DE GAULLE'S RE-ENTRY INTO FRENCH POLITICS

Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1947, Page 5

DE GAULLE'S RE-ENTRY INTO FRENCH POLITICS

Eeceived Wednesday, 7 p.m. LONDON, April 9. Saying that in many quarters f ear- 1> expressed of the (lisruptive elfect.that General de GauUe's new pqlitit'ai aetivity. may have oii - the • existin,..French parties, the Times's Paris cor respondent points. out that De Ga\illeV. Stra'sbourg speeches. are significaqt no\ for what they said but for their evr dence of General de Gaulle's conviction that things in France cannot reuvain, for.long as they are, Manythink General de Gaulle's attitude can Ix explained only by his belief Of au ap. proaching crisi's in whiclx he WQiild onre again be called upon to lead the nation from disastor. Many also see similari ties between General de Gaulle's posi tion during the war when he represenl ed the renascent and ftghting spirit oi France, and the position he would lik to adopt today or in the near future. So deep indeed has been the effec-t oi General de Gaulle's return to activc politics that his attitude,- the corres pondent adds, may well furnish a new cement for M. Ramadier's Coalition Government when it faces the Assembly again at the end of the month, . Knowledge that their failure will now play directly into General de Gaulle's hands can onlv strengthen the Government 's anxiety to solve the many flnancial and economic prpblems now hesetting them