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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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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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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

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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

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