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Show r ??KL 22 1958 f rModern Charlemagne? DeGaulle Widespread Dissension Hits Communes Peiping Indicates DAILY "HERALD 5fv 5. Old Soldier Rid es Popularity Crest magne? (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two dispatches by of French a closeup of a veteran reporter affairs providing Gen. Charles de Gaulle as his for election Gaulle as premier byNa unani mous 555-- 0 vote. But the honeymoon was nearly over. v The following month the Com munists were condemning De Gaulle for his refusal to entrust them ; with the. , decisive cabinet The morning after May 13, 1958, Frenchmen awoke to find that settlers and soldiers ' in Algiers had carried out a bloodless mu tiny to demonstrate their fears of a - French giveaway of Algeria. They were ; defying the authority posts: Foreign affairs, defense, of Paris and demanding the return of De Gaulle. interior. Socialists Opposed By The mutiny jumped to Corsica The Socialists opposed him over and threatened to spread to the size .of the defense budget. France itself. Other parties were chafing at De On May 19 De Gaulle came to Gaulle's impatience with parlia Paris and at a press conference mentary procedure. surrounded by the greatest secur De Gaulle was more than im ity precautions that security-co- n patient. He admitted later that he scious Paris had ever seen, an had considered and rejected nounced, "if the people want it, a coup d'etat. In December he as in the preceding national critol dthe shocked deputies, "This sis, I am ready to take the leadwill undoubtedly be the last time ership. . ." 1 will speak in this chamber. Returns To Chamber Therefore I want to tell you now: On June 1, 1958, De Gaulle re If you do not respect the neces- turned to the chamber he had so sary conditions for responsible abruptly walked out of 12 years and dignified government, you before; , are heading for a time when you De Gaulle appealed to the Mos will bitterly regret the path you lem rebels to lay down" their have chosen;" arms and help build a better Al France was close to starvation. geria an appeal that went un Her industry was w r e c k e d. heeded, if not unheard. France was free, yes, but her But hope was rediscovered in troubles were just beginning. Algeria. Within two years Communist And order was restored in strikes and riots led France to France, notably with the referen the edge of civil insurrection, In- dum of September 28, 1958, which dochina was in rebellion, the cur- brought De Q a u 1 1 e's long rency had embarked on the non dreamed-o- f strong executive constop, spiral of inflation that within stitution and the fifth French a decade reduced the franc to one republic into effect. quarter of its immediate postwar In the campaign for the Uov. value. 0 parliamentary elections, the But Frenchmen did not forget chief issue among the candidates De Gaulle. And with the degener- vas who favored De Gaulle; most ation of democracy into a politiThe Communists suffered their cal game, they remembered his first postwar defeat. warning to the deputies: "YoU are heading for a time when you will bitterly regret the path you have chosen." . Creates New Party On April 7, 1947, he created his "rally of the French people." The party, had a great; initial success. But it was not enough to bring De Gaulle back to power, The party began ,to splinter. In May, 1953, after heavy losses in the municipal elections, De Gaulle set his party at . liberty and retired from politics, but not from other activity. His return to power was char acteristically dramatic. at first. De Gaulle not only had no official blessing from Paris; within the month the Petain government . had stripped him of his and conFrench citizenship in absentia to death. demned him But the same month' British Prime Minister Winston Church ill recognized De Gaulle's . free Charle- Modem De Gaulle , on Sunday as president of France with ; unprecedented powers.) France. , . De Gaulle had his 'troubles. Having tried and failed to win other French administrators and around the Last May, 29 military commanders PARIS (UP1) ; to his French cause, he the highest personage of the insisted empire a on French republic President Rene free French forming government. Coty, stood before a palpitating with his single- won He inthrough, and chamber-ful- l of deputies voked the name of Gen. Charles mindedness, his obstinacy, and de Gaulle. There was a historic the fact that he was the only French' leader of stature who at inevitability about it. The mobs were loose in the that moment wanted to fight on. streets of Algiers, restive