WHAT FRANCE IS THINKING

the French people in face of unforeseen events, good
or bad?

That is unknown.

The great majority of the French people regret their
lost liberties, hating the Germans and, even more, the
Italians.

The partisans of collaboration accuse Republican
Governments before June 1939 of having been dragged
at England's heels. To this the French reply, "What else
was possible? To be dragged at Germany's heels? At
least with England and the Jewish-bolshevik-inasonic
regime, which Radio-Paris shrieks about, we were able to
satisfy our hunger and we enjoyed freedom. We do not
want to reinstate the old system which was only a
caricature of democracy, but to the dictatorship of a
Hitler, Mussolini, or Petain-Darlan, we stubbornly prefer
a truly democratic regime, where every man would
have his place and there would be something more than
turnips to eat."

In the suburbs, where they have little patience with
antiquated notions, people admire General de Gaulle,
They count on the English, even more on the Americans,
and, without being communists, most of all on the
Russians.

Nothing can be done without the masses. Whether it
is liked or not, it will be necessary to come to terms
with them.

P6tain has told the French that they have forgotten.
The working people have not forgotten. Those who bow
before the invader, those who are forced to work for the
enemy in the factories, where every day the risk is greater
because of air raids, have not forgotten. They have not
forgotten the events of 6th February 1934, the gains of
the Popular Front,, the treason of politicians and trade
unionists, or those answerable for defeat.

The French worker, scoffing, carefree,and anti-militarist,
has become patriotic and revolutionary. He has become
so in the way of the revolutionaries of 1792 and waits
only the .opportune moment to prove it. He wants no