| Show ' - ac November 30 1911 !if re It eh corns Ails Treaty (Vichy - - By Constantine Brown I WASHINGTON—The possibility—some say the probabil ity—that Chief of State Marshal Petain will sign a peace treaty : with the axis in the near future casts a shadow over the suc- ceases of BHtish armies in Libya It is felt in the highest guar- tern in Washington that such a treaty will mean full cooperation of French naval forces in the Mediterranean with the axis as 'well as placing at Germany's disposal the vast resources of the with its ex:French colonial empire in North- Africa together - d i ' I 3 1 cellent naval bases ' The rejuvenated British high i - command momentarily took the : wind out of the axis' sails when ' 'k - it assumes the Initiative in Africa and hit the German- Italian forces there before ade: quate reinforcements could reach the four nazi divisions and t : the nondescript four or five ' fascist divisions remnants of 7 Marshal ' Graziani's once proud - forces : tx ?k ‘ i Figures Stretched Inevitable exaggerations have i' accompanied the British move v104 - While unofficial reports indicat- -- : ed that the forces engaged in k - this British the operation by ' : amounted to something like 750- - t - 000 men it is in fact doubtful : whether more than 125000 have been allowed to participate irt offensive The Germans in :the - turn have been fighting mainly rearguard actions using two panzer divisions and all the Italians they could lay hands on Constantine Brown The principal objective of the British military operations does not appear to have been reached tant and costly the nazis have : yet As far as is known in had to face since the outbreak GerWashington not a single of the war in 1939—it is unlikely :man division has been with- that any substantial number of drawn from the reserve pool of forces will be sent across the : the German army in the retch ' Mediterranean for use in Libya Hence the But what is of real importance :pressure on Russia continues as to Wasington and London is the s in the past and Until Generals position of the French Until Winter Snow and Mud decide two weeks ago the United that there shall be a stalemate States followed a policy of cod! on that front—the most impor- dling the Vichy government - t - - - ' 't 1 : ' ' nt gay-emine- a mialimemmasal-4::atttALLiaiviaitig-ieti&Alit- '- f' ' - '':- - : :1 t '" O i ) iI tie -L ' 1 I 61 1 J1116111 t 1' i - CAS T $ 'lc t''' I- : t 6 o ' I itt''''''''''-:- --' 0 e -- 67 -- 7t -- - '''''' ' ''''' 1- 'r' 2?--- 1 1 Iti- - -dif ' - I i k - 1 I r - v - I --- ft o''' ! t l 4 ' ' : ‘'' '''--"" ' 4 ' ''' Y I r ' - '1 : t 2 ':40 P I it r7 t i - '--- rt : k 1:"1-di7- ' '' x--- '''' 7 ''' '44 ' ' Lr - - ' ' Just like the baby - 1 -- -- ' 4 1 A 1 v ' 4 i ' - ' F-- - ' ' '' "' St-!1- 1 1 C ': $995 t super 4144 ' to 10 r 1111 ' ' l1 ' Id 6"1 ° b!"'''l - ' : ' ' '' ' 41" '1 ' t r t - -- r' ' - floadviorfors 2 24-la- ch for 1 ! 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tl statiL:Lti say—even before General Wey- II gand arrived in Vichy for consultations --- 110 '' I The stage Is now set for com-1 -between I-4plete collaboration "Di i France and the retch Officially subthe French government will scribe unreservedly to the "new ----- - ' 7- - '''" ' order" in Europe In practice collabthis means that military 1 oration between the axis powers irk and France will be complete 1 ‘ 3 N '' The French can lend the nazis t 8 ' 14":0-- more support in the Mediterif 4P V400r I 1' ranean than the Italians The dio0071 French fleet comprises three capital ships 14 light and heavy cruisers about 65 submarines and some 80 auxiliaries such as destroyers and mine-layeReady to Fight This fleet is fully manned The majority of its officers and crews are said to be willing to v- ally—Britain fight their former IV f C::ae They all want to be through with Both piocos mark for loiter the war and the nazi propalows loafiag A combiaatoe I i ganda that the war cannot end V adva- rn of the LIdo 1 I 77:11 (71 "At 41:i ! 4 - until the British are defeated has Made a deep impression on the minds of the navy personnel which sees only one side of the picture Although in some quarters there is an attempt to minimize the possible full cooperation of iterranean The advocates of the coddling that the ntages--relatively small and not costly—which we gave General Weygand gained precious time for us and the British This may be so but the Germans who will consider their job in Russia ended soon—either by winter stalemate or victory oyer the policy argue now literra I e ira red forces--ar- e preparing to wage war in the eastern Med- iterranean :: 1 IFaclor General' Weygand never offered any definite encouragement that he would espouse the democratic cause in North Africa but he was pleasant to Robert Murphy counselor of the American embassy at Vichy who was sent to North Africa as speciai representative of the American government to continue the policy of coddling the former commander in chief of the French armies Kept Promise Geeeral Weygand is out now but he kept his promise to Mr Murphy that as long as he was In charge in North Africa that territory would remain French and nobody—Germans or British —would be permitted to make a battleground of the pearl of the French colonial empire The Germans did not press the Petain government for permission to utilize Tunisia Algeria and Morocco for their fight against the British Berlin had other things to worry about It had to remove Russia from the field before it could think of tackling the British in the Med- rs policy-frame- Sunday Morning I aB Ven aft The state department hi full agreement with the British foreign office adopted after the fall of France a policy of mild friendship toward the Vichy rein The gime Washington half admitted the truth of the contention of the few realists who have been pointing out continually that Marshal Petain and his acolytes were nothing but puppets in the hands of the Germans But they added that so long as the French I could be kept from complete subjection to the Germans and I I North Africa kept free of German forces so much time was gained for the United States and Britain Play for Weygand The administration took particular care to please the French proconsul in North Africa General Maxime Weygand He was thought: to have an ace in the hole in the form of the 350000 veteran warriors who comprised I army pie North African Although it was well known that this force had been deprived of its mechanized forces and airplanes and that the Germiut disarmament commission was hard at work seeing that the Weygand army did not possess ammunition for more than a week's fighting the United States 1 played along with the veteran general in the hope that some day somehow he might surprise the nazis by some spectacular movement Would Complicate Britain's Campaign - It Cake Zfribune rIje 771 : a |
