PETAIN AS JUDGE
“WAR GUILT" VICTIMS PENALTY WITHOUT TRIAL INDICTMENT REFUSED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 19, 2 pan.'/ LONDON, Aug. 18. The refusal of the Riom “war guilt” trial judges to indict the French statesmen and generals, who were arrested last year, is the reason for the decision of Marshal Petain to punish them himself without trial. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Herald says that Herr Hitler is insisting on super-sentences which he can exploit as his own exoneration for responsibility for the war. The corrcspjondent adds that this inside story is surely one of the most scandalous Fascist measures that Marshal Petain has announced.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 6
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