Gallic Trends
Leduc, A. E.
the King ef his decision to" replace Dr. Puritch as head of the government with Subasitch. "The process of .he formation •f the new government," he said, "involves the severance of General...
...Mihuilo-vitch was deprived of his post as Minister of War, as well as Commander of the Army in the field...
...A spectacular advance Is shown both by Communists and Popular Catholics...
...Miaaifovrfch Filhts for Freedom ALTHOUGH thus betrayed by the Allies and repudiated by his King, Mihailovitch did not give up the struggle against the Nazis...
...II» ? < ?, Leader is, of course, opposed in principle to monarrhiem, even a democratic constitutional monarrhism, as in Britain...
...Gallic Trends Will France Swing Toward Democratic Socialism...
...Is there any change in the political mood of the population of this influential "Red Hell...
...The real Issue is simply Ihia—will there be truly free election in which Ihe people can decide the destiny of their country...
...this is followed by a second balloting when various candidates withdraw in favor of others and therefore obscure the general picture...
...The position of the Socialists and the De Gaullist Christian Democrats is strong...
...His own motive in the above operation" remains a mystery...
...Juraj Sutej removes from Tito's Cabinet the last pretense lhat it is representative and democratic...
...from the Royal Yugoslav Government...
...A few hours later, however, King Peter capitulated, and Subasitch was officially appointed Premier of Yugoslavia...
...Owing to the variety of small parties and the well-known French inclination ,-uniiiiually to change the names of political groups, it is not easy to give a precis* statement of the gains and lease* of each party or to draw the right conclusion as to each party's strength...
...All these stranded fliers were brought to his headquarters and cared for until they could be safely returned to their bases...
...Those of Us who know them salute the Serb...
...All the other important members of the government, with the exception of Dr...
...Mihailovitch rescued 600 American Hii-m who had been forced down in territory still held by him or in nearby enemy-controlled territory...
...Perhaps he is glad he did not succeed in breaking the will or destroying the famo of General Mihailovitch...
...I sincerely hope that the I rue situation in Yugoslavia may be revealed la the public in torn* manner and that Iheir national situation may lie remedied...
...The King, Supreme Commander of the Army, was forced to broadcast over the radio to his forces in Yugoslavia, that they should accept Tito as their Commander-in-Chief...
...Grol who has resigned, are Communist or Communist-sympathizers...
...Why did he pursue in Yugoslavia the exact reverse of his policy in Greece, where he rigorously defended democracy against Stalin...
...The process of .he formation •f the new government," he said, "involves the severance of General Mihailo-vitch, in his capacity as Minister of War...
...But American newspapers carried a report from Tito's press bureau saying that Mihailovitch had intended to turn over the aviators to the Nazis, and was prevented from doing so only by the intervention of the Partisans...
...Ivan Subasitch, Yugoslavian Foreign Minister, and of Dr...
...Thus Churchill succeeded (apparently to bis own bitter regret) in delivering Yugoslavia to the minority Communist leader Tito—or, more simply, to Russia...
...As late aa June, '94·», Puritch informed official Y'.i{.tt»la* .·!··> missions abroad that there was no ?. 1 riinior that his government b"i n tiled...
...guerillas In the mountains southwest of Belgrade, have flung the lie in Hitler's teeth...
...The comparison of the respective strength of the various parties in 1937 and 1945 is given by figures showing the percentages of candidates elected: 1945 1937 Socialists _____________.................35% 16% Communists .....____................15% 8% Popular Christian Ileum crate (Catholics)............12% 3% Center _...............-.................25% 40% The Right...............................13% 38% The changes are formidable indeed...
...liurehill made a big mistake in switching support from Mihailovitch and Roosevelt erred in okaying lhat error, but mistakes ran be corrected...
...A comparison between the returns of the first round in 1937 and 1945 in order to get a balance of strength at the time when each party is still fighting under its own flag...
...The Communists' success is far less spectacular than in the second round when the "desistements" (withdrawals) nie effected...
...Mihailovitch still sits in the mountains of Western Serbia, defying Tito and his c..i,i,iiiini ? to come and get him...
...It has been probably the greatest guerilla operation in history...
...In the first balloting or first round, the Communists received 21 percent of the total and the Socialists 23 percent...
...former Premier of (he Yugoslavian Covernment-in-exile which supported King I'eler and Mihailovitch and Matchek, was Ihe architect of Ihe agreement made with Tito last February under which Subasitch betrayed his former democratic colleagues and entered (he thinly-disguised dictatorship sponsored by Moscow...
...In the following litt the term "Center'' embraces the Radical Party as well > such small groups as "Republican-festal ists," etc., and the "Right" in-¦hitVie all conservative elementa from taw Democratic Alliance (Paul Renaud) fa the Republican and Democratic Union (Louis Marin) and the Conservatives...
...He continued lighting Valiantly and boldly, and as the Red Army approached the frontier of Yugoslavia, he sent a delegation to the Soviet Communists offering his fullest collaboration against their common •nemy...
...7% 3% ( hrialian Democrats...
