RULE BY LAWS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21092, 12 May 1943, Page 4

RULE BY LAWS

NEW FRENCH REGIME MINISTRY AIMS OF GENERAL GIRAUD (By Telegraph—Press’ Assn.— Copyright.) 1 : ‘(British' Ofifolfil 'Wireless.) "" “ (9 a.mlj '' YRUGBY, May 11. General Giraiid,- High'.Commissioner for 'North .’Africa;. iW : Ah' (ffirtex. to 'his letter'to-General de Gaulle,' leader ofthe'Fighting French last 1 month',‘Stated: “We shall preside in' turti' Over meetings of the commfttefe and council. There' is no qtidM’ion' "6f a"'.triumvirate. On the cbntra'ry. bur' 1 merged ip the 'collective’ respbhsibility of the committee'imd tlie 1 council. We shall sign decrees Hogfether and we shall participate’on the safne level as other rheriibers- fit the deliberations abd ’ decisions of the two bodies.” "''Referring''to' relations between the council" "and ‘the ''future ’ 'provisional Government, the annex goes on:, The distinction must be' maintained between the council bayirig 'its origin "in necessity and the provisional Governmeat, resulting from ’the' laws of France. " The council Will ,re))resp.nt the national effort and cqptih'u'e 'to depend for .the'^liberation' Of''Trance oh American' : ancl British assistance. Liberated Efan’ce; represented persons'" accredited by the'''provisional Govern'mebtj'Wiirhave an historical plade ‘ equal to That of England and the United States'. I’’ 1 ’’ , - General'Gifaud emphasises that the abolition'of iViqfry laws'.mpst be''complete' “and totalitarian 'associations should bb suppressed or prohibited. Tlie annex .lias been issued 'by the British'Ministry'of Tnfortnation at .therequest of .General'-Gifadd’s Frenchliaison mission ip London.