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...upon Shanghai newsmen in a downpour of unexpected violence. First warning came like a clap of thunder in the form of an executive decree, issued by Wang Ching-wei's Japanese-puppet Government at Nanking, ordering the arrest and deportation from China of six U. S. newsmen, one Briton for "endeavoring to undermine the Chinese [i.e., Wang] Government ... by distributing rumors and improper statements endangering the Republic...
...Last fortnight the 3,000,000th Briton was called up for home defense. Last week, with the calling up of 32-year-olds, the number eligible rose to 3,300,000. But trainees were put into khaki only at the rate...
...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...