in the Clashes With Churchill streets of Paris. Police leaves had Inevitably there were clashes been cancelled; the Champs-Ely-see- s with Churchill, who later made was an armed camp. Ru' famous remark: "Of all the his mors of paratroopers dropping crosses I had to bear, the heavifrom the skies flew thickly. of Lorraine." est was Cross the For the National Assembly and De Gaulle returned to liberated foi France the choice was besoil "a week after French revolutween, on the one hand, 1944. On August 25, he marched tion, anarchy or dictatorship to dethe Champs-Elysee- s down or the one possibly ajl three a lirious and cheers attended man whose integrity nobody quesMass in Notre tioned, however much they might Thanksgiving Dame Cathedral. German snipers question his politics: De Gaulle. shots crashed The assembly gratefully chose were still about; the ' cathedral. Others . De Gaulle and the nation ratified within this choice months later, in De ducked but De Gaulle stood erect, He was at, the head of the pro Gaulle's constitutional referendum of Sept. 28, 1957, "by an 80 per visional government. cent vote for him. On Nov. 30, 1945, the constitu .Yet 18 years earlier when De ent assembly confirmed De Gaulle broadcast his appeal to a prostrate France on June 18, 1940, fw Frenchmen had ever heard TAKE YOUR CHOICE By ARTHUR HIGBEE United Press 'international f full-fledg- . ; , of him. Mrs ALBURG, Vt. (UPI) Vincent Westover's baby son has 21 years to decide whether he wants to be an American or Ca nadian citizen. He' was born in this Vermont tow,n on the Canadian border after Mrs. Westover rushed to a doctor's office here. The mother is a Canadian who lives in Que bec Province. Immigration officials said the baby would have a dual nation ality. entitling him to call both countries home until his 21st "This war is not over with the battle of France," De Gaulle said then. "This war is a world war." (An anonymous but wideawake publicist later changed this to "France has lost a battle; she has not lost the war.") Frenchmen Arise De Gaulle went on, every Frenchman who still bears arms has the absolute- - duty of continu ing resistance. Soldiers of France, wherever you are, arise!" Frenchmen did arise, first by the dozens, later by the hundreds of thousands. It was slow going L r fWpv r FW mr mn 23-3- birthday. a v " V' as aw a Fv a mp a rv L a pk mm a Fv a Fw a FV a s a a r r a r a P1 a T a a a P r !!! unity of views. . . among all members of the party and among the people." This appeared to' mean that Communists as- - well as oppose the creation of tht I ef- cent of China's farm population is fect little more than forced-lab'. now living in communes, while camps. the "some experiments have begun in these shortcomings, Despite the cities." It added, however, Red radio Said, the Communist that large-scal- e development of Central Committee in China incommunes is likely only dorsed the commune system at the city the skeptics and doubters meeting Dec. 10 at which Mao "when, decided to quit his Job have been convinced." still inteUectuals as president of Red China. "In the cities, There has been speculation that have misgivings about the establishment of communes. . ." the Mao actually was forced to resign broadcast said. "The urgent . task because of serious opposition to the communes. ' The fact that the Reds waited more than a. week before making h public, announcement of the committee's indorsement of the system appeared to suggest trouble behind the scenes. It waited almost as long to announce Mao's resignation, appari3ALT LAKE CITY (UPI) A in hopes tf easing the shock Salt Lake City man, charged in ently to and file members of the' rank an- - alleged $3,000. extortion plot ' $ and a count of forgery, Wednes- party. Recent in travelers Red China day was bound over to- Third have reported much dissatisfacDistrict Court for trial. 1 tion the people over the among The accused, John Zidek, 24, commune with its forced system originally was charged with and labor of the fam-il- y destruction in an alleged plot to force life 'thai has been the backbone $3,000 from a Salt Lake County of Chinese culture for untold gen- -' housewife.; Zidek was arrested Oct. 28 on erations. the extortion plot, and later, after being released on bail, was , 4TH WEST PHARMACY IVAN SORENSEN charged with forgery. Registered Pharmacist The accused man was bound m PRESCRIPTIONS m SICK ROOM SUPPLIED over to district court by City DRUG SUNDRIES Judge Marcellus K. Snow. Judge Prompt Fre Delivery 5 Snow made his . decision after Qg W. 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