OPEN OPPOSITION TO PRESENT REGIME

Chronicle (Levin), 9 April 1947, Page 5

OPEN OPPOSITION TO PRESENT REGIME

Ileeeived Tuesday, S.-'O p.m. LOaDGN, April 8. General de Gaulle 011 April 7, cas. xside the trainineJs of an ofiicial person ality which he had assumed on April u -or the Franeo-Ainerican cereiuony, when, at Strashourg Town TIa.ll, h. made a speech of ope.11 opposition to tlu existing French regime, says the Times Paris eorreRpondent. General de GaulJe, after laying a wreath on the Slrashour& war nieniorial, went to the Town Hal. for the hanquet with only those person, who have 110 ties with the Governnient Some of General de Gaulle 's earliesi assoeiates in the Free Frencli Alove nient in London, were present but ii was noted that few churchuien attend ed and the Gatholie hierareliy wer. ahsent. The Times, in a leader, said: "Gen eral de Gaulle 's smlden descent into tlu political arena wnieli he so long ail'ect to despise, is likely to prove tlie be giuning of a long and bitter eonirovers; in Franee heeause his opponents can 0. relied upou to give as gooil as they get. General de Gaulle, since lie returned to Franee in 1040, has nioved far to tlu liight. He is now the open enemv oi the Gommunists at hoine and an opeii seeptie of Kussian iiitentions ahroad If General de Gaulle 's chailenge sliouh so reduee the mutual eoiitidence of tli Coalition parties that the Kemadie. Governnient falls, he rnay sueceed onL in exeluding froni power those partie. whieh stand closest to his own eoneep tions. The danger of General di • Gaulle 's chailenge is tliat he mav per suade too nianv Frenehmen — Iii: enemies 110 less than his friends — tlial medicine is vain and that it is time fo. surgery."