Word: britons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usual, Mahatma Gandhi wedged in the last word. It was an extraordinary appeal "to every Briton wherever he may be: In God's name ... I do not want Britain to be defeated, nor do I want her to be victorious in the trial of brute strength. ... To win the war Britain must adopt with greater thoroughness the same work of destruction as the Germans, which would be an undignified competition. . . . Let Hitler and Mussolini take possession of your beautiful island, your homes, and allow yourselves to be slaughtered, but refuse to owe allegiance to them. . . . Whatever happens my love...
...tape of law threatened to thwart the U. S. will to help. By present immigration statutes, no alien Briton, however young or pathetic, can legally enter the U. S. without going through the slow mill of the quota, nor (by British law) take more than ?10 ($36 last week) out of the United Kingdom...
...Provisional French Na tional Committee in London, dedicated to helping Britain to the end. Winston Churchill, who earlier in the week had said he would not deal in recriminations because he judged them "utterly futile and even harmful," supported General de Gaulle's stand. The tough old Briton expressed "grief and amazement" at the terms to which Bordeaux submitted. He urged all Frenchmen "outside the power of the enemy" to repudiate the armistice and fight...
...rather awkward at this time," said another type of Briton, "but it's really a good thing, you know. . . . There is an enemy we can beat...
Stern Home Secretary Sir John Anderson announced that seven years of penal servitude or a fine of $1,750 or both is now the penalty for any Briton caught "systematically" fomenting opposition to the war, but still permitted were mere "expressions of opinion." This week Sir John will ask the House of Commons to enact "A Bill To Make Further Provision and Punishment For Treachery," imposing death as the penalty for serious cases of spying. Detectives this week were busy trying to catch up with quislings who plastered northeast London with stickers urging everyone to listen to "the new British...