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| Re_mau Premier Takes Over War Office fo Meet Perilous Situation Daladier Is Shifted to Foreign Ministry in Cabinet Shake-up By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 18.—Premier Rey- naud concentrated military and political power in his own hands today, called back Marshall Henri Philippe Petain, 83-year-old World ‘War hero, as vice premier, and tightened France’s internal defenses to meet Germany’s fast-moving in- vasion. France’s situation - now was acknowledged to be as grave as it had been at some of the blackest hours of the World War. The cabinet shake-up, announced while Paris was undergoing an air- raid alarm, made M. Reynaud min- ister of war and national defense as well as Premier and shifted Edouard Daladier to the Foreign Ministry. M. Reynaud had held the foreign portfolio since succeeding M. Daladier as Premier last March 21; M. Daladier had been minister of war and national defense. Petain Back From Spain. Marshal Petain, defender of Ver- dun in the World War, arrived only this morning from his post as France's first Ambasador to Na- tionalist Spain and became M. Reynaud’s right-hand man as min- ister of state and vice premier. Marshal Petain, who will be 84| years old next Friday, was expected to play an important part in the military campaign. In 1916 he commanded the fixed fortresses of Verdun; today he is faced with the problems of a fast-changing war of movement. A communique from M. Reynaud’s office said, *“Developments have proved the necessity of concentrat- ing the direction of political and military affairs” in the hands of one man—the Premier. Mandel Interior Minister. In other changes in the cabinet reorganization, Georges Mandel, whose work as minister of colonies had given him the reputation of being a “strong man,” became in- terior minister in place of Henri Roy: Louis Rollin shifted from the Ministry of Commerce to the Colo- nial post and Leon Barety, a Deputy belonging to the Left Republican Alliance, became commerce min- ister. Camille who Chautemps, was Vice Premier and Minister of State | for Alsace and Lorraine, retained the latter office. The shakeup ended M. Daladier’s four-year reign over the war min- istry. M. Reynaud's original cabinet was formed March 21 after M. Daladier fell as Premier under public protest against the standstill war. Denies Situation Desperate. M. Reynaud, presenting his new government tonight in a five-minute broadcast which was relayed to the United States, told his people: “You have all heard that the enemy succeeded in reaching the Meuse and is approaching toward the west. The situation is grave— the French people realize that. “It is graver than in any past years, but it is in no way desperate. | “The morale of the French Army is excellent. * * * “Each Frenchman, whether he is in the army or not, tonight must take an oath that his motto will be to conquer.” He said that Marshal Petain, who had returned from Spain “where he has served France's cause so well, | will remain in France until victory, | with all his wisdom and strenglh; at the service of the people.” | He called M. Mandel, his new Interior Minister, “a disciple of Clemenceau. M. Mandel was chief | of Premier Clemenceau's secretariat | during the last war. | In addition to his cabinet shuffie | M. Reynaud promised there would be a shake-up in the French diplo- matic corps abroad, saying: “I add that a diplomatic move- ment is going to take place which will give to France and its foreign representation a maximum of effi- ciency.” London (Continued From First Page.) “there was no question of a break- through or of troops retiring in con- fusion.” The morale of the troops is high, he said, and they were in- | dignant at the withdrawals, for which they saw no apparent reason. Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin in 8 special broadcast tonight to Allied forces at the front urged them: “Hold on until victory is in sight” and promised “men and material.” German Bases Harried. ‘While Germany’s ponderous tanks were approaching the time when lack of fuel-is expected to halt them, at least temporarily, British fiyers harried German bases and communications lines and battled Nazi air fleets over the front. The Air Ministry announced over- night aerial bombardments ranging from Bergen, Norway, to France and Belgium ‘“on a very heavy scale” and said no British planes were lost. At Bergen, Bremen and Hamburg, it said, British flyers attacked Ger- man oil storage tanks, destroying some and heavily damaging others. It also told proudly of disaster that British Hurricanes and Spit- fires wrought on Junkers dive- bombers leading the Nazis’ mech- anized drive toward the heart of France. Nine British Hurricane fighters were said to have emerged un- scatched from an air battle over France in which they shot down 10 German Junkers “87” bombers and dispersed 10 others. Three other Hurricanes over Bel- glum attacked more than 20 Nazi dive-bombers