AN ULTIMATUM

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 24 November 1938, Page 9

AN ULTIMATUM

DELIVERED BY M. DALADIER MAY SEEK A CONFIDENCE VOTE FINANCIAL PROGRAMME rU.l’.A.—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright! PARIS, 22nd November. The Premier, M. Daladier, delivered an ultimatum to the Clinmber of Deputies’ Finance Committee to-day that, if the financial programme was not approved without major modifications, he would postpone Mr Chamberlain's visit and convoke the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for 24th November to J seek a confidence vote. A Socialist motion rejecting M. I Daladier’s decrees was defeated by ! 20 votes to 18, with live abstentions, j Later, a motion was carried, thei text of which was accepted by the Government and which was equivalent to a vote of confidence. Meanwhile, the Metal Workers’ Union is calling out 20.000 members to-morrow as a protest against police 1 action at the Cail works, against overtime, and against the decrees generally. “CHECKMATE HITLER.” M. Maurice Thorez, SecretaryGeneral of the Communist Party, declared: "The men are willing to work all the time required to manufacture arms to checkmate Hitler on the condition that Daladier ‘goes.’ ” Four thousand workers at the factory started a stay-in strike, protest-

ing against the dismissal of 500 men j who declined to work overtime in or- j der to attend a union meeting. The Mobile Guards were called in. 1 the union threatening a strike of 10,000 ! if the men were evacuated forcibly. Five thousand iron and steel workers I have also struck. M. Daladier has instructed prefects j throughout France to end stay-in ; strikes without delay. STRIKE OF METAL-WORKERS J (Received 24th November. 9.25 a.m.) PARIS. 23rd November. Seventeen thousand metal-workers struck and occupied 150 factories throughout Valenciennes. Mobile guards began evicting the strikers. The Postal Workers’ and Textile Unions announced support of a general strike. GENERAL STRIKE IMMINENT (Received 24th November, 9.45 a.in.) PARIS, 23rd November. , ( With a general strike imminent opposition to the decrees is hourly becoming more intense.