Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-09-03 | Page 4 | Petain Sounds Mysterious Note of 'Confidence' in Address

Petain Retain Sounds Mysterious Note Of Confidence in Address VICHY Sept 3 UP A WI-A A. A mysterious ou ous note of confidence was sounded by Marshal Petain Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day on the third anniversary of Frances France's entrance into a war which she lost in 10 months Addressing Frances France's congress of school teachers once considered slightly pink in political views vieW'S and the most militantly pacifist section sec see section tion of the population Petain Petal compared the present situation I Iwas with that in 1917 when the army was becoming mutinous Affirming the new note of confidence confidence confidence con con- which he sounded last Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday day when he declared his belief in his ability to work out his national national national na revolution he said It is this confidence which sustained me in the darkest hours which has given me the possibility of overcoming overcoming overcoming over over- coming the crisis of discouragement discourage discourage- ment that afflicted the French army in lit 1917 and which let me lead it back to its duty The anniversary found the population population population pop pop- as a whole however wondering wondering wondering won won- dering whether France will lose the peace as well as the war In September 1939 France bet beton beton on victory with the aid of Britain Today Pierre Laval as chief of the Vichy government is openly betting on a German victory and the help which this conquered nation nation na na- nation na- na tion might obtain from a victorious victorious victori victori- ous reich Bit by bit since the tho armistice signed in forest InJune in inJune June 1940 Vichy has severed her ties with the enemies of Hitler until the American nations anc and China are the only ones with which she even maintains diplomatic re relations relations re- re lations except for conquered Greece