...I.N May, 1942, Time Magazine published a heroic cover-portrait of Mihailovlrh and an article containing such tributes as this i "DraJa Mihailovitch and his 1?>0,0...
...The testimony of the rescued fliers is to the contrary...
...The Center has declined from flrst to second place, and the Right from second to fourth...
...Thus the gains made by the CP are even more striking than is shown in the per-ceutage of candidates elected.—Ed.] ' In French elections candidates who receive more than half the total votes cast are elected...
...If only someone could open the blind eye* of th* a polled American people, a wonderful group ef men and nomen would receive dae recognition...
...Li ? he summer of 1944, renounced by both leaders and deprived of his official status...
...8% 2% Center.....................................34% 46% The Right................_____.....26% 88% These figures show that although much weaker than in the first round before the war the Center and the Right managed in 1945 to elect more than a half of the total first round winners...
...We who know the real conditions in Serbia," w rote Lieutenant John ? Srroggs of Kausa* City, one of those rescued, "are enraged at th* unfair attacka upon the Chetnlk* and their leaders...
...t is a significant fact that Tito's high council does not include a single non-Communist Serb from Serbia, although Serbia comprises more than 50 percent of the entire population of the country...
...Here are the comparative figures: Paris Suburbs Per cent aao of Mandate « 1945 1937 Social»!* ..................._______20% 14% I oram u ? isla_________________42% 5·% Comm...
...He also was disillusioned because Tito's secret police have been arresting, jailing, and executing, without trial, the leading opponents and critics of the dictatorship, and because Parliament has not met for three months...
...That man's loyally to the cause of the Allies and of democracy was unshaken by his betrayal at the hands of Churchill and Roosevelt...
...It is high time lo break diplomatic relations with Tilo, for Ihe same reasons why we »hmild break diplomatic relations with Franco...
...American and British Ambassadors to Belgrade have warned Tilo that the government formed as a result of the coming elections will not be recognized if it is not democratically elected...
...By A. E. Leduc IN the light of the results of recent cantonal elections, France seems likely to be the next big country in Europe where a conspicuous trend to democratic Socialism will triumph...
...He wa* a leader at one time of the organised French miner*, and has written for various European Socialist publications...
...However, once the...
...Subasitch was replaced by Ihe Communist Ieadi r kardelj...
...Aside from democracy, why should a British Prime Minister insist upon turning over one of the most strategic of th* Balkan State* to the on* remaining Big Power in KuropeT ? HK resignation of Dr...
...Now that Ihr- "war for democracy" is over on all fronts, what are the democratic governments going lo do about this'.' That is the hidden nub of the question that Churchill posed to his successor in the speech of August 10...
...11 make a free expression of the people'a will impossible...
...I safer with them in I heir preaent plight caused by the injustice rendered them by the American and British government* and press...
...Tilo did not observe his pledges, nor did he fulfill ? be agreement made at Valla...
...Advancing through Serbia, where they found very few of Tito's troops, the Kassians acoepted the help of Mihailo-vitch's detachments...
...Subasitch, who has been isolated under "protective custody" for several weeks, repudiated Tito's regime because its electoral decrees governing the election* scheduled for Nov...
...A "coalition government" was then formed with Tito as Prime Minister and Minister of War, and Subasitch as Foreign Minister...
...As a legend, Draja Mihailovitch will unquestionably live as long as World War II is remembered...
...In the Seine Department, including Paris and its suburbs, the strongest political group before the war wa* the Communist Party...
...In (his article written by Florence Norton in collaboration with Mas Kasi man, new facts are revealed that hullrrss the argumenta long advanced by The \'ew I,fader against the "totalitarian democracy" of Stalin'* agent* in the lialkans...
...folded aw, and gave B* shelter when they themaelvea were ill-clad, cold, and hungry...
...In the single day of August 10, 254 of theae airmen were taken away in 17 Liberator planes from an airfield built for the purpose by the hands of Mihaliovitch's man...
...The new Premier's first act was to recognize Tito's regime as the provisional administration of the country...
...Dissident*_____— S% Christian Democrat* ~.U% 4% Center .......„..............________ 1% *.% Ihe Right ..............________1·% 18% As everywhere else in Frsnce, the leduc is the pseudonym of a well-known European Socialist who spent many year* in France and England, and who will henceforth be a regular contributor to /ht New Leader from London...
...iinans were beaten and driven out, ? ihailovitch's detachments were, so far as possible, disarmed and interned, and Mihailovitch himself with those remaining had to withdraw to the mountains in Bosnia...
...Percentage of Mandates Obtained la: First Fimt round round 1945 1937 Socialista ................_______.....25% 11% Communists...
...We whom they brought hack to life shall never forget how the men and women of Serbin naoa—tionably risked taster live* for us, fed.ua...
...Still the King did not act...
...But monarchists in Jugoslavia, Italy, and Creece, is not Ihe main issue...
...Their strength showed a conspicuous Increase during the municipal elections in April this year...
...The Socialists have risen from third to flrst place...
Vol. 28 • October 1945 • No. 42
