The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1942, Page 6

PAGE SIX EUGENE WALLIS Editor BASTILE DAY— ONCE THE — #« ] OF ALL FRANCE! BASTILE DAY The French revolution, with all its excesses, its reign of terror and its several deviations to Empire, leaders who will crystalize thoughts into action and that in the not too distant future, the people ang courage of the Fr: of France will again rise in their might in a new revolution. added a tremendous yoke and joining the free force to the trend alread of the world reclaim the glory lished by the infant United that once ‘was' Prance, The two great Republics furnished | (180 BEE0 RS FO R iz a pattern which influenced the whole world, being copied by newer nations and forcing existing Gov- ernments to modify their systems along more democratic lines The ideals of democracy swept the earth with a gathering force for 125 years until those free men ve sons of La Patrie, living under its benefits became The day of glory has arived . complacent and forgot that enternal| From the coul but ecver lovely vigilance is the price of liberty north of France, from the home- and that there ever existed those land of the Maid of Domremy, who would enslave mankind in their lust for power. Bastile Day 1942 our sister Re- public of France again under the tyrants yoke. There is sad par- been rumbling, as it has in rug- allel between the France of before ged Normandy and Brittany, the fall of the Bastile. Under the of harsh rule of the Nazi conquerer as well as the fake leadership of Nazi dominated Pierre Laval. The Frenchman is miserable and hun- oned Liberty Eugene Wallis, Editor Sitka page. FRANGE . .. the last war, to the the Mediter- comrades of blue-skied coasts of ranean, “strong heads and stout hearts” —in spite of the insensate butchery of the Nazi executioners, the fam- ishing of once-smiling babies the organized spoilatfon of a gry, but knowing the proud history | toiling, of France how can we doubt that people whom two million of us he still retains those qualities that came to know and understand. In made France great. His patriotism and his faithfulness to those re- publican ideals symbolized by the fall of the Bastile. And who knows but what on this Bastile Day, history may repeat itself and there may emerge from the unforgettable lines of Le Chant du Depart, we sing with you: Tremble, enemies of France, Kinks drunk with blood and m(h pride, ‘The sovereign people advances: Tyrants, descend into your coffins! LIEE. LlBERTY and the Fovonit of HAPPINESS Again === In France Liberty — Equality — Fraternity NEILL ANDERSEN The WILL to WIN! Is Stronger in America TODAY Than Ever Be- fore — France Will Be Avenged! We in America Will— Keep °’Em Working Keep °Em Flying Keep °’Em Floating We Are Proud of the Part We Are Playing in This World Drama. Carpenters and Joiners Union lus who have lost faith in France, | may consider this date has become |of | just another day on the calendar p(’oplo had been patient and long; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA l Yes, courage, comrades of France iven all the way into rocky in-| 'IPETHM’S“EEROFF NSFAC" | d Auvergne. That province’s last disgrace was to have produced a/ | Laval. We remembered it as the birthplace of Lafayette . .. A cen-| tury and a half ago before the men| wiho cringed in Vichy, there were' the men who fought and won at; Valmy. “Their nourishment was glory, they marched without bread and without shoes . . but ever| sought the glorious route which led | them to immortality.” The Regiment of Sambre-et- Meuse is still on the march! R BASTILE DAY July 14th—Bastile Day. Those of | | | Bvy | WARSAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS American independence. The as far as Nazi occupied and Laval [suffering under their masters, but | understanding of the chology of the French. that unhappy people the leader Or | ine course of their | has won and lost we That they will throw off the Nazi|united courageous and nations | tion. unfurling | est factors on earth in shaping the ‘| During our where sleep the thousands of our {, establish the the revolt has for months yne world, lands our government, o a greal poples and clergy which graced the thinking, thrifty, soil-loving magnificient splendor of the court do so is to betray a total lack of As long smoldering anger and re- basic psy_‘wnlm\*nt broke into flame, leaders |came forth. The urge for justice, freedom and securily became as a even glamorous. history. She nas|Fising tide threatening to engulf engaged in countless wars alnjhp| tH0oe cespctic, Sereac: RS axiat the centuries. She|®Nce Was dependent on the enslave- s, but in spite ment of the people. indominable spirit Symbol of the mastery of the nobles and clergy over the common France has a long and colorful,| of defeats the nch people have never been crushed, and fi(}:?p](‘ was the E;‘Sli](\ a fortress France has always risen again as a| 5 Drsoy 0 WEIDH SIS car jcarcerated criminals, political pris- |oners and some who were just put lout of the way because of the de- better na- France has been one of the great- sire of some noble, many were im- the mock trial or all, no wonder ied to the com- a delinite symbol of % Bash| prisoned ul(mj | received no trial the Bastile exemp] mon people worlds destiny, She has alw human, seemingly to embody within herself the characteristics of in- dividual people, strength, Frailty emotions, hope, fear, love, hatred, | | selfishness, generosity and patriot-| The umbrella bird, found in trop- ism | ical America, gets its name from a A strong bond has always ex- mushroom-shaped crest of feathers isted between America and France.[On top of its head which it can War for Independence |raise at will. | France gave us added military and | eee——— naval @ ance which turned the "Nothing But the tide for victory and permitted us " Best ROYAL CABS democratic or if you prefer, rep- Telephone 66 resentative form of government, in The successful establishment of Became the in- spiration and guide for the miser- able and hungry people of France, downtrodden, tax ridden, misruled and abused for the benefit of the of the Bourbon Kings, who iron- e Fe e 7 Fe Arfrfr B HERE! You'll Find Your Friends and Neighbors “Sitka’s Get Together Spor”’ ERNIE'S COCKTAIL BAR .. We here in America will never feel the con- That's why we are giving our all . querer’s heel on our neck . Teamsters Local No. 300 : SITKA PAGE ’ With the fall of the Bastile a!ever. ically enough had aided the cause' dominated France is concerned. Tg‘humun endurance had its limits.| JAN WALLIS MONDAY, JULY 13. 1942 SOCIETY lall those forces which oppressed|new era dawned for the world, and enslaved them—and when on|where Liberty, Equality and Frat- July 14, 1789, the people arose in|ernity were to become the birth- | their wrath and marched on thel|right of free men and women, and Bastile, their might could not be|the oppression of tyranny s to withstood. be overthrown, it was hoped, for- BASTILE DAY In France == WAS =eeseee= ne as Our 4th of May They Again Be Able to 5 Celebrate This Day Relax With ( Usi--- | o o at the SILVER FOAM|| g b & »7, FOOD--- 7 American We Serve ONLY the BEST! 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