Paris, Mar. 19.
"Today, the Munich Agreement has been swept away and the Franco-Germsn Declaration has been destroyed,' the Premier, M. Edouard Daladier, declared this afternoon in the Senate just before the Upper House adopted, by a vote of 286 to seventeen, the Governments Full Powers Bill. The Senate's vote followed action by the House of Deputies who voted 321 to 264 in favour of the Bill whereby the Deladier enjoys almost unlimited powers to strengthen the country's defence until November 30, when his full powers mandate expires.
The Cabinet met at the War Ministry at 6.50 p.m. today and remained im session until 9 p.m., the Ministers gathering for the conference imme-řetely after the Senate had adopted the Full Powers Bill.
was officially stated that the Premier announced at this Cabinet meeting the first measures that will "e taken under the provisions of the newly-voted Bill These measures will be submitted for the approval of the Council of Ministers, under the chairmanship of the President, M. Albert Lebrun, tomorrow afternoon.
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