The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-22

rers purpose in
France. and that the latter must
be seriously worried, by something
or other. to have hoisted him above
Marshal Petain's head al the pres
ent juncture. The best guess is that
discomfort in the countries he's now
in control Of has become so formid-
able thai he had 10 risk ovecao.ng
matters, in an effort to keep the lid
on. But perhaps. it's surmised, sub
stitution of Pierre for the old
marshal, as boss at Vichy. VIII
prove to be the very thing that'll
simply BLOW it off, so far as
France is concerned. And II that
happens in France, what a heck OF
an encouragement it'll be, remark
commentators. TO Norway, Dem
mark, Poland, Yugoslavia and Hol-
land TO boil over also,
Maybe Italy will anti-Axisly eX-
plode, too, some Of EN- think.
Labor Trouble
Reports reach here OF trouble
Adolfs having even with quite a
few Of his own Germans.
Stable riots are rumored 10 have
occurred among workingmen in
Berlin's industrial suburbs and at
the big factory town Of Essen. In
fact. there are stories Of two or
three military mutinies, the SOL
diers yowling that they're underfed
and want 10 quit fighting. Accounts
from Germany itself mention the
arrest Of several army officers and
OF Herr Himmler's agents. It's go
ing some" democratic observers
congratulate themselves, if the
gestapos developing anti-Nazism.
Right on the heels Of the an
nouncement Of Pierre Lava's ele-
walton to supremacy (subject to
Adolfs super-supremacy) az Vichy
came news of a Free French out
break. accompanied by street war
fare, at st. Nazaire Hostages, it
was related, were being slaught-
cred wholesale. The Germans them
selves proclaimed it, as a warning.
Marshal Petain appare lily
wasn't vigorous enough.
That, up to a certain point, was
a count in his favor with Herr Hit
Ter. A lot of the French regarded
him as one OF themselves and, so
long as they stayed quiet, it paid
Adolf to avoid putting 'em on the
rampage by naming well recog-
nized and widely hated and de-
spised pro-Nazi (meaning Pierre
to totalitarianize lem. When they
showed signs of actually returning
to the warpath, though, he ap-
pears to have felt that he'd better
adopt 100 per cent measures.
Information concerning the Axis
Intervals is skinny naturally, due
to the censorship.
Still, Berlin does give out a bit
OF II, that 1t really wants circu-
lated. Illustratively, in notifying a
subjugated people that the Nazi'll
kill about half Of 'em, II they don't
discontinue assassinations at every
opportunity, sabotage, guerilla tao
tics and miscellaneous annoyances,
they like TO have 1t widely known
what their program is, in order to
scare the prospective victims near
ly to death. Well, these broadcasts
have been scattered by the ream
lately, and the inference Is that
they wouldn't be required IL the
simmerings weren't Nazily regard
ed as ominous. from their angle.
7Norway's had 'em in any quantity,
and Denmark and the Balkans and
the Low Countries. Now France Is
getting IT'S contribution.
Germany Fears Invasion
The impression in Washington Is
that Germanys apprehensive Of an
Anglo-American landing in west
ern continental Europe and is des-
perately anxious to prevent the
conquered continentals from r'ar-
ing up on their hind legs stimuli
taneously, and are taking a chance
on Pierre, hoping It'll DO the bust
ness.
Contrariwise, the democracies
are trusting in providence that
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