"And so one day they beheld the Yangtze and the bomb-scarred city of Chungking below—another. citadel of freedom. Here they received a royal welcome from the members of the British Embassy whose care of them could not have been better had they been Britain's own sons. They had an opportunity of witnessing how Chungking and its people had stood up against ruthless bombing for almost four years.
"After some days in the capital of Free China they found themselves once more in the eir looking down on the mountains of Szechuan. The next stop was Hongkong. My friend described to me vividly the feeling of freedom which seemed to increase gradually as he left his occupied country behind. Some times, he said) it was almost incredible, for them to belove after, months of oppression and regulations and the Nazi contamination that they were actually free to do what they felt that they were getting nearer to the time when they could wing their way across Norway and give the Germans back some of their own me-divine in the form of bombs—the only language these people are capable of understanding.
"While I was talking to my friend I showed him a copy of the local Nazi "Noon Extra" containing two telegrams from Oslo. After he had read them he -burst out laughing in a manner that would have made even [S] the local Dr. Ley blush.
Ido not know which cable made him laugh the most: But a stronger refutation of the Nazi lies as contained in this sheet you could not have wished for. One cable dated Oslo, July 11, informed Norwegian volunteers' for Finland that the medical examination for the first volunteers' would be extended for a period of 10 days.
The "Bird"
"He said: "They might just as well extend the period for 10 years.' And then he related a typical incident which not only proves from what sort of individuals the bird' is made up but also illustrates forcibly the teeling even of the quislings' when the question of joining up to fight for Germany is raised. My friend said: 'Immediately after Quisling had launched his appeal for recruits for the 'Nordland Regiment' several of the hirdmen', thinking that the appeal was directed at them, replied instantly by resigning from the National Union' This happened not only in the home province of my friend, but in many other places in Norwày. Of course their resignation from the National Union did not help to reinstate them in the good graces of the Norwegians, but on the contrary made them the laughing stock of everyone.
"The other cable published in block letters by the local Nazi sheet under an Oslo date line of July 10, was even more funny to a man who has Norwegian" population. said: "There is only one piece of truth in that telegram. Whatever meat might be left in Norway will be guaranteed by that decree to go only to the Nazis. But' he added, decree is necessary to enbera il it 3 Li ig ilr. ig [members of the bird' simply because these fellows can not show themselves any more even in their homes.
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