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Some, the enemies of change in North Africa, were delighted. "The condition of the government is deteriorating satisfactorily," crowed one Deputy. All week long, owlish Edgar Faure maneuvered desperately to keep his government in power. He appealed to Frenchmen's patriotic pride, charging that the North African troubles were part of an "international offensive" against France, defending France's walkout from the U.N. Assembly rather than accept debate on Algeria. "Although France is weakened at present, she remains strong enough to abandon nothing of her national dignity." he cried...
...Schneider's lashing, personal attacks, the European status had become dangerously linked with the uncertain fortunes of its chief proponent, Saar Premier Johannes ("Joho") Hoffmann and his pro-French Christian People's Party. The pro-Germans made up a word for his supporters-Speckfranzosen, i.e., literally, bacon-Frenchmen; loosely, pro-French for material interests. They jeered at the portly Joho as a longtime French puppet, and threw stones and stink bombs to break up his meetings. Whenever he appeared, crowds were on hand to beset him. When he addressed Brebach steelworkers last week, hecklers crowded outside the hall...
Algeria is the heart and core of French North Africa, the home of 1,000,000 Frenchmen, a region enriched by billions in French investments and subsidies. Its land and its 8,000,000 Moslem natives, the French insist, have been integrated into the French nation on a basis of equality. But the statistics (e.g., average income of an Algerian Moslem family is about one-eighth that of a mainland French family), as well as the vast majority of Algerian natives, disagree. In recent months the disagreement has taken the form of violent nationalist resistance and bloody French reprisals...
...Even Frenchmen who are tolerant of governmental didoes were disgusted. The nation's top military officer was openly urging sabotage of the Premier's policies, the Defense Minister was defiantly declaring disagreement with the Premier's decisions, army officers and ministers were flouting the Premier's instructions...
...Warriors (Allied Artists). "Ten Frenchmen to one Englishman? That's about right," sneers the Black Prince (Errol Flynn). The Constable of France...