Evening star., 1941-05-11
ExiIed LowIanders
Heartened by Dutch
Air Raid on Nazis
Pilots Of Hollands Navy
Use American Plunes
To BIust Airdromes
By the associated Press.

To BIost Airdromes
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 10.-Exemplars of
the continuing fight for Dutch and
Belgian independence, airmen OF the
Royal Dutch Navy in American
made planes raided German-held
airdromes in Europe for the first
time today in a grim observance OF
the first anniversary of the Nazi in
vasion which overran the Low
Countries.
Heartened by the news, exiled
Dutchmen and Belgians in London
participated in ceremonies of re-
conservation to the struggle.
The Dutch flyers, outfltted with
Hudson Lockheed) planes presented
by the Dutch people overseas, at
tackled the German air base and
wharves at KriStiansand and Man.
dal on Norway's south coast, raining
explosive and incendiary bombs
throughout most of last night and
this morning.
Served as Shipping Guards.
Previously they had served as
shipping guards while perfecting
their training. Whether the raiders
flew over their German occupied
homeland was not disclosed, but one
of the squadron leaders declared
with feeling:
We've been waiting for chance
like this. 1t was fine to take part
In striking a real blow at the enemy"
Backed up by the British coastal
air command, the Dutch bombers
smashed at the airdrome runwayS
and set large hanger fires, the Air
Ministry news service reported.
Here in London, Dutch exiles
Dutch church. AS they sang their
national anthem, the Netherlands
flag was raised to fuu-staff, it's
horizontal bars of red, white and
blue whipping in the breeze.
Hitler may run to the west and
rush to the south and fly to the east
and march to the north" declared
Dutch Premier Pieter S. Gerbrandy.
I'VE know that gaining victories. is
not winning war. ""+ The enemy
knows it, too. = He is cut of from
vital raw materials. - He knows
his preparedness has reached its
zenith. while America is just getting
into stride"
Wilhelmina Confident.
Wilhelmina, emigre Queen of the
Netherlands, declared in British
Broadcasting Co. broadcast that
among the Dutch everywhere there
is but one conviction-"our resist
ance must be absolute
The Queen expressed confidence
in a final Allied victory, and said
there can be mo negotiation or COM
promise with an enemy who has
introduced the lie and the myth as
the main instruments of its policy,
whose false rule depends on the
Vaccinations of a secret state po-
lice"
Hubert Pierlot, Premier Of the
Belgian government-in-e exile, pre-
ceding Queen Wilhelmina to B. B.
c. microphone. told radio listeners
"all news from the occupied country
shows that in spite of the menace
of complete starvation, there exists
unshakable resistance toward the
Establishments as well as toward
the threats of the invader"
Has Faith in British.
Paul Henri Spaak. Belgian For
eign Minister. in a radio broadcast
pictured the imprisoned King Leo
pold as the personification of "our
bleeding country" and declared:
My faith in a British victory Is
complete, not only because right is
on Britain's side, but because the
United States and the British En-
pire have full control of the great
est riches in the world"
Winston Churchill, who became
Britain's Prime Minister one year
ago today, sent this thanks to the
exiled governments now laboring at
Britain's side, and to the rulers OF
little Luxembourg.
To Luxembourg he expressed
sympathy and admiration" for the
peaceful and industrious people of
the grand duchy, once again so
cruelty subjected to the tyranny of
a foreign aggressor."
Resistance Is Emphasized.
Harking back to that dawn
year ago when the German planes
and parachutists and panzers be-
gan the invasion. the exiled govern
ments stressed the continuing re-
sistance to the NaZis even in the
conquered homelands. BY strikes
and sabotage and every possible
means, the Lowlanders were de-
clared to be hampering the Ger
mans.
A Belgian spokesman declared:
THE center of Belgian resistance
Is in the Congo" but noted as we'll
that somewhere in England there
is free Belgian legion, small but
growing daily. Belgians are max
ing their way to England every
week from all over the world"
Many would-be volunteers have
been imprisoned in France, he said.
The shipping of both Belgium and
the Netherlands is busy in the
service of war needs, and Dutch
submarines, cruisers and trawlers
still participate in the battle of the
Atlantic.
The Netherlands, too, has a legion
somewhere in England
A Netherlands spokesman added:
There are 68,000.000 Hollanders in
the Dutch East Indies and South
America. We are paying our way
In this war. Our empire is still in
tact"
Speculate on Next NaZi Move.
While the people of the Low Coun-
tries thus were dedicating them
selves anew to the conflict, Britons
speculated on where the next Ger
man blow must fall.
A reliable source said leading