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Tag Archives: wages
16.6.40
This morning’s papers make it reasonably clear that at any rate until after the presidential election, the U.S.A will not do anything, i.e. will not declare war, which in fact is what matters. For if the U.S.A is not actually … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Churchill, concentration camp, Conservative Party, German conquest, L.D.V., newspapers, revolution, U.S.A., wages
9 Comments
VILLA SIMONT, 12.3.39 [1]
Troops[2] returning from manoeuvres[3] passed the house a few days back, to the number of about 5000 men, more than half of[4] these Senegalese. The spahis look pretty good, general physique better than the average of the population. Horses about … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged ammunition, crops, Foreign Legion, Foreign Legionnaires, newspaper bias, newspapers, Spahis, troops, wages, war
21 Comments
VILLA SIMONT, 10.12.38
Cannot get any definite idea of the system of land tenure here, whether the peasants own their own plots, whether they rent them etc. Land appears to be held in plots of two or three acres upwards. Evidently there are … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged advertisments, begging, crops, irrigation, labourers, land distribution, newspapers, ploughing, wages
19 Comments
VILLA SIMONT, 22.11.38
Some days back visiting the British consul. The latter (named Robert Parr) is man of about 40, cultivated, very hospitable, married, appears to be in easy circumstance. Speaks French, very careful and grammatically very correct, but very strong English accent … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged British British Consul, Conservative, French opinion on war, Liberal, price of commodities, tax, troops, wages
12 Comments
MARRAKECH 9.10.38
The other daily paper sometimes obtainable is Maroc Matin, illustrated, Casablanca. Much more left wing than the others. Poor paper and print, evidently not prosperous and not much in evidence, in fact seldom obtainable. After the crisis was over everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged Arab women, blindness, children at work, Daladier, flies, kiff, labour, newspapers, ploughing, price of commodities, tools, touching, wages, war
6 Comments
MARRAKECH 27.9.38
The other local daily paper read here is La Presse Marocaine, which is somewhat more right-wing (at any rate more anti-Russian and more pro-Franco) than the Petit Marocain. There are said to be about 15,000 troops in Marrakech. Apart from … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged Arabs, beggars, cost of living, drought, Jews, newspapers, poverty, Spahis, troops, wages, war
16 Comments
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