Worming his way, through the wreckage of his bombed home in Bristol. ex-Serviceman Nelson Wood-hams fed with egg and. brandy his pet terrier which had been trapped there for fe Meanwhile, men from a demolition squad. toiled for hours to release the which was pinned in the cellar a beam across its back.
Mr. Woodhams. entered his deny. Ra "Its aM right, chum. Father's temporary home. he called. out ten-and, whimpering with excite-his black terrier, "The dog has created a record for, according to a P.D.S-A. official. until mew the maximum time a dog has been known to live without water is eleven days. "Daily Mirror".
Ministry of Foreign Affairs again draws attention to the fact that there has been no collaboration between the French and Germans in Syria and that all German aeroplanes y|have been withdrawn with tne exception of two of these unarmed machines and about 10 men.
"Gravest Consequences "The Ministry -of Foreign Affairs wish particularly to draw the United States Embassy's attention to the fact that any British attack, which nothing in the present situation in Syria can explain, risks producing tae gravest consequences. Aware of the danger of the present situation, the French Government will, for its part, avoid taking any action which might aggravate or spread the conflict. If the trouble is in fact extended the French Government will find it is obliged to take necessary measures in defence of its territories.
The British Government has told Vichy that "responsibility for the consequences of assistance which the French authorities in Syria were instructed to render to the enemy of His Majesty must rest with Marshal Petains government"
This phrase is contained in the memorandum which Sir Samuel Hoare has been instructed ío hand to the French Ambassador in Madrid in reply to the Vichy note.
The memorandum said that ij was not Britain's desire that French blood should be shed
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