Show ECONOMIC highlights industrial news review to most americans the govern rient nent at vichy in so called fres free france is a pathetic spectacle you can draw a parallel with it hers here working on the supposition that we 1 have ave been decisively defeated in a ruinous war have seen our capital practically all of our industrial ar cas and close to half of our territory occupied by a ruthless enemy pud mid are faced on all sides by enemy troops against whom w we e have no military defense that is the position france is in today and under those circumstances marshal pet ains announcement that france would coo with the axis pow ers to restore peace in europe sa s1 should not have come as any great surprise Ifie whether ther or not this makes france a definite ally of the totalitarian states ates is not yet clear but it does make clear the unpleasant fact that france will do officially at least whatever hitler and mussolini want arant few observers think that hillers Hit lers promise not to use the french navy against england Is 13 worth a hoot most of them think that before long what is left of that navy may be at sea fighting for the axis every french resource will be placed at hinlers Hit lers disposal when tie he wants it it is no doubt true that the average french catiz citizen e n ha hates te s germany and prays for british victory but bat he is helpless every precaution has been taken to make organized resistance impossible the action of france is simply one more of those many actions which have been dividing the entire world into two distinct and opposed groups on one side are germany italy japan and those other peoples the axis is able to control on the other side is britain and the united states latin american remains the question mark and during in the next few years both sides are going to use every weapon at their command flattery bribery and threats to win her support this war is no ordinary war it is a world revolution and woe to the vanquished will be the motto of the ultimate victor there is little talk now of the war ending soon rumors are again making the rounds concerning peace e proposals an and d france was supposed to have been drawn into the axis tor for that purpose but it is extremely difficult to see now how any ally agreement could be made that would be satisfactory to both hitler arid england to say nothing of this country which seems de ed to have a say when it comes to rc re dividing the world around a conference table the chance for a negotiated rotia ted peace in other words might be called an ex exceedingly ee im important possibility the only other alternative is is peace through complete military victory which is what both hitler and churchill have often said is their sole aim churchill has also said that england will have air sup cri crinitt witt thin another year and will take the offensive then but events of th the e past year have certainly indicated that air warfare is farl in brief as goo good d a fuess as any now is that this war nay may go on indefinitely the th theory eory used to be that neither side could command sufficient re sources to keep the war going for tour four or eight or ten years time seems to have dissipated that theory 1 ry germanys germanas Germ anys conquests have given eaher her a wealth of raw materials she locks lacks very little that is 15 n ec 05 |