The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
BULLIT'T RETURNS
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ed that ''the Freno'' people today
have all the magi-cent qualities
they always had"
The ambassador disclosed h a t
bombs droppe. on Paris by the
Germans came even closer to kill
ing him than first -sports indicat-
ed.
As originally reported in censor
ed dispatches, one of the % bombs
dror on or mar the air minis
try headquarters, where B ullitt
was lunfting with French officials,
crashed through the ceiling of a
room through whic-- they passed,
but vas a dud.
Actually, the ambassador said,
it az a time-bomb. 1t hung half
way through the ceiling, looking
like a dud, but an hour later it
exploded, demolishing the place.
He said he was deeply impress
ed with the way the French stood
up under the shock of defeat, and
Spoke with admirctic. of the eff
forts of aged Marshal Henri Pc
tain to bring order out of DIES
peratc disorder"
And by disorder" he explain
ed, Il do not mean public disturb
ances; for the French are show
ing mag" cent discipline in a trag-
ic hour. But the problem of re-
organizing productions, communi-
cations and the whole life of the
nation afte- such a defeat is the
most difficult task the French have
ever fac ID"
After they occupied Paris, h e
said, The Nazi troops we're consid-
crate and correct in their behavior
and German military authorities
showed the American ambassador
and his staff "every courtesy"
1--WE wore under no restraint in
the occupie, territory, and moved
about as We pleased, without es-
cort," he. said.
Communications were %disorgani-
zed, however, and it became i'm
possible COR Pullitt to maintain eff
fective confidential contact with
the state department IN Washing
tol after June IL. There was only
one way left for him to make a
full report to his government, and
tn; t was to 60 home.
NJ Instructions
--sked 4" he expected to return
to France, the ambassador replied
he had received no instructions to
the CT ntrary, and that in the alb
sence of such instructions he could
only assume that he would return.
He pointed out, however, that he
could hardly discuss future de-
velopnents until he had conferred
With the secretary of state.
AsFed a moment later what he
thought OF England's chances of
resisting Germa, invasion, Bullitt
retorted:
''That's future, isn't it,"
The former Empress Zita made
no comment on the European situa-
ton, but a statement issued in
her name under the authority of
her son, Archduke Otto, pretender
to the thrones of Austria a n d
Hungary, said:
THE Empress, a strong believ-
er in the futur of democracy in
Euro =, IS convinced of the victory
OF freedom and Christianity over
the Totalitarian barbarism."
Archduke Otto and his youns.r
brother, Archduke Feliz, met their
mother at the airport. S several
hundred spectator including
many women. watched the exiled
ex-Empress step ashore for h e r
fir sit t, the United States.
Several hours after the Dixie
clipper - we'd, the Yankee clip
per Gid down to the waters of
flushing bay with IS passengers and
lI845 pounf nail, from Horta,
the Azores, by way of Bermuda.
Stopped at Horta
n Yankee origina left Lis
bon, Portugal, list Monday. but
Y $ forced by engine trouble to
put in al Horta, where the Atlantic
clipper still j. being held. for re-
pairs.
Aboard the second clipper were
Paul Van iceland, former premier
Belgl n; James Bone, Dondon,
ecltor o tn Manch ster, Ene'"~
Guardian, nd Mada1--e, Elsa Schi-
ap .relli, noted Paris dress design
er, who arrived hatless with $7O,-
200 In jewels and the pla' Mt:
Il have only the dress 1 am
wearing and scarcely anything