BRITISH APPROVAL, FRENCH DISMAY

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5299, 11 January 1947, Page 5

BRITISH APPROVAL, FRENCH DISMAY

: fpresa Assn.-

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LONDON, Jan. 10. iThe British press unamLuslv welcomes the appointenl of General George Marhall while regrettmg the lll Ljth which eompeiled Mr. Ivrnes' retirement, but reLts from Paris state that L French press greeted the Lointment with undisguised Elonishmenl and dismay. L aWnintme..t is :_ifyi«K «« lintlii'ftii'.i tlnrt Ihe "rahui eorffroLLk of tnuM'ican mternal politics ftinu, tn l.«. kcpt in ihe lmekEl." sa>-s the Manchester Guardfhe (Ilawfow Heral.s conMders i |i t'lke some time i'or General Mar|U 'J() i'aaiiliarise himself with the Lean scene. although his knowL „t ('hina ami Japan will he of L value when the time eomes to LiU-r the I'acilic peaee tmity. f The Daily Ilerald publishes an Iticle bv its Wnshiiiffton eorres[ndent who recalls the tact and Less with which General Marlall dealt with Congress during L wai", and dtvcribes him as a fan with a lirst-rate mind, cfearly | vision and tremendous capacity |r work. Ip. :s n»t. as i-oaimonly supposed. | "shriiikine vinlet." hut when Led. luts a \\ iiherinji vocabulary, lipcivd only ' 1 v his sense of inility.

re Moiuic, '.vaicii 1 requentty exisses the vii- v- of the Quai d'Orsay, E's "While tl'.e Anierican Governint protlaims its eonciliatory and lcifit' inten. ions, oue cannot fail to jstruek hy ihe fact that three sol|rs will ivpresent it at Moscovv— iutenant-General Eedell Smith, the meriean Aninassador to Russia; iutenant-General I.ucius Clay, head |the Anierican Military GovernIfit in (leiinany t and Geneiul Mailll. pia' Gounnunist or.ean Ge Soir, Irs: "Is i; hecause General Alarshall I rejjardeii a an enthu.siastic sup1'ter of Amciican expansiun that fcsidein Trninan iias appointed him lcretary of S.aU-7" Blrs. Marshall iias .iust published a |)k entitled "Togethor," in which K jrives inany informalive glimpses I her husiiand's personality. In view I the ne'.v prominer.ee he has asBiieil it is coiisidered liitely to he u pt seller. pir. Uevin has not yet met General Krsliall. llowcver. he is likely to be Ke uf iie t'ew men in Britain who ■eiv hefoieliand of Mr. I>ymos' inIntiuu to resign.