and downed one, a communique said, while a British Spitfire brought down & Junker “88,” Germany's newest-type twin- engine bomber, fleeing in a 400- mile-and-hour power dive over the Netherlands coast. Britain Looks to Churchill In the dark and bitter days that seemed ahead, Britons looked on Prime Minister Churchill as the nation’s man of destiny. Spokesmen by ‘radio and news- paper warned the public that re- verses might come and urged Britons to maintain the tradition A < 15 M.M. Gun Adapted By U. S. for Use Against Tanks Weapen Is Same Basically, But Range Has Been Increased by Changes By the Associated Press. The United States Army for years has been adapting its 75-millimeter field guns for use as an anti-tank weapon, in the same manner that the French Army is using it against powerful German tanks. Since the World War the 75, de- | signed by the French more than four decades ago, has been the standard |light field piece of American | artillery. More than 3500 are in service or in reserve now, 500 or more have been adapted for use against tanks and the administration’s vast new arms program includes funds to | make suitable alterations in 900 or so | others. Basic Design the Same. American artillery and ordnance | }omcers have repeatedly told Con- | gress the basic design of the 75 has never been improved. | The United States, however, has streamlined the ammunition, in- | | creased the range, improved the | sight, attached motor wheels so the | gun can be towed at high speed by | motor trucks, and, has made other changes to add flexibility. But the barrel and recoil mechanism are the | same as first developed in France | before the turn of the century. The 75 is rated an extremely ac- curate, fast-firing weapon. Its orig- | | inal effective range of about 8.000 yards has been lengthened by Lhe; American changes to 12,000. Shells | are loaded by hand, and the gun: can be fired as fast as one sho% every three seconds, although over | long periods the normal rate is two | shots a minute to prevent over-| heating. Switched to 75 In A. E. F. Until the World War, the United States Army used a three-inch gun, but switched to the French 75 be- | cause it could be procured quickly | for the American Expeditionary Force. The difference in caliber is slight. The changes to permit using the gun effectively against tanks in- volve chiefly altering the traverse so that the aim can be changed quickly without shifting the entire carriage. In this manner repeated shots can be fired against fast- moving tanks or other vehicles. Artillery officials said they did not know whether France had made changes other than altering the gun from a horse-drawn to a mo- tor-drawn wespon. For use against tanks with armor up to 2 inches thick, the United States Army recently has standard- ized a 37-millimeter gun which weighs only 900 pounds and may readily be shifted around a bat- tlefield by manpower. of the “buildog breed” as personi- fied by the chunky Prime Minster. Britain, confident that in Mr. Churchill the nation has the match in brains and tactical cunning of Adolf Hitler, has seen action stepped up all along the home front with a new enthusiasm in Churchill’s first week of leadership. He swiftly completed his govern- ment, flew to Paris for a war con- ference on strategy to stem the Ger- man onslaught and took time to lunch with the Japanese Ambassador as part of the empire’'s effort to court Japan’'s friendship. Attacks Fifth Column Dangers. The government has struck swiftly at “fifth column” dangers—police have been armed for the first time and 6,000 enemy aliens have been interned—the nation has been pre- pared for further ration restrictions; wider dispersal of children in the event of air raids has been ordered and 250,000 volunteers have en- listed as a home guard against para- chutists. This corps was given the status of soldiers today by an order in council, . < Members will serve without pay and without prejudice to their lia- bility for conscription in the fighting forces but will be granted regular army compensation if they should suffer permanent injury on active service. Scotland Yard qevectives broke up Fascist and Communist meetings in London during the night in a drive to end anti-war propaganda. Sev- eral arrests were made, ‘The government also was reported reliably to be seeking a “new and more friendly approach” to the im- provement of relations with Saviet Russia, | through by armored troops THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OVER THE RIVER WITH GERMAN TANKS—This picture, transmitted last night by radio from Berlin to New York, shows Nazi Victory Hinges on Ability To Keep Going, Eliot Says Restarting Drive Would Be Difficult If Momentum Once Were Lost, He Thinks * By MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT. The military situation on the western front grew graver almost hourly during the last 24 hours. The situation appears today as follows: The Germans have now ansid- erably widened the