insurrection? armed insurrection . but what is it exactly? what's the problem then? mr. ben m'hidi . don't you think it is a bit cowardly to use your women's baskets and handbags to carry explosive devices that kill so many innocent people? colonel mathieu . the spokesman for the residing minister, mr. gorlin, has stated that "larbi ben m'hidi committed suicide in his own cell, hanging himself with pieces of his shirt, that he had used to make a rope, and then attached to the bars of his cell window." in a preceding statement, the same spokesman had specified that: ". due to the intention already expressed by the prisoner ben m'hidi to escape at the first opportunity, it has been necessary to keep his hands and feet bound continually." in your opinion, colonel, in such conditions, is a man capable of tearing his shirt, making a rope from it, and attaching it to a bar of the window to hang himself?