The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-15

gum ana parts Ot tTencn NOrCLl Africa, and in fact extended throughout German-occupied and German dominated Europe.
 SeizeS French Food
 It was asserted that Germany was taking nearly 90 per cent of the food which France imported from its African colonies by seizing as much as 80 per cent at Mar seilles-where the Germans have no right to be-and half the re- mainder in occupied territory.
 Germany has requisitioned 3D. 900 horses, more than 1000 rail- road locomotives, thousands of railroad cars and many rails, 1t was said, and has even obliged the French to scrap half the axle grease from the axle boxes of French rolling stock and turn an equivalent amount over to 1t.
 The result, is was said, is that French farmers can not get fuel for tractors, have no horses and can not plant their crops, so that farmland planting will be reduced this year by from 30 to 50 per cent There is no fertilizer.
 Germany has made urgent at- tempts to recruit 500,000 French workers for its factories, 1t was said, after forcing more than 800,- 900 of the 1,250.000 French war prisoners to work in its factories or on its farms.
 Gets Few Workers
 Germany has obtained only about 100000 French civilian work CTS, it was said, in more than one year of recruiting, and most of these refused, at the end of their contract terms, to continue their work hence Germany has started to deport many Jews and Commit nists" from France to Germany and Poland, oStensibly for terror istic acts but actually for forced labor.
 These advices said also that there was growing suspicion that some alleged terroristic incidents jn occupied France are the result of fights between Germans them- selves.
 Especially, the advices said il was definite that attacks" at Bor- deaxu, for which the Germans exc cuted 50 French citizens, were a settling of accounts between two Germans.
 Only the Germans, it was said have heard of other attacks" ir France as the result of which the Germans demanded that the French police turn over selected persons for deportation. The de- portees, it was added, are invaria- bly, farmers and factory hands.
 Pledge of Laval
 Vichy, France, April 15-CUP)- Pierre Laval, prospective full pre- mier with full power over a cabinet of his own choosing, pledged him. self today to a middle of the roac policy between the United State: and Germany and sought, at Paris an immediate emergency agre' ment with Germany on the imme' diate future of Nazi-Vichy rela- tionS.
 It was revealed that Laval wa brought back to power-more powe than he had yielded before hi political eclipse 16 months ago-b! a German threat to set up a puppe government in occupied France witl its capital" at Paris.
 Laval was called back only atte the failure of dramatic attempt tt organize a compromise governmen under close aides of Marshal Henr Philippe Petain, it was disclosed.
 Now he plans, it was understood to form cabinet most of whoS' members are in favor of collabora tion with Germany. Well informed quarters said, however, that neithel Jacques Doriot. French Fascic leader. nor Marcel Deat. Paris edi' tor who is the chief collaboration ist spokesman, would be included.
 A day of drama was climaxed a midnight when the outgoing gov ernment cancelled it's previous can celation of a bitterly worded reJec' ton of a United States note or American consular recognition O. the Free French government a' Brazzaville. West Africa.
 It was reported that the rejec ton was cancelled at the behest O German authorities and it was fin ally released only after Laval. il Paris. had been assured by Vich! that 1t was not intended to compli cate his position as regards thu United States at the moment h. was about to reasSume ofil:e. Cancelled Cancellation
 The French rejection, which call cd the note by Acting Secretary O. State Sumner Welles insulting a1lt