Show 1 r Bonnet Wins Praise for Efforts i I To Unite French Patriots By Max Hill Associated Tress Press War Var Anal Analyst st stAt At least one member of the newly formed French committee of f national liberation has had the common sense to strip the organization organization atlon of Its political Implications and nd get down to what he thinks Is s the basic purpose purpose purpose-a a united France Trance It Is unfortunate that the chief protagonists General De and ind Giraud cannot be as objective and nd end their cautious sparring for position since so much Is at stake for or all of us The question as to whether one ne Is a or a De is s not important Henri Bonnet who vho is minister of information inthe inthe in the he committee said In a recent in- in We Wo have been appointed as s a unit for France and we will serve erve as such M M. Bonnet Is now en route to Algiers but It remains to be seen what effect his reasonable attitude attitude atti- atti tude ude will have on the two men whose cooperation is so necessary for or a successful committee Leaders Skip Conference Only Tuesday those concerned more with the welfare of France than han anything else found themselves themselves them- them selves elves blocked once again when a lunch luncheon on at which Giraud and De were to confer was can- can It should be quite obvious they hey just didn't care to meet at athis this his time although the reason given by Giraud's representative was vas that he had another appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment De said nothing The current impasse which stems terns back to the prewar period and nd Frances France's antiquated and complex complex com- com plex lex political structure for its beginning beginning be be- ginning is made more complicated ed d by the comparative financial positions positions of De and Giraud On the one hand De gets virtually all of his funds from the he British As an indication of what Is being thought of the existing ex- ex sting muddle in at least some influential British quarters It Is only necessary to read a a. few newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper editorials The Yorkshire Post describes Do as stubborn while the London Daily Dally Express hopes the generals will quit fighting among themselves and help us get on with the winning of the war war warThe The dally daily sketch Is a step ahead of the others and accuses De of being over dictatorial and A tightening tightening tightening tighten tighten- ing of the purse strings by the British might send De scurrying for cover and a compromise compromise compromise com com- promise session session Giraud Has lias Finances On the other hand Giraud not only has money but he also has supplies such as oil and peanuts and wine and plenty o of mutton to trade with the united nations for the necessary weapons of war Besides he has sent a substantial sum of money in gold to the United States It must be said for Do De whatever his attitude In the present present present pres pres- ent situation may be that he has worked and fought hard for France from the day she became a puppet o of the First he organized the French national committee then the Fighting French and now of course he is isa isa isa a leader In the joint committee This may not justify however his determination to eliminate all Frenchmen who ever had any contact contact contact con con- tact with Vichy nor his evident desire to rule in his own way Regardless of what turn the joint committee squabble takes it will be the American general Dwight D D. Eisenhower who has the final say say say-if If he so wishes Africa will remain the province of the commanding general of the united nations armies for a long time to come and the tho French cannot cannot cannot can can- not move without consulting him first That means the British also have the right to approve approve or or disapprove disapprove disapprove dis dis- dis- dis approve of any suggestions made si since ce it is a joint command I |