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OXNARD PRESS-COURIER—PHONE HU 3-1101PAGE SEVENTEENWinningFightgainstrab InsurgentsEDITOR’S NOTE: Henry J.Taylor obtained special per- j Algiers he mission from the French government to go into the wild A u res mountains of from Moroccoa terrorists and their weapons; the Premier of France on thstary personnel changes by im-Frenchnorth out of eve of the Geneva conference.and theent ireon-the-spotV■1og■tNorth Africa’s Central Algeria. There he saw the fighting between the French andthe forces of the fanatical Arab liber .tion “Army of God. Taylor reports from deep in the Sahara desert that the French believe they are bringing under controlone of the last actual fighting centers of the world. They forsee no new Korea or Indochina. The following United Press dispatch was sent by courier from the Sahara oasis to Algiers and from there cabled to New York.Soustelle recently took over in of work in these wilds, I might nearly any place withoutsupplemented mili- acpp qualm — places that would have haying spilled\mted Units meant quick death as late as a , . • ,t , *,men mis ' A these mountains as a result of the Governor General of AlgeriaAccordingly, you can see to- d8°- the pressure against themlocal civil arlmini«tratore a ravaged mountain town As a result, the terrorism we ‘ ‘ , ...ocai cnil administrators who Uke Ratna x*hcre much of th(, have been reading about that French policy at its highest leadership of the Sahara mili-nad a long history of good rela- trouble started armed native started here in the south has level now assumes that as this tarv command believe thelions with Berber tribesmenfar north. Ami when tes area founlainheadKinarea people to those involvedjto companies as large as 250, y°u realize France's Algeria is trouble dries up, the source of it started — down here in the,the entire United the chief newer trouble will be barren and bloodyof the Mississippi shut off. That remains to be1 desert Africa.of trouble will finally stop where2 b . . to companies as large as 250 ’ou realizen 8 Soustelle,mcn marching with the French as large assent them into these Aureas'in self-protection. Until recent-;States eastwastes ofplw- -____ , ,communities as t r o u b 1 eqv this whole section was cowed river, this shift is like a shift, seen. But certainly, its the Right or wrong they dosnooters. I—*- --- • —1—! — bv a from Georgia to Minnesota ex- French conviction. foresee another Korea orthat thereriiWith actionbeingtampeddUP)yLaghouat. — TherecJ'(Copyright 1955. b\Sahara Oasis ofCentral Algeria, (IPprobably is no rougher countryon earth than these wild Alt res mountains with their gorges and passes clown here in the deep Sahara. But in their v bloody fight against the fanatic-L|al Arab rebels, the French are I getting along better than the world has been led to believe.Frnech intelligence teanw say arms coming across the Tuni-d sian border are now a trickle, sj Among '2 090 weapons seized, p. not one was of modern manu-11 facture.ri Although the terrorist areas y'down here have been largely out of bounds ever since the ie; fighting started, French G Premier Edgar Faure in Paris instructed Algeria Gov. Gen. g'.Jacques Soustolle to open theterrorist areas to me.The troops 1 am with aremostly young Germans recruited by the legion amongHitler youth who returned totheir homes in the French zone of Germany jobless after the — last war, knew only sj. took off their German uniformsj_ and put on the French. The next heaviest percentage arcSpaniards, Italians are third. There G not an American orlM Englishman in the ranks, but many are veterans of lndo-f* china.flood Relation*They are led by French Col. .Jacques Ferry, famous through-!out the Sahara as a brilliant graduate of St. Cyr. (France’s,f\\Vest Point) and lifelongidi legionnaire with 20 years of ■st desert combat experience, much of it a- commander of the is't’amel Corps. He is an in-the-n flesh Beau Geste commandant d- if you ewer saw one — open of throated white tunic, campaign he ribbons, s w a g g e r stick, ii-enormous turkish pantaloons ee and all.When Governor G e n e r a 1into silent submissionTerrorist atrocities in their handful of terrorists who cept that there is little except independence movement have plundered at will in nightly san(J 1,1 between, been largely concentrated at raids. Relatives of the previous- Action Ucntn-edthis stage not against the ly plundered or slain are com-French and foreigners hut ing out of hiding hereabouts'out where it started the newfriendlv Vr^oh Arabs.a.nd helping the.fingor 011 troubles center in the populousfriendly to the Iuench. ^ desperadoes still at large. fertile Mediterranean area be-1 his decisive change is pvi- You find this new condition tween the port of Philippevilledent, and is credited to the im- throughout most of the terrible and the Roman tow n of Con-ported functionaries experi- terrain. My own car driver, a stantine - an area much easiercnced in the handling of the friendly-to-the-French A rab for the French auxiliaries tothe named Ben Sala Ziguen, for patrol. The northern outburstsline example, is now willing to drive are being fed from here, manynotan-ln short, I can report that Other Indochina here.DINE OUT TONIGHT!OK.l.MTOl Soppressedvillages -tribesmen insideheroicPRIME RIBSCOMPLETE DINNER 4 to 7:30$4 35At the FountainNASON DRUGS 528So. 'A'veryna-ininoldierinjrkidIY I$4.50 WEEKLY
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