FRENCH TRAITOR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1944, Page 4

FRENCH TRAITOR

SAYS ALLIED INVASION IS INEVITABLE PUPPI-T GOVERNMENT CALLED STRONG. UNDERGROUND FORCES ORGANISING. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) ' (Received Tais Day, 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, January 7. Speaking on the Paris radio, the proNazi, Marcel Deat, said that an Allied invasion was inevitable, and tnat this, coupled with the state of terrorism in France, necessitated a strong Government. “We must dismiss all in the administration and others in leading positions,” he said, “who are still proAllied and are hampering the Government’s programme. We must arm the police effectively to deal with terrorists. Courts must cease passing light sentences on bandits. We have a strong Government. All we need is a united front to meet an Allied landing in France.” French refugees report that a secret French army, known as the “Macquis,” plans vengeans against traitors, quislings, and all who have collaborated with the Nazis. French “girl friends” of German soldiers have been executed without mercy by special squads of the Macquis, who are stated to be highly organised and ready to help an Allied invasion. In the Haute Savoie region, in .South-East France, the Macquis receives arms and supplies by parachutes dropped by British airmen. Instructors, drawn mainly from the old French Army, train recruits in guerilla fighting.