Laval may. replace Count Fern and de Brinon as Marshal Petain's personal envoy to Paris, It was be-Heved. the atmosphere being extremely tense and mob riots expected under the instiga~ tion of the Iron Guard, Havas states.
Genera Petrovincheo, the Home Minister, has resigned' and there no information as to. who will replace him, the message continues.
Mobs of demonstrators are at pre~ sent massed in the centre of the capital, shouting for Horia Sima, the leader of the Iron Guard, and" de= manding "a Government really re-resenting the Legionnaires," it is declared by the Vichy news agency.
'To make the situation worse, a German Major named Dietrich' was murdered last Saturday night, and the Tron Guardists are spreading, the: rumour that "Great Britain" whs behind the murder."
Horia Sima, the Vice-Premier and leader of the Iron Guard, will leave. Bucharest for Berlin this week. Was officially announced here today.
There has been mo oficial announcement as to M. Laval's future status, although a communique Sun day said specifically that all mis understandings which had provoked the Dégember 13 surprise overthrow had been dissipated.
The French radio, commenting on the Petain-Laval conciliation said yesterday the dismissal of M. Laval December had led to "a certain amount of confusion in many minds which Paris newspapers did not hesitate to explo 'The Chict of State, however, a sires more than ever to have all Frenchmen around him, more. than ever he hopes to avoid' the danger a division of opinion, more than ever he desires to dissipate mis Understandings...between occupation authorities and the French Government.
"For these reasons Marshal Petain desired to have Saturday's talk with Laval."-United Press.
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