Europe will spend the second Christmas of the war under the shadow of death, Britons have been warned to keep on the alert for fan invasion, France is under the threat that the armistice will be repudiated unless the German demands are met. French statesmen will pass the day in suspense, not knowing whether Marshal Petain's reply to. the latest demands will be enough to stave off the occupa tion of the rest of the country. In Holy the copie will observe the day under the threat of defeat.-On top of their unwillingness enter the war in the first place have come the débiicles in Albania and Libya, which even the most rigid Fascist censorship has not been able 10 conceal. In the occupied countries, the day will be observed under the eyes of the German armies and the Gestapo. Festivities will be moderated by the thought that too lavish a display of good things might tempt conquerors fo make still further levies upon what Tittle they have left to the people. 1 Germany, though the people were ted to "believe that by today they would be victors, with the war behind them and a great future of world domination just ahead, the celebration will be severely limited by the rationing sys tem, which covers a much wider eld than that in fore in Britain. In both Germany and Britain plans have been made in many hous holds 0 hold their celebrations in air-raid shellers, for war does not take into considera-Hon the' day of peace and goodwill towards men. Who is responsible for all this? Hitler, "te apostle of the gospel of force, who will himself celebrate the day by presenting his friends with autographed photographs of himself. Poor fellows!
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