M. Flandin's broadcast speech sus gesting -the possibility of the introduction of a new deal into France ig not without considerable interest.
has been well known for some time past that internal conditions in that country. were giving Its rulers food for anxious thought, for, while France has apparently. suffered less some of the other countries of world during these recent years, fact remains that she has been called upon to endure conditions to which he has not ordinarily been hardened. There has been a decrease! in trade and a consequent increase In unemployment. Probably in appealing to the inherent patriotism of the French people, M. Flandin was using the most powerful plea at his disposal. He certainly did no harm In referring to the manner in which Britons and citizens of the United States responded to the calls of their leaders in' like circumstances, for any Frenchman worth his salt knows perfectly well that whatever another ational can do the French can do fse. With the experience of at least two other countries before it, the French government should tind, its task easier than did the pioneers this new form of economic control, and should be able to avoid }the mistakes which were made by both Great Britain and the United States, The closer welding France and her colonies from an. economic point of view might very
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