"Detestable Armistice" is Attacked by De Gaulle in Outspoken World Broadcast London, Aug. 13.
France still possessed powerful means of fighting when tricked into capitulation by the men of Vichy, said General de Gaulle, head of the French National Committee in London, in a world broadcast last night.
"The enemy's trickery and the lies of his accomplices," the General declared, "led our country into signing a detestable Armistice, but the weeks that have elapsed since the Armistice have sufficed to show up the extent of the crime that has been committed."
"Contrary to the statements of the old men of Vichy," General de Gaulle continued, "at the time arms were given up France still had intact a fleet which was second in Europe, a large force and a vast Empire. The British Empire is at the height of its naval, aerial and military efforts, while America has undertaken to help the Allies-with vast armament manufacture.
"It is now evident that the Germans The "Regime Fascista" declared that "people in German-occupied French territory look forward with terror to the day when the. egoism of the few will begin once again to poison public opinion.
"Eloquent symptoms of this can be seen in territory governed by Marshal Fetain and M. Laval. This is also confirmed by the re-appearance of th: popular French weekly "Marianne.
"The editorial appearing in the first edition) of this newspaper since the signing of the Armistice adopts a posi-
Crew of Scuttled Columbus Stranded Washington, Aug. 15 Due to refusal of Japanese steamships to afford them passage, crew members of Columbus, German ship scuttled off American coast, are stranded in United States, U.S. Immigration Bureau officials revealed today.—United Press. only wish to crush France materially and morally, so as to be able to enslave her more easily. France has nothing to hope for either from the enemy who hates her, or from the men who betrayed her."
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