Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-06 | Page 2 | Darlan Goes to Laval with Compromise

Dorian Goes es to Laval With Compromise ise VICHY France Feb 6 UP Admiral Jean Darlan left for or Paris by special train Thursday with compromise cabinet reorganization proposals under which he would become prem premier er erand and Pierre Laval would be made vice premier He arranged to confer with Laval Laval La- La Laval val Friday and submit to him the new compromise plan which it was hoped might provide the basis asis for the return of Laval to Vichy and resumption of relations relations relations rela rela- with Germany Darlan would get control of foreign affairs as well as Ing ng navy minister with control of the fleet and Laval would be given the ministry of interior t thus us gaining control over police and provincial prefects Same War Minister General Charles Hun Huntziger t z i g e r would remain war minister and he Laval Lava Darlan and Paul Baudoin Baudoin Baudoin Bau- Bau doin former foreign minister would probably f form fron rm a man four-man inner cabinet Marshal Philippe Petain worked out this compromise plan Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night in consultation with cabinet ministers in hope of ending end end ending ing lag the long deadlock which re resulted resulted re- re suited from his dismissal of Laval in mid December It was expected that Darlan would confer at length with Laval in Paris Friday and return here hereIn hereIn herein in time for a cabinet meeting Saturday at which a definite decision decision de de- de- de could be taken Petain under his compromise plan would give up the complete control he has had over the cabInet cabinet cab cab- inet met for he has hu had no premier and each minister has been responsible responsible responsible re- re to him personally I I But he would have as premier in Darlan his own right hand handman handman handman man one in whom he reposes complete confidence and D Darlan as well as retaining control of of the navy would take charge of foreign foreign foreign for for- eign affairs The pro-German pro Laval had sought to make himself premier and to choose his own cabinet He would have taken control of foreign affairs interior affairs and propaganda Thus he would have controlled the censored Fr French press Under the compromise compromise compro compro- mise plan propaganda control r re remained remained re- re to be allotted u. u It became clearer r that the swarthy Laval has determined to revenge himself on the men he holds responsible for his treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment when he was dismissed in December and held under guard at his at-his his chateau Press Starts Hate Campaign The Paris press Wednesday started a hate campaign against the men in Petain's personal entourage en en- his his physician and personal personal personal per per- perI secretary and his aides and military secretaries Admiral Fernet and General Lauret One newspaper accused tiny Dr an individual of doubtful merit of being a fanatical fanatical fanatical fana fana- royalist I