salient tu.y have | driven into the French defenses north and east of Sedan. of Belgian communications lines| due to the fall of Brussels and the | capture of the Namur forts has| enabled fresh masses of German| infantry and artillery to be poured | into the breach, and a fresh break- | ap- | pears to have occurred at Maubeuge. | which has driven forward to the| vicinity of Guise. Here also in- fantry divisions appear to be com- | ing through and there is a possi- | bility that the two salients have | already been joined in a great| bulge inclosing the area Sedan-| Rethel - Marle - Guise - Maubeuge. Both from Rethel and from Guise| armored troops are endeavoring to | fight their way westward, appar-| ently with the intention of pouring down the valley of the Somme to the channel coast. Were this movement to be suc- cessful, it would pinch off the whole of the French and Belgian coast line from the Scheldt to the Somme; it would drive a wedge between the | main French armies and the forces | | in Belgium and extreme north of | France, encircling these (the 7th| French Army, the Belgian Army | and the British expeditionary force). | These total about 30 of the 70 in- | fantry divisions now available to| the allies on this front. Such a| German success would, therefore, be | an unqualified disaster to allied | arms, quite aside from the fact that it would give the Germans most excellent positions for air attacks on Great Britain, and for air and | submarine attacks to cut off the| flow of British supplies and rein- forcements across the channel to| France. German Forces Released. Meanwhile, the fall of Antwerp and the loss of Zeeland have re- leased New German forces to sweep down on the right wing of the Ger- | man advance. Antwerp is defended by a ring of 19 forts, most of them old and considered as “shell traps” even in 1914, when they were re- garded as unfit to resist even 8-inch German artillery. Little has been done to modernize most of them since, though some improvements in the way of pill boxes and tank bar- riers have been added to the fortress. It is apparent that little attempt 'was made to hold it, and indeed wiih the breaking of the Dyle River line it was doomed to certain isolation. It appears likely, nevertheless, that the British and Belgian troops can fall back to prepared positions along the French-Belgian frontier without being cut off by the north- ern German thrust. Whether they can escape the thrust at their rear created by the widening German salient from Maubeuge and Guise is less certain. So far there is nothing to indicate that the Germans have reached St. Quentin, on the upper Somme, though the town is now be- ing mentioned in dispatches as a possible German objective. The brunt of the fighting is falling upon the French 1st and 2d Armies commanded by Gens. Giraud and Hunziger. French reserves, includ- ing some armored divisions, are re- ported gathering in the vicinity of Laor, and it is probably ‘the entry of some or all of these into the fight- ing which results in reports of a mighty tank battle. It may be con- jectured that the Frénch will en- deavor, as they did in 1914 at the Marne, to create a fresh reserve army by withdrawals from their 3d and 4th Armies farther west, and perhaps from other sources (the Italian frontier?) in order to hurl a new and greater counterattack upon the German salient at or near Guise. Reserve artillery units are being employed at point-blank ranges to check the German armored troops—a desperate measure which results from the lack of sufficient numbers of anti-tank guns in the make-up of the French divisions. A French division has normally only 27 anti-tank guns, whereas a German division has 72, British May Send More. It is probale that the bulk of the forces now withdrawing from the Dyle line toward the France-Belgian frontier are Belgians; more of the British expeditionary force fis probably already in position on the right of the French T7th army, though two or three divisions are with the Belgians. There are avail- able a few none-too-well trained [N [France already, or with Gen. Wey- German tanks crossing a stream somewhere in Belgium as the Nazi drive moved deeper into that country and France. territorial divisions in Great Britain (possibly 12 or so) which might be thrown in as a last resort. There are also some French troops in North Africa which may be on the way, though most of the best North African regiments are either in gand’s army in Syria. | The German success so far has| Release | been due to two main factors— |ing from stiff increases in income their ability to disorganize the rear | areas by their air force and armored | troops, and the continuity with | which they have pressed their at-| tacks, giving the allies no time to reform their shattered organiza- | tions and to consolidate new posi- tions of resistance. Much seems now to depend on whether the Germans can keep up this terrific pace much longer. They are gam- bling desperately on winning the war