The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Capitulation of France No Surprise to England

Nation Has Given Up!
Honorable Csssosion Of Wm Sought
From Gsrmon High Command; Hitler
Troops Surround Moginos Line
sullrrIAS
IONDON-prim~ Minister Winston Churehim sHd
tenirht tina, with the British empsvs sreand ws
shall fight until the NJ Hitler II lifted from
the brows II men,"
lion had been proclaimed bv French Prsm Marshal Henri
psfa,n and that Adolf Hitler wo.d mfsf mAfh HuIinn
Premier Rsnlio HHssoH 10 Hferm the fase leader If hs
French dee'ssoH.
RoME--rrrmi.r Bsni,e Ms--oIrI according 10 N
authoritative leaves Roms Monday night u inset
Adof Hitler somewhere In Germany France 10 en-.
slider Marshal nenr Philippe P.iais's Nd fss psass.
MISUNDERSTANDING today 1sv,,.a Spain 10 psrtiei.
pate in the peace negotiations with France.
BERLIN-G-rmaa .rmls. wsr. ssfieIaIly reported
tonrh. to have captured the xres. French fortress II
Meta
wAsHiNcTov--Tas raisd State. /. keeping ele.e
icoich on peace Developments ~ karops mhssh might
affect French possessions in This hemisphere Secretary
Of State CoydeH Hun sad Monday
BERLIN-Cerman sources reported to-day that he
government probably would regard the -ssenaxr ..
enpitula,ion rather than matter for assstiaiiss.
A PLEA ron PEACE
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain nav premier ~ France.
announced Monday thai France had given up the fight
against Germany.
Peain said lie had communicated with tho German hish
command during Tho night immediately after taking ofes
from Paul Reynaud who had been pledged finish fight
France. he said had communicated with shs Ger
man high command In IN attempt 10 effect ~ hesss-
able cessation of hostliiti~s.
AZ he had taken ofer Pstau met NTH hs eoi-
soouss under President Albert Lsbr Immediately there
H...f III.
10 jose Fer de Leqn,sea ErqHxa. Span
sh abassador for hs old friend gsnsrassmo Frsneisee
The Spanish Nationalist lander aud friend NJ Adon
Hitler aud Benfo Mussoinl Thls communication.
Indicated asked Franco 10 sssage 10 fhs German
high command asking for peace.
The French high command had already issued IL
morning eommuniqus when pstsn. he stxsss.old
hero II verdun, made q radio speech NJ hardly Iva
minute. 10 TIE French nsslo.. .nnos"dnx ah1 n y
and ri the final French defense linz ~ The Loire
The Maginot line had besn smashed. surrsusdsA
with ths in mind that the aged soldier told his
people that he In office to do hs tragic task had given up
The fight perforee.
tremsIy grave nature. The German columns
punging southwark. The German sasi~rnmhst column
had ero~sed The ssmms rivsr In the heart y he
Industrial region ri the east and near Inc swiss
border.
An this was In his mind when he told Of hi. ss.umptoa
office of his love for the with which he had spent
e OF is fight against hopeless Odds Of his
Tor the World veterans whom he had once commanded
II have gipen mvaeH France better her sfuation
IN tals grave hour" he said :" n IL wifh hsanv heart
that say me tight have applied 10 oar
opponent to AJAX HIM he IA ready 10 ugn Nth and
beueen soidssrs after he gh and !" homer. means 70
pal end 10 hosfdttiss"
II the end
The people calm. awaiting Developments.
British citizens. Including newspaper eorssspeH1~
snis were already making preparations 10 'ssvs whss
Petan spoke
The British government had ordered special facilities
10 embark them
Quite plainly Petaln and the Generals and right wing
political leaders hs cabinet had been Delegated 70 pre-
the eouDtrys national life tbs real essential The
france that had known bitter and bitter centuries
,ut had always come back
The cabinet change marked turning point not only
u the conduct Of the but In frances history.
The makeup Of the ministry regarded ~ aimed
giving France the government po~sbe In ~
circumstances Of today. that could face doeeee
difficulties which might arise from the situation that hnd
forced Reynaud from office.
A censored United Press dispatch from Bordeaux indtr
ated that the French people FESTIVE.
Political views that had been buried during the cr1ae
I said coming 10 the front again and ciono
,pinons' may eventually become grave The dis
referred reports that caused the public wrath -
but the Of the reports not passed BY n
censorship
In Hungary. Premier Count TsIeki congratulated
Hitler on the German victory In France Bucharest
fearful that Germany might aid Hungarian tsrrts
torial claims against Rumsnia.