Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-18 | Page 6 | They Fled from "the Enemy"

0 t They Fled from The Tb Enemy SEVERAL EVERAL MEMBERS of the former French I. I that government government that Is the government of democratic France which collapsed before the nazi onslaught and was succeeded by the fas fas- type cist-type Petain have regimes been s sentenced to perpetual exile from France of the charges charge faced by the a accused Js Is desertion before the enemy based on the fact that these former statesmen had fled France on June 20 for French Moro Morocco co That phrase is interesting interestIng desertion desertion before the enemy The present French government undoubtedly means that they des deserted France FranceIn Francein In the face ace of the conquering nazi armies But the phrase can easily be interpreted In another way There Is reason to believe that these exiled former lormer leaders of democratic France were fleeing from the enemy within France and not the enemy without They didn't try to escape to Morocco until June 20 That was more than three days after the pro fascist retain Petain regime had seized control of the French government and SUED FOR PEACE So So actually the Petain government which Is Isnow I now row trying these former leaders of ot France for fori i desertion had surrendered to the enemy long before the leaders deserted It looks as If U the real enemy the leaders of democratic France sought to escape was as FrenchI French I totalitarianism rather than nazi militarism