Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-15

in the flames of despair should
take part in the referendum.
Finally, he refers to single
assembly, Ito which the MoslemS
will send their representatives"
What will it do? Here he becomes
cryptic.
with these elected representa-
tives," he says, I'VE shall see how
to do the rest"
At this point the great guessing
game begins.
In France and Algeria alike.
armies of analysts are trying to
read the message of the sphinx.
Does De Gaulle mean that each
of the is departments of Algeria
will send deputies to the national
assembly in Paris, the number
based on population? That could
mean, in the maximum, a bloc OF
Algerian votes equal to perhaps
one sixth of the total.
Or is he thinking of a con-
federation of French states? In
speech in Brazzaville IA years ago
De Gaulle mapped blueprint for
a French union" in which the
parts of what was then the French
empire would be- in somewhat the
same relationship to France as
the British commonwealth ma
tons are to Britain.
His Intention Unstoted
For reasons of his own, De
Gaulle left huge question mark
hanging over his intentions.
On one point, however, De
Gaulle penetrated to the very
heart of the problem.
There is no longer any place
for the privileged in Algeria" he
said. ~ rfH' }F't tef
Here. not only the Moslem but
the average Frenchman, has been
under the political and economic
control of the big planters, the
big agriculturists, the big en-"
trepreneurs.
They have welded great power
in the French national assembly.
They pay the Moslem worker
less than the Frenchman.
And even the Frenchman here
accuses them of creating tight
little monopoly on the economy OF
the country,
algeria has everything" a
Frenchman told this corre-
spondent. There is oil in the
Sahara, minerals in the noun
tains-everything. But you can't
get into it and develop 1t unless
you are a member of the club"
He added, apparently as, an
afterthought:
I'm not a Communist. l don't
60 along with them. But facts
are facts"
To touch another area Of the
problem-the social side-the
wife of Gen. Raoul Salan, COM
mander in chief of the military
forces in algeria, held a recep-
ton in her home two weeks ago
She made a little speech tc
her guests.
r open your homes to ALL" she
!. said, whether Christians. Mos
t lens or Jews"
= MosIems os Exploiters
Social differences play par
!, here, Just as they did all owe
. the Far East, where the level o
= education, culture and customs
and the way of life Of the whit
. man. was vastly different from
that of the native peoples,
. Every Frenchman in Algeri
tells you that the worst exploita
- ton of the poor, uneducated Mos
:, lem comes from the Moslem EN-
! ployer.
- Moslem reaction to De Gaulle
a new deal is not easy to gauge.
- In Algiers a Moslem streetca
inspector said:
Everybody says he made
realistic statement. They belieN
in De Gaulle and believe he wi
carry it through. But he mustn
is waste time. They want actio
T. not more promises"
lie Crowds of Moslems heard [
he Gaulle's speech in Algiers ar
,e. their numbers were even great
tic in eastern Algeria. where u
flames of the rebellion are hotties
I'm A correspondent asked Mosler
fr. by what means they came to den
IN, onstrate in Bone. A man point
as to a French army truck Whit
bore the name of his village
Of chalk. They came around II
IS morning and said, You're goil
de to the speech in Bone. aren't yot
Ic- So we got into the truck"
,re Others said they we're more
X less forced to attend the event.
~ Whot Do They Want?
nj But what of the men on 1t
mountain"
Of Do they want complete inc
Mr. pendence? Or will they settle
an a high degree of autonomy with
INV a French union if that's what
in Gaulle has in mind?
is A French official estimates II
mai about half of the Moslem popu
MD ton wants complete indeper
To ence. A Moslem businessman
IN. timated the figure at about 25 !
list cent, and added, "the Natiol
nee Liberation Front, will not h;
,tic much influence on the Mosle
II De Gaulle acts with speed.