DALADIER'S APPEAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 14

DALADIER'S APPEAL

NATION'S DUTY

SERVICE OF PEACE

READY RESPONSE

POPULAR FRONT SCHISM

(United Press Association—By Electxfe. Telegraph—Copyright,1) (Received October 5, 2- p.m:) PARIS, October 4.. The result of the vote for the adjournment of the Chamber of Deputies, which foreshadows, the eventual outcome of the vote oh th» Government's demand for plenary, powers, was 535 to 75, the Opposi* tion consisting of 73 Communists and two Independents, If the Government's request for plenary powers goes to a division, which in view of the preliminary vote seems unlikely, the Govern* ment can afford to neglect the at* titude of the Socialists and Communists, being assured that it dominates the situation. The Premier,-M. Daladier, in- tht course of an hour's speech,- told Deputies that plenary powers were nece** sary in order to enable the, nation to assemble its full resources, adding: "All Frenchmen who desire the sal* vation of France must regard themselves in a state of permanent mobilisation for service in the interests of the peace of their country. "We shall maintain peace only if the national production permits us to speak as equals with the peoples sur» rounding us and if our finances are sound and our Budget balanced." All sections of the Chamber cheered, with the exception of the Communists* who sat in grim silence, apparentlyanticipating defeat. The Minister of Finance (M. Paul Marchandeau) tabled a Bill granting1 the Government plenary financial powers. It consists of one laconic article: "The Government is authorised until December 12 to.take by decree measures intended to bring about the immediate recovery of- the economic and financial position of the country. These decrees will be submitted for gratification before January* 1, 1939." - • The Bill was immediately submitted to the Finance Committee. M. Daladier, after his speech, demanded the postponement of the clef" bate on foreign affairs, announcing that I the Government would give the heads of groups fifteen minutes each to explain their * position, but he' prohibited a debate. . ".' The confusion which followed nece*. sitated the suspension of the sitting for a quarter of an hour. , > -. It must be pointed out that the Communist defection is the first serious schism in the Popular Front majority, inasmuch as one of the Popula*. Front parties voted as a group against the Cabinet, but against this must be placed the fact that Deputies so widely differing in > views as the Social Republican leader, M. Frossard, and f M» Ybarnegafay, a member of, the .extreme' right Social Party, agreed .'that French unity must rise 'superior, to party struggles. Leaders of the various parties, in accordance with M. Daladier's permission, put forward their views in complete orderliness, in contrast-wittt the earlier stormy scene. , M. Bergery, briefly announcing the Independent Left Party's support, hoped that the Munich armistice would result in .a true peace treaty T M. Walter, representing ~ Alsace Lorraine, declared, "Whatever,the cir-' cumstances, our provinces are :at France's service, but we must ward off for ever the threat of war on the Rhine ; France must follow- the ways of the new diplomacy." • ' -' M. Peri's announcement was remarkable, for the utterance • that < in. England some Ministers had a sense of loyalty, and. honour compelling them- to resign when they were not in accord with their Prime Minister. M. Marih, leader of the diehard Conservative Republican Federationists, congratulated M. Daladier. on. saving the peace. He deplored the sacrifices entailed. M. Blum paid a tribute to Czecho-. Slovakia's sacrifices and regretted the-semi-disappearance of the League, - M. Barety, leader of the Independent Radicals, pledged'their loyalty; to tbt Government. : '