FRENCH CRISIS MAY SHAKE EUROPE
BRITISH ANXIETY OVER GERMAN REACTION LONDON, March 3 The situation developing in France as the result of financial difficulties may have serious repercussions on 'the international situation, conceivably leading to disorders within the next few weeks. The political correspondent of the Australian Associated Press understands that the developments are arousing considerable concern in London because Britain is so intimately bound up with France that she would be drawn into any crisis which, moreover, might be a temptation to Herr Hitler. The French, in a state of alarm, find their dilemma intensified because nobody is anxious to replace the Prime Minister (M. Leon Blum), whose one chance of saving the situation may be a national appeal in the hope of rallying the nation. One of the few factors in his favour is the army, which at present is very strong and is believed to be entirely unaffected by politics.
After the attacks in Parliament on M. Blum on February 27, French bonds became depressed and anxiety pver the franc was renewed.
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Southland Times, Issue 23140, 5 March 1937, Page 7
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