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...Gare d'Orsay reception center, a bas-relief of women with arms flung wide illustrates the legend Salut les copains (Welcome, Pals). Under a so-foot-high triumphal arch of crossed Allied flags are other bas-reliefs, each with a two-word legend illustrating the new-found (and realistically French) freedoms; the second word in each case is librement (freely) and the verbs are: jouer, travailler, parler, aimer, dormir, manger, boire and respirer (play, work, speak, love, sleep, eat, drink and breathe...
Only the Beginning. In Quebec draft-age youths paraded, sang A Bas la Conscription! (Down with Conscription!) to the tune of God Save the King, and tore down Union Jacks. But generally, French Canadians heeded the timely and wise admonition of Quebec's Premier Maurice Duplessis: ". . . Have respect for the laws." There were some disturbances elsewhere. In six British Columbia towns, drafted troops of the Pacific Command paraded noisily and shouted: "This is only the beginning. Blame the Government!" They had just learned they were to be among the first to go overseas. At Vernon, B.C., the soldiers mauled...
...Communist ex-ministers beat a tactical retreat, told their followers: "Personal arms must be surrendered. . . . The Resistance must do everything in its power to maintain order . . . avoid any conflict with Allied armies." But 15,000 Belgians with Hammer-&-Sickle flags marched through Brussels streets and continued to shout: "A bas Pierlot!" (Down with Pierlot...
...Rome's Terme Museum. ¶ Raphael's graceful Sposalizio (Marriage of the Virgin) from Milan's Brera Gallery. Painted about 1503, the Sposalizio, an early Raphael, is one of the world's best loved pictures. ¶ The famed "Ludovisi Throne,"* 5th Century B.C. Greek bas-relief, called The Birth of Venus. This work, thought to be an altar to Aphrodite, is one of the monuments of Greek art. ¶ Giorgione's priceless small landscape The Tempest. This enigmatic allegory, one of Giorgione's greatest paintings, is from Venice's Academy. The Vatican...
...Senegalese did not have to wait long. Angry Arabs, armed with long-hidden rifles, homemade grenades, knives and stones, spewed out upon the streets. The French colonials went into action. Shots were traded, blood spilled. In the Place des Canons-the capital's Times Square-demonstrators cried: "A bas la France!" Nothing so menacing had been heard in the French Levant since 1925-27, when the Druses ran riot...