at a stroke. They are re- ported as having put in half their | total of armored troops; I would think the proportion much larger, | approaching 100 per cent. | They have certainly committed | anywhere from 60 to 80 infantry | divisions to the fight, including at | least three-fourths of their best trained - first-line divisions. They have thrown in almost all their air | force. If they are stopped now, it their mighty drive loses momen- tum and comes to a definite halt, | they will find it very difficult to| start it going again at anything like the same pace or with the same effectiveness. Their losses of men | and particularly of material have certainly been very great. But it must be said frankly that there is nothing now te show any sign of | faltering in their on-rush, nor very much sign of failure. Reserves Being Exhausted. " The allied reserves are fast becom- ing exhausted. The Germans still have some reserves in hand. The ability to throw into the fight the last formed reserve may now, as in the past, determine the outcome. It is just possible that the allies still | have reserve forces which may af | least halt the German drive. This we do not know certainly. It may be the factor on which the imme- diate future of the modern world now hangs. In the air the Germans continue their terrific activity. The allied air forces are doing their best, but their losses are proportionately more weakening than those of the Ger- mans. Gen. Gamelin's order of the day, in which he speaks of the Royal Air Force being committed “up to the hilt,” probably indicates that even the planes held back for the defense of the British isles are now engaged. Whether this reinforce- ment will turn the aerial tide is doubtful, though it is possible on the scope of the superior efficiency, both of material and personnel, which the allied air forces seem to possess. As to the moral factor, rumors of French morale weakening are pro- foundly disturbing. This may not be true, or may be localized. There is also the German morale factor to be considered. They are in the high tide of victory, as they were in 1914 and 1918. But they are also ap- parently verging on the over-confi- dence which was their ruin then, and which once again, at the last moment, may come to the aid of the hard-pressed allies. It is upon such slender hopes that the fate of the allied cause may now depend. (Copyright, 1940, by New York Tribune.) Baker Leading Barrett For 1. T. U. Presidency By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, May 18.—Unoffi~ cial returns from 625 of the Inter- national Typographical Union’s 850 locals in the biennial election were made public tonight at the office of Secretary-Treasurer Woodruff Randolph. They showed President Claude M. Baker of San Franeisco, Independ- ent wing candidate for te-election, leading Francis G. Barrett of New York, Progressive candidate, but Progressives ahead for other major offices. - 3 Mr. Baker’s lead was reported by the I. T. U. office as 27,934 to 26,680. The election was held May 15. ‘The vote will be canvassed officially at headquarters here May 31. War Office “Watch Dog’ D'Arcy, top-hatted, 65-year-old chief hall porter at the War Office in London should have retired at his age, but has been retained be- cause he knows the face of every “regular” who enters the building. | regarded borrowing as the only im- | the way, were not ruled out. —A. P. Wirephoto. Treasury Has Scores Of Tax Plans 1o Pay For Defense Costs Borrowing Thought Chief Quick Method, but Levies Must Come By the Associated Press. Treasury files contain scores of ! tax proposals which could be used to pay for the new $1,182,000,000 defense program, with levies rang- taxes to imposts on bachelors. President Roosevelt has left to Congress, for the present at least, | the problem of paying for the ex- | traordinary expenditures. | Privately, administration circles | | | portant. method to be used im-| mediately. But new taxes, possiblyi at the next session of Congress after | the presidential election is out of | In- | creasing the Treasury's $45,000,000,- 000 debt limit to make borrowing possible was believed by most offi- | cials to be a virtual certainty, at, least by next year. | Books Might Be Juggled. A third group of possible methods, | mostly opposed by the Treasury as “trick methods” but favored by | various members of Congress, in- volves using idle assets of the Treas- ury. This group includes taking money out of the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund, spending part of the estimated $2,000,000,000 “paper profit” which the Treasury hns‘ made on silver purchases, printing | $3,000,000,000 of “greenback” paper money as authorized in 1933, and converting into cash some of the Treasury's $3,662,660,000 interest in Government corporations. Last January, Mr. Roosevelt or-| dered Government corporations to give the Treasury $700,000,000 on ac- count within the next year. Officials indicated that no sub- stantial amount of cash