name of the Free French leader (General De Gaulle. The demonstrators attempt ed to worst some Germans from a well-known cafe in Montparnasse upon which German troops intervened and restored order, but not before 11 students were killed—Reuter, Soviet Envoy Asks to See Mr. Welles Washington, Nov. 26.

The Soviet Ambassador to Washing-ion, M. Konstantin A. Oumansky, yesterday arranged to. continue Soviet-American conversations with Mr. Summer Welles, the U.S. Under-Secretary of State. Observers said it was the first time M. Oumansky has asked for an appointment with Mr.

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