When the F.L.N. called for a general strike to protest talk of partitioning Algeria, even the French expected the worst. Jacques Coup de Fréjac, France's chief press officer in Algeria, bluntly acknowledged that "support for the rebellion cannot grow any moreit is total," adding that Moslems would "gladly" follow the strike order "ioo%." Last week Algeria's Moslems proved that he was right.
On the day of the strike. Algeria lay eerie and still, chilling Europeans into renewed awareness of their dependence on the Moslems who served them as cooks and maids, clerks and mechanics. The French had warned that they...
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