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Show Gen. De Goalie's Silence General Charles de Gaulle, who warned the Allies before Yalta that France would not accept the decisions made behind her back, still remains outside the enclosure en-closure of the Big Three but this time he does not indulge in public complaints. There are ind;.catoins that the French are not too well pleased with present conditions, especially especial-ly British control of coal production produc-tion in Europe. Remembering the suffering of previous winters, they fear disorder unless there is greatly increased distribution of coal and, according to one newspaper news-paper corresponcent, they hope "the Americans will induce the British to compel the Germans to dig coal for France. The French people have suffered suf-fered severely as a result of the war and especially because of German occupation. That the nation na-tion will find itself and the French regain their stability may be presumed, but, for the present at least, the future of France is dependent upon the good will of the Big Three nations. This being tru;, it is hard to understand the captious and provocative attitude of General de Gaulle n. the past. Maybe his present silence will be broken soon but it is just possible that he has decided that it will be profitable to play ball with, the Allies. |