Evening star., 1942-05-08
Gestapo Aide in Paris
HeraIding Intensified
Repression by Nazis
heydrich, in Charge,
Made Reputation With
Terrorism of Czechs
Nv PAIJI, GHAIJ.

BY PAUL GhALI,
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News, Inc.
BERN, May 8.-Even more inten-
sified Nazi repression in Western
European countries is forecast with
the arrival in Paris of Reinhard
Heydrich, Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler's assistant, as announced
in q Berlin dispatch to the Neue
Zuercher Zeitung.
Hitherto the military police In
France, who lealt with numerous
sabotage cases and murder attempts
by so-called Communists, have been
under purely military leadership
From now on the repression of
troubles will be entirely in the hands
of the Gestapo and the S. S. elite
Guard, says the Zeitung.
Heydrichs arrival in Paris was
preceded by a reorganization" Of
the Paris police, which has now been
adorned by a special German Ges-
tapo section headed by Prince Won
Waldeck, noted S. S. member. Hit
Ter has now ordered, the Neue
Zuercher Zeitung dispatch says, that
all insurrection be combated with
out mercy. 1t is foregone here that
presence OF Himmler's aide in Paris
means that this order will be ade-
uuately carried out.
Terrorized Czechoslovakia.
Heydrich made his reputation as
one OF the Nazis' best terrorism ex-
perts, in Czechoslovakia. where he
succeeded the far too lenient Baron
Constantin Won Neurath as Reich
protector. He promptly reduced the
Bohemia -Moravia protectorate into
q terror stricken region. Apparently
his services are now more needed
elsewhere.
Heydrich's last assignment, it is
recalled, was in Holland, where his
tenure was marked by the execution
In q single day of u former Dutch
officers. These officers had been ac-
cused of connivance with the Allies,
although pledged not to take up
arms against the Wehrmacht Ger
man Army.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Zurich paper quotes the Deutsche
in den Niederlanden, a Nazi paper
published in Holland, as saying that
lately Germany has been too tol-
Grant with insurrection in the west.
The Nazi paper kindly advises the
population that even thought of
what might be done If the German
occupation troops were withdrawn
from Holland would turn out to be
disastrous for the Dutch. Holland,
says that paper, now takes part in
the iron community Of fate, in the
battle OF Europe"
Heydrich's mission in France
foreShadows that the French people
will soon be incorporated into this
iron community OF fate.
De In Laurencie In Trouble.
In the occupied zone Of France,
similarly. q new impulse has been
given to repression of De Gaullists.
A Vichy dispatch says the arrest of
Gen. Benoit Leon de Fornel de la
Laurencie, Fernand de Brinon's pre-
decessor as representative of the
French government in Paris, was
for disseminating "De Gaullist
Propaganda"
This Is not the first time De la
Laurencie finds himself in trouble
with the Vichy authorities, how
ever. In September, l94l, he was
put under police surveillance follow
ing his rather outspoken antioch
laborationist declaration in q per-
sonal letter to Admiral Jean Dar-
Ian.
Subsequently the general appar-
emily buried the hatchet with Vichy
and was reported as having again
seen Marshal Petain. His arrest
now, however, would seem to indi-
cate that his conversion" was only
superficial
Heydrich In Paris today appointed
Police Gen. Oberg as chief Of the
German police forces in the former
French capital, according to a Berlin
dispatch to- the Basler Nachrichten
this afternoon.