The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

rumored. A large staif Of high Ger man officers were reported accom- panying him,
 Among the collabOrationistS with Laval was Fernand de Brinon, sec" retary of state.
 While the Vichy government sought sanctuary northward, French forces of the interior were reported to have gained control of Toulouse, one of the largest cities in southern France, and the Germans threat ened turbulent Paris.
 we spared Paris in 1920 and we want to spare it again now," the German Transocean News agency quoted a foreign office spokesman as saying today. But Paristans must bear responsibility for the rate of their city. If they want tt subs jected to the laws of war. they shall get them. They themselves must decide"
 Radio France at Algiers said in A broadcast recorded by FCc today that Toulouse had been in control of French interior forces since yes- terday and that the Germans had withdrawn to the outskirts, where fighting is now going on.
 Following closely on reports that the Germans were abandoning all southern France, reports from Irnn. Spain, said today that German nliit- tary and Gestapo authorities held hurried conference at Hendaye, across the border in France.
 German ambassador to Spain Hans DieeKh0fT went to Hendaye yesterday, Tep0rtedly to instruct Germans who remain as to what they were to do. Irun dispatches said the international bridge vas the scene Of the greatest activity since the thrush Of French refns gees in Iel0.
 4 dispatch from Madrid quoted "well-known French intellectual who had just arrived by plane from Lyons as saying that "there Is no government left lD France" that FFT were ip complete control Of Viehy, and that Paris was isolated from the rest Of the country.
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 The Na1 command admitted that PaFisians were ip open revolt,
 French quarters tn London estis mated that 5000 t0 5000 Maquis -0rganlzed members Of the French forces of the tnteri0r-were leading the rebellion ln afl effort to spee6 the liberation 0f the largest city ip e0ntiDentaI Europe and the fourth largest tp the world,
 The German military command in Paris, ordering q euFfew and other drastic DleasnEes, said that irresponsible elements tp Paris have taken up arms against oeeu' patton authorities,
 A lateY German DNB dispatch said that there had been "eES changes Of fire" at several points, while . Versailles tTlhabltaDt who escaped through the Hazi lines told United Press War Correspondent Robert c, Mllley at the front that there had been sd0zens Of armed clashes between demonstrating French students Rnd the Germans.
 Tlle FrenelmaO, who said he bsd left Paris only a Jew hours earlier, reported there were many large Ares burning iD the capital, pTesunls ebly set eItheY by saboteuTs or by the 0eggSans tbemseyes iD aD ct. tempt to destroy vital Installations before abandoning the city,
 T1ae Germans were using machine guns on patriots in Rn e90rt ts alleil the uprising, De said, and hl appealed t0 the ADleFieans 70 a0illi t0 the Rid of the resistance forces
 Developments
 The uprising tD Paris keyD0tef mounting netFi0t Fasistanee through, cut France, featured by these ae' vel0pneDts;
 i.-0eD, Charles De daulle, pFesi. dent of the French Committee oI National Liberation, arrived ln Nor, mandy and ls expected to lead tlla Fse0nstltnled French army in Itl tFlumphal entry Into Paris,
 2. A French forces 0f the interior e0faininlaie sald patriot troops have liberated fia1lt departments fpF0Ys lneesl and 20 towns tn the pasi seek and gre active Co almokt oils third Of Franef.
 2 --IladIo Algiers said vTsnell