ATTACKS ON VICHY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1941, Page 5

ATTACKS ON VICHY

NO ABATEMENT OF NAZI CAMPAIGN FLANDIN’S RESIGNATION. ATTITUDE OF MARSHAL PETAIN. i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. February 10. The campaign of vicious attacks on Marshal Petain and his Government is continuing. A communique to the Paris Press in which AL Flandin’s resignation was announced, stated: "M. Flandin. who responded to th? Marshal's appeal when, at a delicate moment Marshal Petain asked for his collaboration, has considered it his duty to place the office at the disposal of Marshal Petain. This gives the great soldier complete liberty to take all measures required by the present situation. "Admiral Darlan’s conversations in Paris after the recent interview between Marshal Petain and AL Laval at La Ferte gave the Alontoire policy a new reality, and the situation thus created will probably lead to decisions in the near future.” The “Alontoire policy” means the one agreed to by Marshal Petain and Herr Hitler at their meeting at Alontoire. There the Alarshal accepted the principle of French-German collaboration with adherence to the terms of the armistice. AL Flandin’s letter of resignation to Alarshal Petain declared: “On December 14 you appointed me Minister of Foreign Affairs after events which concerned internal policy and in which I played no part. I gave myself to the tasks you laid down —put in effect the policy of collaboration regarding the armistice terms with dignity and honour. It did not rest with me whether the policy would be executed. The force of circumstances compels me to ■ affirm this fact. Therefore 1 ask you to accept my resignation.”