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...used to wear torn shoes but are now riding in sedan cars. China belongs to its 600 million people, including the counterrevolutionaries. It does not belong to the Communist Party." Then, in a final access of daring, Ko warned the Communists what would happen if they did not mend their ways and do something for the Chinese people: "The masses will beat you down, kill you, overthrow...
...rank of colonel and a chestful of medals, including the Compaction de la Libération (held by only 600 living Frenchmen). A Deputy since 1946. he has served in a dozen Cabinets, holding such portfolios as Finance. Interior and Defense. A strong pro-European who quit the Mendés-France Cabinet in 1954 after the defeat of EDC, he has been fighting Mendés-France ever since within the Radical Socialist Party. The chief architect of Suez intervention, he is 100% behind the muscular Algerian policy...
...pronounced roughly Fleemlan) means "Little Plum" in his native Alsatian patois, is a textile worker's son who joined the new Catholic center party, the M.R.P., after returning from the war in 1945. His impressive oratory, bad temper and enormous energy have led colleagues to dub him "The Mendès-France of the M.R.P." Like most Alsatians, he is solidly pro-European. Along with several other Catholics, he recently protested French atrocities in Algeria. His success in forming a government depends on whether the Socialists decide to participate on his terms, which he summarized: "The nation must accept...
...veterans and rightist sympathizers. After a small group had placed a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, they crowded toward the office of the weekly L'Express, which has been attacking French army excesses in Algeria (TIME, April 1). Some shouted, "Mendès to the gallows"; others cried, "Down with Mollet." They carried placards: "Are Our Deputies Still French?" A grenade exploded, a paving stone crashed through the big plate-glass window of the L'Express building, and steel-helmeted riot police moved in, clubs swinging...
What exercised the mob was the conviction that France may be softening its stand on Algeria. In the National Assembly Premier Mollet barely survived his 33rd vote of confidence by a margin of 33 votes. Led by Mendès-France, a bloc of 13 Radical Socialist Deputies boldly voted against the government, though the party has 13 members in Mollet's coalition Cabinet. Mollet, hurt by the attacks on his military policy and tough police methods, had been obliged to plead: "I am sure none of you think that the government, the army and the administration want...