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...tain and Darlan as Nazi satellites (see cut). It was a shame, said Henry-Haye, "that a man with the Marshal's record should be subjected to this ridicule." Vichy's Ambassador does not send such cartoons home to France. He knows that most Frenchmen look on the U.S. as the savior of democracy, says he is afraid it would break their spirit if they learned how the U.S. feels about Vichy...
...Lift up your heads, gallant Frenchmen. Not all the infamies of Darlan and Laval shall stand between you and the restoraion of your birthright...
...glossy, soft-chinned Comte de Paris, 34, exiled Bourbon pretender to the French throne, would dearly love to have Vichy give it to him even if no real power went with it. Last week he addressed an epistle to all Frenchmen from Rabat, Morocco. Said...
Last week Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain continued to work his triple miracle by means not so much miraculous as tyrannical. Faced with increasing sabotage by Frenchmen who don't believe in the Pétain miracles, he set up special courts ordered to hear cases within ten days of arrests, to carry out death sentences pronto, without appeal...
...Frenchmen!" he exclaimed, "I have grave things to tell you! For the last several weeks I have felt an ill wind rising in many regions of France. Disquiet is overtaking minds, doubt is gaining control of spirits. The authority of my Government is made the subject of discussion; orders are often being ill-executed. In an atmosphere of false rumors and intrigues the forces of reconstruction are growing discouraged. . . . The national revolution . . . has not yet forced its way through because between the people and me . . . there has risen a double screen of those favoring the old regime and those serving...