In a more virulent tone than heretofore, he claimed savagely: "The French colony only admits equality with Muslim Algeria on one level; sacrifice on the battlefields." More ambitious than his previous demands, the "Manifesto" now marked a clear turning away from assimilation, calling for an "immediate and effective participation" of Muslims in the government and the establishment of a constitution guaranteeing inter alia, liberty and equality for all Algerians, the suppression of feudal property — as well as various other planks borrowed from the more radical platform of Messali.

XREF: Connects to the broader trajectory of Algerian nationalism and the failure of assimilationist policy leading toward independence struggle.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 121