Although M, Albert Sarraut's election appeal was mainly intended for domestic consumption and, ineldentally, sounds a cautionary note regarding the pretensions of the Communist party to confidence in its patriotic jvims, it is a valuable tonic to the world. For the French. Prime] Minister staunchly stands by the collective system at a time when counsels of despair would abandon it as impossible to preserve, The breaches made into that system are the causes of the danger into which nations are to-day being led. Sarraut rightly points out the close connection of that system with the freedom of institutions and the ex-Pression of national individuality which are circumscribed and sup-Pressed in other countries where faith has faltered, To France at this moment the still unfettered nations look with confident satisfaction, The: appeal which the Prime Minister of the Republic makes is marked by: dignity and assurance. Whatever the} Fesult of the elections may be there is no ground for fear that France will not maintain her sense of balance and logical judgment,
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