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by the communist propaganda. The leftist newspaper "Humanité" hailed
led Peace Movement, assured the bishop publicly of his gratitudesse
In the so-called Christian camp, the neutralist and all-out
pacifist campatgn is carried on by two major groups, centered around
. the reviews "La Quimzaine" and "isprit", and by a number of smaller
- units. S
"La Quinzaine", as its mame indicates, is a fortnightly
review; it is published at the 68 rue ce Babylone in Varis. Articles
deal with political, social and spiritual matters; they are signed by
men like He-Hermand, Jacques Bonfant, Jacques Cru, Jacques Madaule, its
director Jacques Chatagner, Pastor Francis Base and others. The
political tendency is clearly anti-American, anti-Pinay and pacifist.
A couple of quotations will show the trend: "se. the Christians, more
. specifically in France, Germany and Italy, will have to speak loudly
and firmly. The Americans have to know that they will find Christians
in bhese countries, who are decided to oppose an unconditional
resistonce to a policy that leads directly to a world catastrophy eee"
(Francis Bose, Protestant Minister, in hiw article “Bacteriological
weapons and Christian responsibilities"; "La Quinzaine", # 56, June 1,
1952; pell).¬
The review's issue of Februsry 1st 1952, published an editorial
entitled "We have to help our brethren in the Hast". It stated in its
conclusion: "... We wish to and we can help our brethren in the Hast es
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and peacee Violence leads only to violence; and if there have to be
martyrs, at least they would be martyrs for the faith and not, even
partially, martyrs for an Atlantic Coalition." ("La Quinzaine~, # 28,
Febr.l, 19523 Pe2e)s
intellectuals, especially among the younger group - the 18 to 25 years
old - is the monthly "Esprit", Foundcd in 1952 by Emmanuel Mounier,
Christian philosopher and author, the review became the mouthpiece
of a first small then expanding group of men, united on the basis of
Mounier's fundamental thought, the "personalism". During the war, in
1941, "Esprit" was suspended and Mounier arrested in 1942. in December
of 1944, however, the publication started anew; Lounier remained its
head until Kis death, on March 22, 1950. From that moment on, Jean~
Warie Vomenach, the most forceful of his dispiples and collaborators,
took over the review and became its editor-in-chief.
in polities, "Esprit" never joined a specific party; it
always claimed total independence for the exclusive defense of the
human personalitye Along that line however, it took a very clear
stand on all national and inte national problems, especially also on
re-armament, European Federation, Atlantic Fact, on colonial wars and
conscientious objection.
issucSe
To what extend pacifism and the ensueing close collaboration
with the communists has become an alarming feature among French