The Archive · 1936

M. Leon Blum Warns of New Rising

National Unity Urged in France Paris, July 'A veiled warning that left-wing sympathizers may stage an uprising over France, if opposition groups refuse to conform to the need for national unity, was voiced by the. Socialist Premier, M. Leon Blum, in speech to thousands of demonstralors massed in the Place de la Nation for the Bastille Day celebra-ton to-day.

The Premier referred significantly to the possibility of w recurrence of the bloody rioting of February, 1934, arising from popular dissatisfaction with the police handling of the. Stavisky fraud case.

Police und Mobile Guardsmen today guarded the meeting after clearing the stccets of rival left-wing and right-wing groups which attempted {o parade in defiance of the government! orders prohibiting processions. By the middle of the afternoon, however, only minor violence and a few arrears had been reported. Left-wing processions were, however, allowed and hundreds of thousands of people took part in the Popular "Front parade to celebrate their victory at the recent elections, in addition to Bastille Day.

During a gigantic military parade here to-day, 100,000 Communists and SSociatlsts lined the Champs Elysees, brandishing clenched fists and singing, the "Internationale." Small groups of nationalists sang the "Marselilalse."

Many Injured in Clashes Late in the day, however, agitation started in the Champs Elysees as] thousands of right-wing groups, sing: jing the "Marseillaise," and shouting "Hang Blum! France for the French!" staged a demonstration. Police and) members of the Mobile Guard surrounded the Are de Triomphe, cutting the avenue at several places and peatedly dispersing groups of rioters.

Dusk found the celebrators disregarding the warnings of M. Blum to avoid violence, and police were forced to fight to maintain order at the Place Nation, At the Champs Elysees, several taxi-loads of members of the Popular Front, returning from the Place de la Nation, were attacked and manhandled in skirmishes in the vicinity of Fougue's Cafe. Many were! Injured.

Guards dispersed several thousand persons waiting to pass the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Agitation at the Champs Elysees was renewed when right-wing sympathizers, singing the "Marseillaise" and left-wing supporters singing the "Internationale" clashed—United Press.

Montreux, July 17.

Complete agreement was reached at the Montieux Conference on remilitarization of the Dardanelles yesterday's session, and signatures of the powers are expected to be affixed she new convention next Monday The drafting committee is now busily engaged in putting the final touches on the text of the accord, and it will be in readiness for sul mission to the plenary session of the conference on Saturday. This will enable the various delegations " to examine the terms of the agreement once more in complete form before giving formal assent at the Monday sitting.

Although Italy has not particle pated. in the proceedings at Montreuke and "the agreement has therefore been achieved without her presence, the conference last night" decided that the new convention would remain open {o Italy's signature. Last night's session further reached an understanding on the various out: standing issues. The most. important of these were:

1. Yielding to the Turkish demand that the Straits Committee, set by the Lausanne Conference which is being revised by the Montreux talks, should be abolished; and 2. "Decision that aeroplane fights will be prohibited over the fortified zone of the Dardanelles and over the Sea of Marmora—Havas.

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