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...only surprising aspect of Pierre Laval's resignation is that he was not forced to take this definite step many months ago. For the man who was the white hope of France when he formed his ministry last June this defeat is particularly ignominious since it implies more than the usual failure of a French premier: Laval's party did not fall from power; it merely fell from Laval...
...incvitable that Laval and his Radical Socialist party break up a partnership which every day was growing more embarrassing for all concerned. For while the Radical Socialist party is far from what the name would suggest to the American mind, being further on the conservative side than the French Socialists, it became impossible for such liberals as Deladier and Herriot to reconcile themselves to the Premier's increasingly reactionary tendencies...
...Father, Cardinal Verdier, Archbishop of Paris, declared, "This grand old man confided to me his agonizing anxieties. He reaffirmed to me that the eminently pacific policy of France remained on this earth his best and greatest hope." Declared United Press from Paris: "Premier Benito Mussolini has sent to Premier Laval his personal assurance that he will not quit the League and will not attack England...
...week Genevieve was afraid the Capitalists were about to persuade Emperor Haile Selassie to become the arch-peacemaker with the assistance of King Leopold of Belgium. The Belgian Government was to propose at Geneva that the League draft a new plan similar to but less obvious than the Hoare-Laval Deal, while public opinion is distracted by sending a League mission to Ethiopia at Italy's request "for the announced purpose of investigating methods...
When Sir Samuel was forced out of office some few weeks ago, many felt that he had been both the victim of typical Laval manoevres, and the scape-goat of the highly embarrassed British government. His resignation saved the day, although it has been intimated that Hoare and Eden were not on particularly good terms; Eden being fanatically devoted to the League and seeing in Hoare's attempt to sell Ethiopia out virtual imperilling of the League's future. However, Hoare and Eden will not have an opportunity to cross each other's bows, for Eden will remain in charge...