FRANCE AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 284, 1 December 1938, Page 6

FRANCE AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

a e Tn the crowd which lined the Boulevards . waiting for the return nf M. Dalarlier from the memorable meeting at Munich one heard the name of Mr. Chamberlain: "Ah! si Monsieur Chamberlain (pronounced Shambairlnn) venait a Paris;" was repeated over and over again. Paris wants to see Mr. Chamberlain, g Whenever the cinema shows Mr. Chamberlain there is a roar of applause from the French audience, and no foreigner since 1910 lias been so popular in France or could be more welcome, e Mention of the British Prime Minister's name e stopped a performance of '"I.akine" at the r Opera Comiqtie. One of the actors put in t a gag", "Ah! I would like to leave here and go t back to lyondon to Mr. Chamberlain," at - which remark the whole house cheered heartily, e A well-known Paris evening newspaper has s opened a subscription among its readers to v buy a small piece of land with a house on it t and offer it to Mr. Chamberlain its a gift from s the French nation. It is even proposed that il extraterritorial rights shall go with it, so that ii it can be proclaimed British soil. Already its r choice is being discussed. From the Pyrenees 1 come suggestions that as Mr. Chamberlain s likes fishing and golf it shall be somewhere n in the neighbourhood of Pan. where he can enjoy fishing in plenty and find an English e atmosphere on the famous Pan golf links. The o Riviera is also putting in its claim as the ', ideal spot for the French home of Mr. Chanit berlain. pointing out that for more than a s hundred and fifty years Englishmen have gone rl to the Riviera for sunshine and health, and t that it has been honoured in the past by the - aristocracy and Royal family of Creat Britain, t Hiarrit/. retorts that the same can be said of s that resort, which was ever a favourite with King Edward YIT. The Parisian, of course, e will hear of no other place than Paris, detlar- - ing that only the capital can be worthy of the man who has. brought peace to the world.