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Into Tunis stormed aroused colons (overseas Frenchmen) from neighboring Morocco and Algeria. They came to join their Tunisian counterparts in angry protest against Premier Edgar Faure's agreement with Habib Bourguiba, leader of Tunisia's moderate Arab nationalists, which would grant Tunisians substantial control over their country. "There can be no French grandeur without French North Africa!" the colons proclaimed...
Speakers loudly condemned Resident General Pierre Boyer de la Tour, who had summarily deported the Tunisian leader of the diehard Prèsence Franéaise for his defiant utterances. Cried Dr. Georges Causse, head of the Moroccan Présence Française: "Tunisia is being sold out by a gang of rascals and traitors ... If France abandons us, the love we have for her will turn to hatred. We will fight by all means in our power, and we will come out into the streets even if it means being killed." Down From The Hills. Impatient Arab nationalists...
...Tunisian courts will take over entirely within 20 years. In the interval, mixed courts will try cases involving both French and Tunisians...
...French and Tunisian schools will continue as separate institutions...
This was about as close to granting Tunisian autonomy as France was ready to go at present. Many Tunisians were jubilant, though some preferred to wait and see. Premier Faure well knew that there were some road mines ahead, since details remain to be settled by the two governments, and the French National Assembly-where the North African colons are powerful-may make trouble. Nevertheless Faure was triumphant. "Some people," he said, "have reproved me for being an immobiliste. What kind of immobilisme is this...