could be realized on the Treasury's $18,800,- 000,000 gold hoard, because nearly all the gold purchased in recent years was immediately cashed in at the Federal Reserve Banks. Treasury Studies Tax Ideas. The Treasury has stated that it has not been asked yet to draft any tax proposals, but a corps of officials there studies such proposals regu- larly. One source of tax ideas they use is a list of what foreign countries do. Files of this sort show bachelor taxes in Italy and Germany, a tax on trees in Siam, on bills—the kind that clutter up the first-of-the- month mail—in France, on race-bet bookmakers in Australia, and on funerals in Rumania. One tax thought current in Wash- ington, which the President i re- liably reported to like, is a “super- tax” on incomes. This tax, usually proposed at 10 per cent, would be determined by adding that percentage on to what- ever income tax a person or corpora- tion would regularly pay. At 10 per cent, this levy would raise about $200,000,000 a year. Tax Base Might Be Extended Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin, and some adminis- tration officials have favored at various times a “broadening of the income tax base.” This would mean reducing personal exemptions — probably from $2,500 to $2,000 for heads of families and from $1,000 to $800 for single persons—and in- creasing tax rates on moderate in- comes, up to $100,000. It has been estimated these two proposals to- gether would yield slightly more than $200,000,000 a year. A general sales tax, similar to those levied by many States, also has been suggested. However, pres- ent Federal excise taxes on liquor, to- bacco, gasoline, automobiles, radios, theater admissions and many other items already have taken the cream off this source. A 5 per cent sajes tax on everything, the stiffest rate proposed, would raise about $1,000,~ —_— e and Guaranteed by L P, Stemart & Bre. INCORPORATED | against the French or the Germans, MAY . 19, 1940—PART ONE. Nazis Take Newsmen On Prison Camp Tour Near Western Front Dutch Found Most Docile Of 5,000 Mixed Captives At Concentration Center By PRESTON GROVER, Associated Press War Correspondent. ON THE GERMAN-NETHER- LANDS BORDER, May 18.—What could be seen of the Netherlands from the German border today showed no sign of war, but a short distance behind was grim evidence —a prison camp wheer more than 5,000 Dutch, Belgians and Polish and one lone English prisoner were held behind barbed wire. This correspondent was taken to the prison camp at Bocholt, in the western front military zone, by Ger- man officials who sought to demon- strate that prisoners of war are be- ing treated humanely according to the code of war. German military planes hummed constantly overhead during the day: but no allied aircraft came into view. Face Grim Months Ahead. Obviously the prisoners were well- fed but they were far from jubilant. Many of them, captured during the first day of fighting on the western front, face grim months or possibly years behind the forbidding barbed wire barriers. Groups of prisoners were brought for questioning but were forbidden to mention military matters or even hint whether they had seen Adolf Hitler's “secret weapon” in acMon. The lone Briton was Pilot Officer Patrick Greenhouse, 21. He said he was shot down last Monday ‘by a flight of Messerschmitts which at- tacked a squadron of British planes over the Netherlands. He suffered only a slight cut. “Come to New York when the war is over,” an American correspondent said in parting. “We hope New York will be com- ing to us,” Greenhouse replied. Taken to Interior. The Bocholt camp is an inter- mediate concentration center to which prisoners are brought from barbed wire inclosures just to the rear of the front lines. ~ After pre- liminary registration, they are taken to interior centers. Conditions in the camp are no| Boy Scout’s dream, although not excessively uncomfortable consider- ing this is war. The camp has two | hospitals. Most of the men 'are quartered in large tents where they slg"e}? on the straw-covered ground, | with an apparently plentiful su y | of blankets. e Ty The Dutch appeared the most | docile of the lot, the Belgians and | French the most high-spirited. “Why did you fight?” a Belgian | artillery observer named Emile de | Vriese was asked. | “To_protect our neutrality,” . he | answered unhesitatingly, facing the | ring of foreign and German re- porters. “We would have fought either | whichever attacked,” he added. Thought Germans Were Dutch. | He was captured at Maseyck when | his group thought approaching Ger- mans were Dutch. All prisoners were in uniform ex- cept one, who claimed he was a Dutch newspaperman. He asserted he was not supposed to be im- prisoned. Officers said the prisoners get meat rations daily, along with mar- | malade, potatoes, bread, butter, er- | satz coffee and sugar. The Poles have been there seven | months, mostly working on farms. | One said they were paid 13 marks (about $520) a month in addition to being fed. Of the prisoners, 4,800 are Dutch, 100 French, 300 Belgian and 200 Poles. 