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and returned to Daladier with counter-proposition, Daladter was to be President of the Council without portfolio, Petain was to be Minister of War and Laval¦ was to be Minister of Foreign Affairs. As for Herriot, the great leader of the Left, liberal, anti- Nazi and pro-English, he was to be excluded from the combination or must be satisfied with the Ministry of Justice.
The combination fell through. and Marshal Petain returned to his post in Madrid. "While he re- presented his country, now at war with Germany, the French Em- bassy in Madrid became a gather- ing place for pacifists. Back and forth, from Petain to Laval, went a constant procession of politi- cians, und slowly. through France, Altered the idea of u "Petain peace.”
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and fro was felt as talk of a "Petain peace" grew widespread. It was in the mouth of all the reactionaries; of all the appeasers; of all the people who thought it CRIME DOESN'T PAY! impossible to beat Germany; 0. all" those who, falling into the German trup, thought the Com- munist danger more pressing than that of Nazism. It was in the mouth, too, of a
group of semi- mystles who believed that only a defeat could regenerate France. One wonders what they think to day of France's regeneration.
One could follow the effect of this incessant talk on the little
people, returning on leave from the army. They had set out full of valour and hope, they returned more discouraged each time.
was against the war.
said. Petain." they
He saw war in 1914. He didn't want it to We should have happen again. let him make peace."
"Marshal
So the
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lied, the little people to
people who
whom they Bed and the people who lied to them- selves ended by having a "Petain peace." They can hardly be very enthusiastic about it.
ther himself, with sombre voice to those trony, added his who insisted "Pelain did not want war." When he met the morshal
obviously students will
By The Four Aces The bidding is logical, so crime have to examine South's play of the hand to discover the misdeed in to-day's hand:
South, Dealer East-West vulnerable
NORTH
WEST
A AJ862 CA 4
0 Q 9 8 4
4 3
A K 10 3
Q 6 5 2 10 6 6 3 AK 10
EAST
A 6 4
10 9 8 3
◊ J 7 4987 6
SOUTH A Q 9 7 V K J 7 OAK 2
AJ & 2
The
South
INT 3NT
bidding:
West
North
East
I'umH l'ass
2NT
1258
l'ass
Pass
West led the five of spades, and
What was happening in the French Embassy in Madrid and who were the willing messengers between Petain and Laval" Among the men who made the pilgrimage to the Marshal were: Francois Pietri, who is to-day Ambassador to Madrid and staunch supporter of the new ore der. M. Pietri is Corsican who, represented Corsica in the Cham- ber of Deputies. Until the war he always claimed to be a liberal; at Montoire on October 24, 1940, in | South won the trick with the who was criticised for having too
& railroad car, he held out a for- spade seven, Leftist tendencies, But at Borgving hand and said. "I know, deaux, about June 20 that is, marshal, that in the darkest days of the defeat¦ war."
it was a surprise to hear him say that Corsica belonged to Haly and that there could be no dis- cussion on the point. To-day, in Madrid, he is hinting at the ces-1 sion of a part of French Morocco to Spain. It is through his kindly took intercession that Spanish political;
you did not want
How did he know? Marshal Petain never said so publicly. Gen.] Stohrer, German Ambassador to Penin had such friendly conver- Madrid, with whom Marshal
sations during the hostilities, also ht part in the interview Montoire. Perhaps he was in a
JGH CARD VALUES
OF THE FOUR-ACKS SYSTEM
ACE 3 KING QUEEN 1 JACKWA
TOTAL, WALAAS WINCHE
Declarer then finess-
ed dummy's ten of clubs,
East's spade
losing to Queell A return was
taken by West's
Ace, and another space round
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was with both sides
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clubs, but West
June, 1941, at rate of 172.7/8 per refugees in France are being turn-position to inform the Fuehrer as, discarded a diamond and a heari ed over To the Government ก to the sentiments of the marshal,
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Senator Lemery, Petalu and Laval had made him Minister of Justice in the Doumergue Cubi- net, Since then he had served as Haison agent between. his two
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TROUBLE IN THE
Fernand de Brinon, the great friend of the German agent, Abelz. He had the merit of frank-ference
with his com- ness, compared panions, and openly declared him- self to be pro-Nazi,
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ex-onar-
common,
INTERIOR.
men
and obtained the lead with the heart Ace in time to defeat the contract with the rest of the spade suit.
Don't leap to conclusions too quickly, if you want to detect the crime accurately. When you think you have it, compare notes with our analysis.
but
Бо
208
vulnerable, you
AQ 7 5 3
♡ A 2
OK J 4
4 8 7 3 2
Mater
The bidding: Durnstouto Bebonken You
14
Pass (7)
ANSWER: Bid two spades. A simple raise usually shows il weaker hand than this, but there is no better bid that you can make with this hand. If your partner cannot find another bid, you pro- bably have no game.
Score
spades, 100% for two 20% for 1wo clubs, two dia- mands, or one no-trump.
Question No. 771
One frequently hears of trouble
South was the criminal, in the interior, usually with re-
to
some disturbance just for misguessing the location which has occurred up-country. of the club Queen. That was alli
But, trouble in the interior is right, even though a correct guess
too. with
and in clubs would have allowed him to make the contract. But the women often caused through con-
crline was stipation.
in playing clubs To keep the internal organs in soon,
Correct play is to force out the Gustave Herve, the
a clean and healthy condition use
heart Ace at the second trick. To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's chist, anti-militarist, whose pam-
Pinkettes. These dainty laxative
Then West can clear the spades partner and, with both sides phlets now called for Petain, hait- pills quickly dispel constipation
but can never thereafter gain vulnerable, you hold: ing him in advance--as the activate the liver, aid digestion
can finesse Pinkettes savior of France.
tone
whole the lead; for South the
clubs towards East, losing a club Loustaleau-Lacan, of the Cagou-system make you vigorous, ener-
trick but making sure of three of which Marshal getic and happy. In a natural
club tricks altogether. The point Petain had been so blissfully un- way, without griping or purging The Undersigned have received aware, went to Madrid to see the, they are speedily effective. They
was that South had to develop both hearts and clubs, but in the correct order. And correct play was to knock out West's entry before worrying about East's pos- sible trick.
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Q 7 6 3 V 9 2
OK J 4 A 8 7 3 2
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