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put the French our anti- the air and

guard against the danger of a war army of aircraft system of defense

with Germany. suddenly became the object

alurm. lively and well merited To assist him in this task, the marshal surrounded himself by a commission whose members he chose himself. The problem was

study,

By Henry Bernstein

It was the second Blum Cabinet which, in 1938, consulted the Limited Council for the last time. The Spanish affair was growing.. increasingly bitter and threaten- ed to draw us into the war which broke out eighteen months later. Marshal Petain and his collabora-Ţ

Blum and his tors met Leon ministers at the Hotel Matignon. discussed The problem was

possibilities

This is a question of judgment, but judgment to draw up, as quickly as possi- may be guided by reason ble, a new aviation programme. At

attitude in regard to Germany. and experience. There is the end of two years of

The imperious duty of the Minis- Marshal Petain finally submitted

ter of War was to see that the no peace in fear or in a report.

inilitary force was adequate to moral retreat. Appease-

back the diplomatic position and thoroughly, all_the

ing, as at preceding ones, Mar- over Germany, which was still

shal Petain failed to express the overwhelming.

opinion that, a war would mean our defeat.

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At that period, as at all periods on good terms with obtained peace with the remaining

nearly all political men," judged Nazi system, which grows them with great harshness.

declared to any one who would Marshal Petain did nothing of] on what it feeds on.

listen to him that the government the kind. In the face of Hitler's

Shortly afterward Marshal Should › Britain win, was doing nothing for the army immense rearmament efforts: he

was appointed French displayed an apathy which our Petain America might have a

military leaders-even those who Ambassador to Madrid, and, to share in making peace-er they are allowed to were politically on his side-did the best of my Knowledge, the Limited Council did not meet unless she again refused indoctrinate youth in not hesitate to criticise roundly.

The results of this lackadaisical again. In September, 1939, the to take any responsibility. the occupied countries, policy were soon observed. On war broke out. On May 18, 1940, Many military men now the more fully they ab- March 7, 1930, when the German Reynaud, who became Prime troops reoccupied the Rhineland, Minister, offered the Vice-Pre- say Britain cannot win sorb the economies of thus depriving France of a pledge sidency to Marshal Petain, who without more active conquered lands, the har of security which Foch had call- accepted it. There he was second ed, just before his death, "our in command of a Cabinet pledged English American help. Certainly der it will be to get any last security," our government to total war and to an to establish any sound kind of a peace that bowed before the accomplished alliance to the bitter end. There fact and dared not risk an attack he was-Vice-President of Paul and free new order more Americans could tolerate. with the great French Army, the Reynaud and a colleague of Man- Army of victory, against the del, Daladier and Campinchi, than: America's materials An America which wal German Army, which had existed three men whom he was to put in prison less than two months. After the fall of the Daumergue later. -as tor in the war will make haust themselves to ex-only four years!

Cabinet new duties were sought Among these statesmen, Man- the peace. As of to-day we denounce Russia for for Marshal Petain. The High del and Campinchi (who just died HONG KONG

miserably)-one in the the Nazis would be con- doing would have just Council of National Defence had very

become cumbersome and use Marine, the other Colonies were about as much moral amber-weighted with splendid ministers. Under the Petain regime they were branded

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A limited. counal! was then as traitors. The Vichy dictionary fluence spreads, the long-peace as Russia.

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