FRENCH POLICY CHANGE?

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 17

FRENCH POLICY CHANGE?

OPPOSITION MOVE

SUGGESTED

FEWER CO:

IN EUROPE

LIFTING BARRIERS AGAINST GERMANY

(ÜBiim FUSS ASSOCIATION—COPTKGHTJ .(Received September 16, 9 pjn.) PARIS, September 16. M. Pierre Flandin, the spokesman for the Opposition, proposes a reduction of France's commitments in Central and Eastern Europe, pro-

M. PIERRE FLANDIN

vided Germany respects "the ■ territorial integrity of the States in those regions. This would lift all barriers to German political and economic expansion, and shift the .emphasis of French foreign policy from Europe to her colonies.

FRENCH MINISTERS

FOR LONDON

REPORTED PLAN TO MEET

MR CHAMBERLAIN

(Received-September 16, 7 pjn.)

LONDON, September 16. The "Daily Mail" say's the French "

Prime Minister, XM. Daladier) and probably M. Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, wili come to London at the week-end to meet Mr Chamberlain and discuss developments.

KING RETURNS TO

LONDON

LONG TALK WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY

LONDON, September 15.

Crowds cheered the King" as he left Euston and" on his arrival at the Palace, where the Chancellor of the. Exchequer (Sir John Simon) was an early caller to acquaint His Majesty with the latest international developments.

The Xing gave a long audience to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax), and he later saw the Minister for- the Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip).

Parliament will be summoned again after Mr Chamberlain's, return to hear a statement on his conversations with Herr Hitler.

CALL TO NATIONAL

PRAYER

MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

(Bimsa OFFICIAL WTEELSSS.) RUGBY, September "15. TKe Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang) has issued a call to national prayer in the following terms: "The next few days will be fraught with grave issues on which the peace of Europe may depend. At such time, the first clear duty of all Christian people is to lay these issues before God in humble prayer that they may be controlled in accordance with .His will and that the nations may be delivered from the calamity of war. "I ask therefore that next Sunday be observed as a day of national prayer. Events have jnoved so swiftly that it has not been possible to consult with the leaders of. other religions and communions than my ownr but I feel sure that they will readily co-qperate, and I have reason toJhope that they may, in such ways rais they think fit, invite those whom they represent to take part in an act of united intercession."

VIEWS OF OPPOSITION PARTIES

PUBLICATION NOT CONSIDERED OPPORTUNE

LONDON, September 15.

It is learned that the Liberal Party has suspended publication of a letter which' it sent to Mr Chamberlain yesterday, signed by Lord Crewe and Sir Archibald Sinclair, on the grounds that, in view of Mr Chamberlain's mission, publication would at present, be inopportune. The joint Labour Pafty executives, after a meeting lasting for three hours, decided that, in view of Mr Chamberlain's mission, no purpose could be served in expressing an opinion.