FRANCE IS ACCUSED ANEW BY ITALIANS (8/17/38)

Microfiche-New York Times Archives | 8/17/38 | FERDINAND KUHN Jr.

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FRANCE IS ACCUSED ANEW BY ITALIANS

Fresh Military Assistance to Loyalists Charged in Press in Anti-French Campaign

LORD HALIFAX IS DEJECTED

European Outlook Worries Him but Rumors of a Rift With Chamberlain Are Denied

Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ROME, Aug. 17.-Charges that, despite official French denials France is again sending considerable help in arms, ammunitions and men to the Spanish Loyalists appear in the Italian press, which has unleashed a violent attack against what it terms “the alarmist manoeuvres of Paris and London Bolshevist circles.”

Diplomatic quarters believe that one reason for the violent anti-French campaign in the press is to create an excuse for the Spanish Rebels’ possible rejection of the British plan for withdrawal of foreign combatants.

Great prominence is given to German official news agency reports under Burgos datelines confirming the alleged French intervention in Barcelona’s favor. The alarm registered by part of the French and British press over the German military manoeuvres is considered “artificial” and to be inspired by anti-fascist elements that, it is asserted, are trying to mobilize world public opinion against Germany by accusing her of aggressive plans against France and Czechoslovakia.

The strongly worded editorials are strikingly reminiscent in their bitterness of those written against Britain before the conclusion of the Anglo-Italian agreement. The Tribuna, for example, decries “the infamous campaign that the Leftist French press is conducting against the valor of our soldiers in Spain and against Italian soldiers’ military ability generally.”

Some papers foresee a new foreign press offensive against Italy and Germany as soon as the Insurgents’ answer to the British plan for withdrawal of “volunteers” has been published.

Halifax Dejected on Outlook By FERDINAND KUHN Jr. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. LONDON, Aug. 17.-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was on the job again today, first reviewing international events with Viscount Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, and then discussing monetary matters with Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had interrupted his holiday in Yorkshire for a day to attend to “Treasury business.”

Persons who have seen Lord Halifax lately say that he is dejected over the European outlook. Disillusionment is known to have crept over him since his visit to Chancellor Hitler last November, and especially since the German Army marched into Austria in March.

Recent happenings on the Continent, notably the German Army manoeuvres, have made Lord Halifax wary and watchful, and there is no doubt that his feelings are shared by Mr. Chamberlain. Rumors of a “rift” between Lord Halifax and Mr. Chamberlain have been circulating by devious routes in the last twenty-four hours, but there is not the slightest reason to credit them.

On the contrary, the two men are agreed on the need of reconciliation between the democracies and the dictatorships in Europe, and Mr. Chamberlain has found Lord Halifax entirely willing to carry out the foreign policy that has been shaped and directed at 10 Downing Street. The fact that Lord Halifax and Anthony Eden, who resigned as Foreign Secretary last February, are neighbors in Yorkshire and the fact that they have met occasionally have given rise to rumors in the past and undoubtedly will inspire them in the future, but that does not make the rumors true.

Rebel Rejection Not Expected

Lord Halifax had not yet received the Spanish Insurgent reply to the British plan for the withdrawal of foreign “volunteers” from Spain when he entered the Prime Minister’s house this morning. Reports from Burgos indicated, however, that it was neither a complete acceptance nor a flat rejection of the British proposals. The British may be disappointed when the text of Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s reply comes, but at least they will not be discouraged if there is a chance for negotiations to continue.

Regarding the Czech problem, Mr. Chamberlain and his advisers still profess to believe that Viscount Runciman, the British unofficial mediator in Prague, can bring the Czechoslovak Government and the Sudeten Germans together. Today’s uncompromising statements by the Sudeten Germans are not taken seriously as yet. In Downing Street it is believed that Lord Runciman’s task is only beginning, just as the job of strike mediator in England begins when one side or the other digs in and refuses to yield an inch.

It remains to be seen whether the methods of settling an industrial dispute in Lancashire can be applied to a dangerous international quarrel in the heart of Europe. Lord Halifax may be gloomy as he looks at the European picture, but neither he nor Mr. Chamberlain has given up hope that a settlement can be found.

Reports Laid to Czechs LONDON, Aug. 17 (Canadian Press).-Reports circulated tonight to the effect Viscount Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, had concluded that Anthony Eden was right in his plea for a firm stand against the dictator countries. This gave rise to unconfirmable rumors that the Foreign Secretary might seek to be relieved of his duties.

The reports apparently originated in London’s Czechoslovak colony. Usually reliable Whitehall observers said they had no knowledge of any such development.

The reports suggested that Lord Halifax was worried by the delay in putting into effect the Anglo-Italian agreement, the persistently insoluble appearance of the Spanish civil war and the tendency of the dictators to draw even more closely together.

Raid Phalanx Office in Mexico MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17. (AP).-Police assigned to political matters today raided offices of the “Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx,” on organization supporting the Spanish Insurgents, and seized files and detained five directors. The directors were released after having been warned that political activities of foreigners violated the Mexican Constitution.

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FRENCH NAZI COLLABORATOR - Maurice Papon is dead
Der Spiegel, Wikipedia and others | February 17, 2007 | Newsflash

Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:54:48 PM by Atlantic Bridge

According to a article in German that was published in the German magazine “Der Spiegel” the ruthless French nazi-collaborator Maurice Papon died in the age of 96 years on February 17, 2007.

Excerpt

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Thanks to Rene Carmille and the Marco Polo Resistance Network, the number of people deported and murdered would have been higher. Rene Carmille thwarted much of Maurice Papon’s work. Carmille was torchered for two days before he died.

“No power in the world”, he exhorted them, “can stop you from remembering that you are the heirs of those who defended the country of France, from those who stood on the bridge of Bouvines...to those who fought at the Marne. Remember that!

“No power in the world can stop you from remembering that you are the heirs of the Cartesian thought, of the mysticism and the mathematics of Pascal, of the clarity of the writers of the 16th Century, and the perennial accomplishments of the 19th Century thinkers, all this - in France. Remember that!

“No power in the world can stop you from realizing that your institution has furnished the world with [great] thinkers...that freedom of thought has always existed...with rigor and tenacity. Remember that!

“No power in the world can stop you from knowing that the motto inscribed in gold letters on the pavilian: ‘For Country, For Knowledge, and For Glory,’ and the weighty heritage that constitutes the immense work of your ancestors, if for you a categorical imperative which must guide your path of conduct. Remember that!

“All this is written in your soul, and no one can control your soul, because your soul only belongs to God”.

- Rene Carmille
1943, Polytechnic School, Paris

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Lord Halifax, from July 17, 1939:

Lord Halifax with Chamberlain & Musolini, 1939:

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"It remains to be seen whether the methods of settling an industrial dispute in Lancashire can be applied to a dangerous international quarrel in the heart of Europe.

"Lord Halifax may be gloomy as he looks at the European picture, but neither he nor Mr. Chamberlain has given up hope that a settlement can be found."

Apparently not...