| Show V WT i i 4 j fIr S j Governments in Exile ill l Seven even Hom Homeless less Regimes Carry Carryon on War in I By WILLIAM W. W V. V WHITE LONDON Through long Ions years of practice we established certain routines of conspiracy that are standing us In good stead tead now An official of the Polish government government government gov gov- In exile was recalling how he and his countrymen were profiting by the lessons they learned earned 25 years ago when they were planning how to reclaim their land from Germany and Russia who now have occupied It t again Today's exiled government Is In almost the same hands as that of World war times It is one of seven homeless regimes beset beset beset be be- set by problems of ot finance comm communication com com- m and language which attempt remote control of their nations from London The others others others oth oth- ers are the governments of Norway Norway Norway Nor Nor- way Belgium Slovakia Czecho Greece Yugoslavia and the Neth Neth- erlands Struggling beside them are five free movements movements French French Rumanian Rumanian Ru Ru- manian Austrian Danish and Italian All are keeping in touch with their peoples through underground underground underground under under- ground channels in the hope that when the great day comes they can re return urn Most striking examples of pi carrying carrying carrying car car- on through difficulties are furnished by the Poles Dutch and Norwegians The Polish national unity government government gov gov- under President kiewicz represents Polands Poland's four largest parties Its nine-man nine cabinet cabinet cab cab- inet met meets every two weeks and its little parliament 20 20 members members members mem mem- bers of the national council- council sits almost every day The army high command meets separately No Minor l Offices We have only major offices a spokesman said None of the second-grade second departments is here and so we eliminate much red tape The nutshell governIng governing governing govern govern- ing body has a secretariat of only about and a foreign staff of 10 Three times a day the B B C broadcasts to Poland and there are 12 secret newspapers with witha a circulation of about two million million mil mu- lion to counteract German prop prop- Leaflets and many devious other methods the spokesman said help keep the people Informed on what their government is doing here Poland has given England the I strongest army and air force of any exile country The army is entrusted with a vital vHal part of England's defenses and part of ItIs Itis it itis is in the middle east Stories of the heroic Polish air force are legion Our navy t the h e spokesman said is actually stronger than when the war began A new submarine was launched for it only recently at a northern English English English Eng Eng- lish shipyard Queen Is Real Power The Netherlands government housed in the same West end building as the Polish is streamlined streamlined streamlined stream stream- lined to the point of informality The man 11 cabinet meets once a week under Prime Minister and year old Queen who a spokesman said exerts a more pronounced influence than ever before receives receives receives re re- re- re her ministers oftener than she did at home She frequently frequent frequent- ly speaks to Holland by radio The queen has 68 million subjects subjects sub sub- in the colonies and eight million under German domina domina- tion The Netherlands government government government govern govern- ment therefore has the biggest secretarial staff of all about One of the Hollanders Hollanders' biggest jobs is directing about three million million million mil mil- lion tons of shipping In addition addition addition addi addi- tion to merchant ships the Dutch succeeded in bringing most of ot their navy across the channel and even towed some unfinished vessels One the cruiser has been completed here Dutch seamen are manning one of the 50 de- de from the I United Si Sta I The government broad broa twice a day to the B BBC B C and leaders say th they well informed on there At present they aTe are p PI ning strategy to t further u. u mine the German soldier rale Norway Well VeIl Financed I I Norway Is one of or the H exiles Its its own expenses government and n mett j interest on foreign loans even eves p the Income from four lour l ethe e- e tons of JJ merchant shiPPing aCt tf reserves of gold it was able c bring out of the country King Haakon don comes to 10 T Ji periodically to preside r. r v O cabinet meetings A considerable staff needed an official said sald said t the though running of the f- has been simplified g 0 r concentrating on the one problem and i manifold petty eliminating internal Jt j J problems PrOs lems which governments otherwise m. m t I The Norwegians keep in inand d I I and continuous cont contact w JS f their people by ra radio lo but I other means as well Such e eX t. t f as the recent I f raid are one ln method tho 1 Czech Cabinet Biggest I 1 IThe The Czech government lead head by President Benes has the hie gest 13 men who do M not lot represent political parties i such but essential political S cial tendencies Five seats seat in 11 I occupied by Slovaks The p JJ provisional pro pro- visional parliament of 3 32 neT lo bers appointed by Benes Benei i Is 14 advisory body J The success of ot the Eeg Belgian I Greek and Yugoslav exile go goY g. I Is difficult to The Belgians are handicaps handicap because their king is a prison I and the others because parts part of of I their cabinets and staffs still til i III in flight The Belgians also have found their work complicated some ministers did not cone come to London This difficulty tas hinted at in a recent statement which declared We are th I Ionly only legal government an sal and t DIo body can set up another elite either iti in occupied Belgium or els else else- where |
