Young Caledonian

Escapes From France

From Our Own Correspondent

Noumea. Feb. 11.

A 20-YEAR-OLD New Caledonian, Andre Cayrol, has written to rela tives that he has escaped from France to North Africa, where he has joined the ranks of General de Gaulle.

After crossing the Spanish frontier, he walked 110 kilometres and was arrested by the Spanish police 30 kilometres from Barcelona. He was imprisoned for six months, then sent to Madrid and expelled from the country.

“In France,” he writes, “everything is done in silence; in the dark cells of a Barcelona prison all is forbidden, even warmth and appetite; but ‘nos bons vrais amis les Anglais’ gave us a great recep tion at Gibraltar, and we shall never forget the welcome of our de Gaullist brothers and sisters when we set foot on French territory in Africa. Our morale is excellent, like that of the lads in the Spanish prison.”