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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 19, 1940 »

CRISIS NOT

YET OVER: ABETZ TRIES PERSUASION FIRST

(By Reuter's Chief Diplomatic Correspondent)

THE CRISIS AT VICHY does not appear

been allowed his liberty but not reinstated in

LAVAL

to be over; under German pressure Laval has RETURNS office, though there is some suggestion that TO PARIS

he may represent the Vichy Government in ́

Paris.

The interview between Marshal · Petain and Otto Abetz, the Nazi Ambassador, must have been dramatic. The fact that it lasted three hours permits the inference that Abetz employed persuasive methods rather than brutal compulsion.

endeavoured

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to Reports that Lavel favoured convince Marshal Petain that La-permitting the passage of German val had been maligned and that troops to Italy are not confirmed he had never ronspired with Abetz from any indisputable source. against Marshal Petain's security or the interests of the State.

Laval, brought from his place of confinement, probably pleda ed his oath that he had been misinterpreted. Grudgingly, Petain would ap- near to have agreed to suspend judgment but not to renew idence in Laval

Rival Quislings Flandin's position in these de- velopments appears to have been entirely negative.

As soon as he was re- |leased in Vichy, on Tues-> day on Hitler's demand, Pierre Laval, deposed Minister, lost no time re- Vice-Premier and Foreign turning to his German

friends in Paris. ›

He has officially gone in a pri- vate capacity.

to

Another departure is that of Herr Abetz, Nazi Ainbassador If the Germans wished to send Paris, who, in Tuesday's inter- view with Marshal Pe ain, pro- troops hurriedly to Italy they would use the Brenner Pass, Abably demanded Laval's rein- decision to break through unoccus statement. pied France is improbable as it Berlin official circles confirm would be in opposition to the Abetz has leit for Paris, and that German policy of the past many Laval is also travelling in that weeks.

dir.cairn. but are at pains to deny that they are travelling toge-

Nazi Objective

Object has been to secure the full collaboration of France it place of Italy.

Hitler knows his troops cou'd enter unoccupied France at any moment but it is far more impor- the lant for him to have the French

If Abetz insisted on the admis- sion of Laval to the Cabinet position would be strained, for navy and the French Colonial Em- two rival "Quislings" in one Ca-pire on his side. binet wou'd lend to neutralise the

value of both.

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general situation," and was also present during part of the between Marshal Petain Abetz.

Presumably Laval has been released from the house of do- tention to which it had been reported he was confined since his dismissal by the Vichy Gov- ernment,

The mystery

Laval s about whereabouts was cleared,up yar- terday afternoon when a şem - official announcement stated he had left for Paris "in. his private capacity."-Reuter.

DEVELOPMENT IN COLONIES

An interesting disclosure relat ing to colonial development was made yesterday, in the course of a. parliamentary reply when it was. revealed, that in spite of the most generous contribution of 1,200,000 made for war purposes, de Gov- ernment of Tanganyikuprritory is proposing to increase expendi- ture on medical "Yafatron” and

agriculture services by £20,000

over actual 1939 expenditure. *- British Wireless.

Hence the gentle methods om- ployed in dealing with Marsha Petain and the use of his self- seeking politicians such as La- val and Flandin.

.her.

It is now

al- regarded as mot ce-ain that Abe'z threa. tened Marshal Pe ́ain and It is reported he threatened that Germany would occupy the whole of France unless Laval was released,

'The Laval case is entering A dec's've phase," according to Ber- lin circles.

It is considered that Italy's: de- feat and internal.condition is causing acute anxiety to Hitler and making it more urgent for far, however, Marshal Pe-him to re the French to carry out has resisted all Germania pulley of complete collaboration blandishments.-Reuter.

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