Paris, Feb, 26.
M. Yvon Delbos, Foreign Minister, in a speech before the Chamber of Deputies to-day, said that France "will not permit the installation of any hegemony in Central Europe."
"No racial excuse," he said "can be used for mixing in the affairs of another state....As regards to Czechoslovakia, I reaffirm that our engagements will be executed if necessary."
The Foreign Minister, speaking with clarity and force, said that France would not abdicate its interests in Central Europe, He said the country wanted peace but not at any price. He added that the nation waned disarmament but until that arrived the Army would be kept powerful.
M. Delbos revealed that the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamber. lain, had sent a letter to the French Premier, M. Camille Chautemps, assuring him of British faithfulness and continued Anglo-French ce-operation.
The Foreign Minister rejected leftist demands for active intervention in Spain and China. He said that "France cannot play the role of world gendarme and must engage prudently but will never capitulate before force."—United Press.
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