BRIAND REBUKED.
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT,
LONDON, April 19.
A severe rebuke to the French Foreign Minister, M. Briand, and his pacification ideals, was recently made in a speech by the President, M. Doumergue, at Nice, says the Paris correspondent of the "'Manchester Guardian." The President said that the ideals of the League of Nations were excellent, but, until it had the means to ensure peace. France must remain on guard.
When the President made that speech, he was simply descending into the party arena, the correspondent asserts. He probably hopes to ruin M. Briand's chances of succeeding him as President.
This is not the first time that M. Doumergue has made a militarist and nationalist speech. That at Nice was an event of great gravity, which is increased by the French Press, with its enthusiastic chorus of approval. Plainly, it was a categorical declaration that France will not agree to any reduction of armaments in the present circumstances, or in any circumstances likely to exist for years to come. It is impossible to have an international army quartered in Switzerland under the League of Nations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 7
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