000,000, but not many millions on the items not now taxed. ‘War Taxes Might Come Back. ‘The World War brought some spe- { cial taxes in this country that could be revived. These included taxes on soft drinks, transportation, insur- ance and many luxuries such as silk shirts and pianos. The liquor tax, now $2.25 a gallon, also was boosted to $6.40. More recently, this country had abandoned special taxes on checks, soap, sporting goods and chewing gum. None of these levies, by itself, would raise a great deal. The check tax, for instance, brought in $41,000,000. During the war the United States also imposed stiff excess profits and war profits taxes, ranging from 30 to 65 or more per cent. 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ATLANTA, May 18 —Charlie Yates, former British Open champion, knew today that two of his friendly enemies of the golfing wars are keep- ing their chins up in a different, grimmer game, Mr. Yates began a close friendship with Laddie Lucas and Gordon Peters of the British Walker Cup golf team back in 1936 when he was battling against them for this inter- national trophy. ‘Worried by the war news, Charlie cabled to each of the golfers—turned war flyers—asking “are you O. K?” :« Soon came the answer from Mr. Peters: “Everybody fine as silk. Thanks.” And from Mr. Lucas: “Yes. Coming home in par.” Faith in Democracy Big Defense Item, Mrs. Roosevelt Says Speaks at Reception Heralding Publication of Book on Youth Problems Conserving faith in the work- ability of democratic Government is as important a defense measure as provision of adequate armament, Mrs. Roosevelt said yesterday in a | brief talk during a reception in The Book Shop, 916 Seventeenth street | N.W., heralding publication of “Youth — Millions Too Many,” a study of youth problems in the United States. | Concern for the viewpoints and | troubles of youth must be continued, Mrs. Roosevelt said in counseling | against reduction of funds for such agencies as the National Youth Administration. Prepared by Dr. Melvin. Mrs. Roosevelt wrote the foreword | for the book which was introduced. The study was prepared by Dr. A3 Americas’ Profest On Nazi Invasion Issued by Panama Charges ‘Ruthless’ Breach Of Victims' Neutrality And Sovereignty The text of the declaration in which the United States joined 20 other American republics in pro- testing Germany’s invasion of Bel- gium, Holland and Luxembourg as & “ruthless violation” of neutrality and sovereignty, was made public yesterday by President Augusto S. Boyd of Panama, whose government acts as a clearing house for Pan- American neutrality matters. Uruguay proposed the joint decla- ration of the Americas’ attitude toward the Nazi attack on the Low Countries, invoking a resolution un- der which the American republics pledged themselves last fall to pro- test “any warlike act which does not conferm to international law and the dictates of justice.” The United States promptly agreed last Monday to Uruguay's proposal, and other American nae tions fell in line during the week, The text follows: “The American countries, in ace cordance with the principles of ine ternational law and in application of the resolutions adopted by them in their continental conferences, consider as unjustifiable and cruel the violation by Germany of the neutrality and sovereignty of Bel- gium, Holland and Luxembourg. “In the fourth and fifth articles of the declaration (on maintenance of international activities within the bounds of Christian morals) of the consultative reunion held in Panama in 1939, it was established that the violation of the neutrality or the invasion of weak peoples as an ex- pedient for. the prosecution of and the triumph in wars justified the protest of the American nations against the violation of interna- tional law and the demands of Justice. “Therefore the American countries resolve to protest against the milie | consumer co-operative, | was among sponsors of the affair, Bruce L. Melvin, formerly a member | of the research staff of the Work Projects Administration. Mrs. Roosevelt wrote, in part. that | “a nation that has no place for | youth has signed its death warrant.” The book is published by Associa- | tion Press, affiliate of the National | Council of Young Men's Christian ! Associations. Keeney Speaks. . S. M. Keeney, director of publica- ons izati Melvlrflorn:st:: :;g;xelu::m?fie”;zcg-. der issued tonight from Windsor tion, and R. C. Davenport, secretary | Castle, royal residence, prohibited of The Book Shop Asso‘cinlion. - ‘ventrance fi:;r! to any one not carry- introduceq | I8 8 8as mask. | Your Children Will Enjoy tary attacks against Belgium, Hol- land and Luxembourg, at the same time issuing an appeal for the re- establishment of law and justice in the relations between peoples.” Windsor Castle Visitors Must Carry Gas Masks By the Associated Press. 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