FRANCE RESOLVED
M. DALADIER SPEAKS OUT JUST PEACE DESIRED. BUT NATION NOT YIELDING TO THREATS. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) PARIS, May 11. The Prime Minister, M. Edouard Daladier, in a statement in the Chamber of Deputies, said France was determined to resist as long as necessary all tests aimed at weak-
ening her moral resistance. France did not know hate but felt sincere sympathy with all people. She knew from experience that war would not solve the present problems, and that on the contrary it would make their solution more difficult and more ruinous. Others knew that France did not threaten them. She wished to collaborate with all and dominate none. Anglo-French solidarity was closer and more confident than ever. It reipained the basis of French policy and could not be weakened by intrigue and propaganda. France considered the participation of the Soviet in the common work of mutual assistance essentially desirable. France was not thinking of reducing military measures, but rather of reinforcing them, if certain massive mobilisations were maintained beyond the French frontiers. Some people hoped France would allow herself to be demoralised by an - alternation of threats and promises. Her determination had not been weakened and would not weaken. If a just and equitable peace Were desired, France was ready to make it, but if a blow were aimed at peace her enemies would have a taste of the weight of French arms. Reviewing the Anglo-French guarantees ■in Europe M. Daladier said. “France considers it indispensable that England and France should share these obligations. We desire peace and respect for rights. All violence and threats lead to catastrophe. The prospects of French bankruptcy and inflation have been averted.” The Deputies applauded stormily.
M. Daladier, insisting upon an immediate debate, declared that it was essential that the world should be aware of French opinion by the evening of Friday. There is no significance in the debate as the Government is assured of a majority.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 5
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