In the case of politico] refugees the Poringness have allowed them to come in even if they were entirely without means. About 15,000 refugees have passed in and out of Portugal during the last seven months. This is only one very small part of the activities of the "lung of Europe." I* is in Lisbon that the newspapers of the belligerent countries ate being exchanged. It is here that their news services are working overtime.
There is no doubt that the British as well as the Dictators greasy value the existence. of such a "lung" which allows for much Informa. tion to pass each way. It is here that neutral travellers arriving from the sphere where the British Navy dominates, can pass into German-occupied Europe.
There is even an illegal trade in goods "made in England" X appears that in. German-Occupied countries people still want to wear cloth made in England. Even leading storm-troopers and Fascist group-leaders are keen having their uniforms cut from the best English material. Very little is imported nowadays of English' textiles, but those who have some stock in Portugal and Spain, or those who can obtain some from West Africa, via the Spanish coastal traffic. are getting high prices for such materials. For the price of one yard of this "made in England" cloth one could have had a whole suit made before the war. And often the material is not actually English at al English soap is another one of the little luxuries for which Continental women are prepared to pay high prices. They believe that to get the famous English complexion one must use English soap. Hence a nice box of English soap containing three cakes fetches the equivalent of 15s. By the time the few boxes left in France and Spain reach Vienna may cost £1. But it is only thanks to the," of E: Lisbon that the women get) it.a$a.. go writer. r Bolt ths tore ing three pieces of ish-made soap. we suggested that he was grossly overd he replied: "Well, aren't the English pay shilling for a pound of Spanish onion?"
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