6 ———— People of France Await Invasion Prepare Annti-Nazi Revolt KWaeCIERS A national ins By FLORIMONDE BONTE urrection against Vichy and its German overlords is being pre- pared in France to coincide with the long-expected Anglo-American landings. This national insurrection, which we Frenchmen consider our contribution to national liberation and the defeat of our common enemy, is being directed by the National Resistance Council, which represents all guerrilla and underground movements inside of France. E It was upon advice of this council that the French Committee of National Liberation de- cided to become the “provisional government of the French Republic” last month. A study of the underground newspapers, among them L’Hu- manite, organ of the French Communist Party, indicates that the people of France are pre- pared to seize all public build- ings, police stations; town halls, telephone exchanges, power houses, broadcasting towers, rail- way terminals and garages from the Vichymen and the Germans the moment the Allied armies jand. The underground has likewise been instructed to paralyze enemy transport facilities, rail- Ways, highways and canals. They will strike down or cap- ture Vichy militiamen and dis- arm those police who are un- willing or unable to fight alons- side the patriots. Vichy authorities — prefects and mayors of the big cities— will be imprisoned and replaced with trusted figures of the re- sistance movement. Patriots, in- terned or jailed, will be freed.. According to L’Humanite, copies of which are received here regularly, the considerable contribution the French people can make to Allied victory will depend upon the carrying out of two main tasks. @ When the national insur- rection begins, it must be car- ~ ried through resolutely until People’s Bookstore a successful conclusion. @ Civil’ and military organi- zations of the French resist- ance movement will not expose themselves prematurely, except as assigned to specifie political or tactical missions by the National Resistance Council. It is expected that large parts of France will witness a mag- nificent inerease of suerrilla eperations. Depending upon the eourse of the Anglo-American cperations, it may be that the French guerrillas will become an indispensable factor in harass- ing such parts of the country that the enemy may succeed in holding for a while. That is why the underground papers emphasize that the Allies must work out an intimate co- operation with the French un- derground, and maintain that contact continually. : In the opinion of the under- ground papers, the Allies will have to organize aid to France by broadeasts, newspapers, ship- ments of arms and ammunition, as well as General Staff direc- tives. Perhaps the single most im- portant step which the Allies must take to ensure speedy vic- tory as their own armies come to grips with the Germans, is the unconditional recognition of the French Republic. . HELLON THE RAINBOW - - THE SEA EAGLE - WILD RIVER = - FIRST. HARVEST - = THE FALL OF PARIS”~ - THE OUTSIDE LEAF - By BEN FIELD —NON-FICTION By WANDA WASILEWSKA By JAMES ALDRIDGE By ANNA LOUISE STRONG By VLADIMIR POZNER By ILYA EHRENBERG $3.50 $3.00 $3.00 = = = $3.00 $4.00 $3.50 FRENCH CANADA - THE LOOM OF LANGUAGE - By FREDERICK BODMER SCIENCE AND EVERYDAY LIFE By J. B. S. HALDANE HOW MAN BECAME A GIANT By M. ILN and E. 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Urge Ousting — ; of Franeo Now By OWEN ROCHE MEXICO CITY.—(ALN).—The friendly attitude te Franco Spain expressed in the House of Commons by E Minister Winston Churchill has created a “painful impres seabne Spaniards here, the Federation of Aid to Spanis|, publican Refugees (FOARE), _ ish trade union leaders, declares. i “4he renaissance of a democratic ' Emphasizing that is one of the best ways to halt WNazi-Falangist activities in Latin America,” the FOARE said that “the smashing of fascism also means the sweeping away of Francoism from Spain.” ~ “Spain’s non-total entry in the war service of Hitler is not due to the Franco regime, but to the firm will of the Spanish people who fought and continue to fight against Franco,’ the worded statement continued. “The Spanish people are allies of the United Nations in the pattle against Hitlerism. They cannot be confused with the fascist Spanish government. Spain’s problem cannot be soly- ed while power remains in the hands of the group which re- ceived. strong aid from the Nazis in order to establish in Spain a system based on force, terror and provocation. “Freedom loving peoples know what Francoism is and have the right to judge and condemn it in justice to the heroic Spanish sharply : which includes all exiled S = : people, who have now bur. tional unity against F Genuine Spaniards particr in the national front desery loyalty and friendship of seeking peace and freedo mankind. With the same sti with which we support fii umph of Allied arms, we for the triumph of genuine’ ish forees fighting in against Franco and the Fal bloody regime.” ; In the course of his rey: foreign affairs to the Hoi Commons on May 24, Ch stated: “I am here today to kindly words about Spair me add this hope, that sk be a strong infiuence Fi peace of the Mediter after the war. The intern litieal arrangements in Spc a matter for the Spaniards © selves.” The London Dail: ald, official organ of the | Trades Union Congress, mented that the most z able thing in Churchill’s was the “flattering and 4 fulsome tone of his refere the rulers of Spain,” and | “It is almost impossible | derstand why he should | pion General Franco.” Stalin, Molotov Meet with Polish Leaders - Plan Polish-Soviet Cooperati: MOSCOW.—Premier Joseph Stalin and Foreign Commissar V.M. Molotov have he cussions with representatives of the National Council of Poland now on a mission ~ USSR, it is announced here. Present at the discussion was Wanda Wasilewska, chair) the Union of Polish Patriots. | The Polish patriot representatives, who entered the Soviet Union by crossing th: line from Nazi-ocecupied Poland, have two main purposes in Moscow. @ To acquaint themselves with the activities of the Union of Polish Patriots and of the First Polish Army fighting on the Eastern front. @ To establish contact with allied governments, including the government of the USSR. The WNational Council was formed in Warsaw in January this year by the democratic par- ties and groups fighting the Ger- mans. It consists of representa- tives of the following parties and groups inside Poland: The Peasant Party Opposition (Stronictwo Ludowe); the Polish Workers Socialist Party; the Po- lish Workers Party; the Com- mittee of National Initiative, a group of non-partisan democrats; the underground trade union movement; the Youth League of Struggle (Walka Miodyeh); and groups of writers, intellec- tuals, cooperative workers, handi- eraitsmen. Representatives of the under- ground’s military organizations, the people’s guard, people’s militia, peasant battalions, mili- tary formations ofthe regional army (Sosnkowski army) and others. = The National Council was cre- ated at a time when the situation in Poland demanded a center for organization of struggle against the Germans and for the coord- ination of all the efforts of the Polish people. All hopes of-the Polish people that the government-in-exile would abandon its policy of hos- tility towards the Soviet Union in order to conduct a united struggle against the Nazis proved futile. Far from conducting a strug- gle, the government-in-exile act- ed against the Polish patriots who fought the Nazis. It even went to the extent of smashing guer- rilla detachments and murdering individual leaders of the patriot movement. = Prof. Osear Lange of the Uni- versity of Chicago, prominent Polish-American leader now in Moscow, has issued a statement saying that he came to the USSR at the invitation of the Union of Polish Patriots to visit the Polish Army in the capacity of “a private American citizen.” “My study consisted of per- sonal conferences with Polish leaders active in the USSR and of a visit with the army and fe JOHN STANTON Barrister - Solicitor - Notary 502 HOLDEN BLDG. 16 E. 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