A HUGE WORKSHOP
FRANCE TODAY
MILLION MEN ENGAGED
(Independent Cable Service.)
PARIS, May 12,
In the course of his speech in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, the Prime Minister, M. Daladier, said that France today was a huge workshop in which a million men were working ceaselessly for national defence. "Our duty," he said, "is to think of our country alone and to take those virile decisions which its safety demands."
Referring to recent pacts, M. Daladier saidC he invited all peaceful nations to collaborate, pointing out that France on March' 20 took the initiative by informing Rumania that if she was attacked France would immediately assist her. France had also given a similar assurance to Greece and, following the Anglo-Polish guarantee, had given the same pledge to Poland. M. Daladier concluded:—"There are those who are hoping that France, invincible when united, might be demoralised by alternate threats of war and promises of peace.-They think they can wear us down by a new form of warfare without -battle—the warfare of uncertainty, repeated anxiety, and disappointed hopes. If anyone hopes to wear us down I say we shall stand fast as long as need exists. Neither force nor cunning shall prevail against France." ' The speech was broadcast in French, English, German, Italian, Serb, Croat, Spanish, Portuguese, Rumanian, and Arabic.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 9
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218A HUGE WORKSHOP Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 9
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