FRENCH GOVERNMENT
TRIAL OF EX-MINISTERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR (Official Wireless) (Received August 13, 3.15 pjn.) RUGBY, August 12 Commenting on the French trials of French ex-Ministers for alleged war guilt, which open at Riom today, the Manchester Guardian says: “The Petain Government has put itself into a false position. It is impossible for a nation to reorganise itself and reform its institutions under the shadow of foreign occupation. A nation at the mercy of a conqueror may try to organise itself underground for the purpose of ultimate resistance. The Petain Government appears to be attempting to reorganise France for just the opposite purpose, that of flattering and pleasing the conquerors.
“The only hope for France is to endure until Hitler is beaten and she is free again. Unfortunately everything the Petain Government does postpones the day of deliverance/’
The Lyons radio announced that the demobilisation of France’s armed forces in the unoccupied zone will bo completed within three days.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21190, 13 August 1940, Page 6
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