Show NE NEWS WS R REVIEW ef VIEW fre french bullch pru premier 0 mier quits 0 9 marshall hits russians DIVIDED all france all gaul is divided into three pal ts communist socialist and decaul list unable to make an impression on the turbulent french scene pre paul kama rama dier resigned his of fice in the face of widespread corn com eunist inspired strikes and france s e elder I 1 d e r statesman leon blum was div en a mandate to form a new social government the situation in leon leoil blum france had never been worse it was touch and go with the terrifying possibility of a civil war looming as a result of the present deep unrest underlying cause of it all is france s prostrate economic condi tion and the prospect of a cold hun gry winter even it if U S stopgap aid is rushed through immediately it will fall far short of being the oil needed to pour on the troubled wa superimposed on that situation were these political factors I 1 ithe the socialist government try ing to pursue a moderate course was being squeezed between the stronger communists to the left and gen charles ce de a rally ot of the french people on the ex right the communists true to the 2 teachings of marx were trying to foment revolution by instigating the paralyzing strikes after their legal and political methods to over throw the government had failed 3 general de seeking the governmental reins rems for himself has said he would deal with the corn com with a strong authoritarian hand de is feared because he stands for totalitarianism the real struggle tor for france Is be ing waged between the communists and De a followers moderate socialism is simply caught in the middle FED UP with russia to his chicago audience it sound ed as though U S secretary of state george marshall was full up to here with russia s obtuse and exasperate exa ing tactics in the field of internal dional relations he made it clear that the state of active resentment of the soviet un ion ton to which americans have been goaded by the obstructionist actions of russian leaders can in no wise be interpreted as warmongering thus marshall charged russia rushia with blocking european recovery and waging a deliberate anti ameri can propaganda campaign it is tune time to call a bait halt to such inflammatory practices he said the U S refuses to stand by and watch the disintegration of the inter national community to which we be long it was one of the most angry de tie yet made against rus sia by a high U S official and there was a distinct pos possibility sivility lity that it was a reasonably accurate reflect tion of the temper of the times mar shall s chicago address added to all the other recent expressions of disgust including president tru man mans s with russian policy indi bated that perhaps a U S ultima turn dealing with soviet obstruction ism was not too tar far distant As a matter of fact a strong pos existed that marshall might make just such a stand atthe lon don conference of foreign ministers to discuss german and austrian peace treaties awaiting the confer ence with utmost seriousness the secretary of state told bis his chicago listeners that it Is my purpose to concentrate solely on finding an acceptable basis of agreement to terminate the pres ent tragic stalemate and to speed the advent of a new era of peace and hope tor for europe and the world |