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...Hamel spoke of the strength, the clarity, the beauty of the French language. The church clock struck twelve and a trumpet blast announced the return of the conquering Prussian troops from drill. M. Hamel could speak no more. He went to the blackboard and wrote in his largest hand: "VIVE LA FRANCE!" The last class was ended...
...September, the Germans proceeded to broadcast, in Polish, such "news" as that hundreds of British bombers had arrived to succor Poland. (Three weeks ago, during the retreat from Paris, U. S. correspondents reported from Tours that on the road at night men would step up to refugees and say: "Vive la France! Russia has declared war on Germany...
...West. Before the French and British Embassies in Brussels, students paraded, carrying banners that said: "VIVE LA FRANCE!" "VIVE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE!" At night columns of Belgian troops clumped along mined roads, across barricaded bridges, toward Liege and the German frontier. Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak called in Allied diplomats to deny that Germany had presented an ultimatum demanding Belgian neutrality, to reaffirm that Belgium was neutral anyway-until Belgium or The Netherlands was invaded. Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Henri Denis told correspondents: "If any invader sought ... to cross our territory, he would find there only slim advantages...
...that, Ambassador Suritz could not have been wholly sorry to leave Paris. Since the war with Finland his Government has been a good deal less than popular in France. On a recent evening French Playwright René Fauchois saw the Ambassador rolling by in his bulletproof limousine, hollered: "Vive la Finlande!" 'Bulletproof notwithstanding, the Ambassador dived for the car's floor...
...train drew in a brass band blared French and Polish airs and the city was thick with crossed French, Polish and British flags. In every shop window were placards reading ALL HONOR TO HEROIC AND MARTYRED POLAND. Citizens of Angers cordially cried "Vive Sikorski" although remarking privately that perhaps the presence of their Polish guests may make Angers a target for German bombs...