FRENCH DELEGATES

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 94, 22 April 1933, Page 11

FRENCH DELEGATES

PARTY FEARS FAILURE

ISOLATION OF FRANCE

(.juleceived April 22, 9.45 a.m.) S.S.- ILE DE FRANCE, April 21. Members of M. Harriot's party fear that they face failure in the Washington conversations as the result of th# United States gold action. The Delegation resented this sudden action as throwing France into monetary isolation, and doubted whether they could make any satisfactory trade arrangements with the United States. Now complete new instructions from Paris were to be transmitted by telephone to the Delegation. M. Herriot, obviously, was cast into gloom, but was more cheerful today, with the prospect, at least, that a little time remained to work out a new programme. (Received April 22, 10 a.m.) !, PARIS, April 21. Semi-official denials are given to the rumour that ; France has voluntarily abandoned tho gold standard. On the contrary she expects Britain, the United States, and others soon to return thereto. ; Banking quarters believe that instead of inflation France will protect herself by limiting currency to actual business needs and will use the tariff to check cheap dumping. .

a desire to consult us about the international aspect of this decision. Now that circumstances and arguments, certainly powerful, have hurried his steps our future conversations will have a new significance. I refuse even by conjecture to presume his intentions."