Word: taining
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...With Marshal Pétain I refuse to accept such annihilation. . . . That London should treat us like a continental Ireland, even like a colony, matters little to me, for I intend to act in such a manner that France shall recover her place as a power in Europe and in the universe...
After the fall of France Pétain was drafted by a reactionary bloc of deputies to reconstruct France by a "national and social revolution." Since that time his announced plans for the elimination of France's "capitalist hierarchies" have remained mere blueprints, while his proposed bans on labor unions, strikes and protests are in force today. He has developed an aptitude for sonorous political pronouncements whose vague and lofty words do little to conceal their totalitarian direction...
...long ago as last October, after meeting with Adolf Hitler at Montoire, Marshal Pétain declared significantly-though it was widely discounted at the time-that he and the Führer had reached "agreement on the principle of collaboration...
...gave him the Order of Commander of the Legion of Honor, and in 1933 left the Admiral most of the big Leygues fortune. When Darlan became Chief of Staff he recommended himself for the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. Since the fall of France Marshal Pétain has given him the title of Admiral of the Fleet, not used since 1870. Darlan tried to have himself called Admiral of France, which would have ranked him with Marshal of France Pétain...
...Commander of France's only surviving, if heavily battered, military arm, and second in command of France. Marshal Pétain has made him not only Vice Premier but also Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Interior, the Navy, and Propaganda and Information-and by Constitutional Act he stands in succession to the Marshal himself. Under these titles and perquisites he is a neat French edition of the able, scheming, ruthless personality-type which has been a boon to Fascism wherever it has risen...