Evening star., 1942-04-26
Early Reiehsiag Talk
BY Hitler on French
Relations Indicated
Fuehrer Reported Book
In Berlin From Front;
Speech Tomorrow Seen
ny PAUL GHALI.
poreifn cofreapcncsEt Of The Star

ana chseaFo Daily News
BERN. April 5,--That Adolf Hitler
win call the Reiehstas IN the near
future TO sound OF In another Of his
r1omtntous" speeches Is Indicated
In a dispatch fled by the Berlin
correspondent of the Gazette de
Lausanne today through the solid
gates Of the German censorship.
Berlin circles believe. according TO
the correspondent, that q consider
able part of the speech would be
devoted to French affairs. Such re-
unions Of the German deputies
mark, almost invariably, every new
move Of Germany's diplomatic war
mschine--and the last occasion was
the declaration of war against the
United States.
Continental reports to the As
sociated Press said Hitler had
returned to Berlin and was ex-
pected 10 call O meeting OF the
Reichstag soon-probabiy Mon
day-to make q statement on
0eunsn-French relations.
"a Reuters dispatch from vichy
quoted the Swedish newspaper
Nys Dagligt Allehanda as saying
German newspapers published
reports that the Kroll Opera
House-scene of Reichstag ses-
sions--is to be closed, indicating
session is imminent. The
Swedish paper also said Hitler
was back In Berlin from the
front.)
Time Considered Ripe.
Observers here consider the time
now ripe for the announcement of
another action by the German
Armies with its usual grandilo-
quence and magnificence.
On the one side, Hitler is said
10 feel an ever greater necessity
for another morale builder and
clearly wishes 70 use Frances in
tegration into the new order TO this
end
On the other hand, no explana-
ton of winter tactics on the Rus
sian front has yet come directly
from Der Fuehrer's lips and the
Reichstag would afford an excellent
opportunity for talking about the
fuifillment of past expectations and
future plans In this important sector.
The first week OF the new Laval
leadership brings the growing feel
ing here that Germany is striving
TO make Frances evolution In col
laboration as quick, easy and def
mite as possible. This policy seems
TO be taking two directions: First,
an open tendancy to assist the new
French chief Of government In his
first moves, and second, to grab as
many advantages as possible from
the strained relations which Laval's
ascendency to power has created
between France and the United
States.
Punishment Lifted.
Hitler's help TO Laval already has
been demonstrated by the lifting.
after "A hours, of the punishment
at first meted out to Parisians in
retaliation for the latest anti-Ger-
man acts against the occupiers. An
other proof is seen In the announce
ment of the liberation OF a new
group OF French war prisoners and
of the freeing of Rene Jacques
Adolphe Prioux, one of French gen.
erals captured at Dunkerque, The
Gazette de Lausanne today states,
however, that most OF these lib
Grated war prisoners will remain
In the Reich as workers
These marks of benevoience, Ber-
hin hopes, will make Laval more
popular as he pursues his collabora-
tionist activities.
Charges of eventual occupation of
Madagascar by South African troops
as sequel to the rupture of diplo-
matte relations between Pretoria,
South African capital, and Vichy,
Thursday, are voiced in Berlin today
in tone leaving little doubt about
the diplomatic advantages the Reich
expects through such move.
Report of French Fleet.
A rumor current in Berlin, con-
veyed TO the Bazette de Lausanne,
purports to indicate that some units
of the French feet have left Toulon
for an unknown destination" which
nferentially is linked with the Pre-
toria move. A Wehrmacht repre-
sentative, Queried by the Gazette
correspondent, refused to comment
beyond his remark that he was not
informed of any such fact.
Meanwhile, French anti-collab-
orationists are still active. A re-
port from Vichy states that a bomb
blew up the office of Jacques Doriot's
Pari Populaire Francois in Mont
pellier yesterday.
(oopyright, 1942, by Chieaso Daily News.)