FALL OF THE FRANC.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 6 May 1926, Page 5

FALL OF THE FRANC.

/ BRITISH BANKERS BLAMED. FRENCH SYMPATHY STRIKE. (Received 11.55 a.m.) (Reuter.) PARIS, May 5. *■'THd Tall of’the franc-’is "attributed’ to sales by British banks to bolster up the sterling, also the fact that the strike is bound seriously ‘to affect French exporters and ultimately Continental trade generally. A number of British cargo vessels at Bologne, laden with fruit and new potatoes from Spain, are held up. The export of cherries, strawberries and other early fruit from Provence has entirely ceased, and the growers are likely to be involved in heavy losses. Two thousand workmen in a nfotor car factory at St. Ouen struck In sympathy with the strikers in Britain. The “Petit Parisien” says the man ; in the street in England has set his face resolutely against a revolution. Gaulois says that all civilised peo-' should stand together at such a time. The “Echo de Paris” does not doubt that constitutional Government will ultimately triumph. The “Aeuvre” expresses the opinion that the strike is due to the readoption of the gold standard.