Vichy Negotiates For Final Peace

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 209, 3 September 1941, Page 7

Vichy Negotiates For Final Peace

New Head of French Navy Appointed HEAVY SENTENCES FOR COMMUNISTS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 10.45 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 2. Reports from Vichy say that the I’etain Uqvernment is trying to open negotiations with Germany and Italy for a final peace settlement. This would account for Admiral JJarlan’s continual going and coming between Vichy and Paris. Count de Briuon, Vichy representative in Paris, to-day made a statement that France was attempting to negotiate with Germany and Italy for a final j>caee settlement. The Vichy correspondent of the Associated Press says that Admiral Darlan has removed Admiral Le Luc from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy, to which he has appointed Rear-Admiral Auphan, the youngest admiral. Admiral Le Luc was one of the French plenipotentiaries who signed j the armistice with Germany, j A tribunal in Paris sentenced two jmen to 20 years’ hard labour for ; attempting to establish Communist cells. ' Two women were sentenced to 1 12 years for distributing Communist I propaganda. The Associated Press’ Versailles cor- ! respondent says the committee investigating the political affiliations of i Colette (who shot Laval and Deat) reported that they found no evidence | supportiilg Count de Brinon’s suspicions that he was a "camouflaged Communist."