President Lebrun Says the Choice Has Been Made lin Montpellier, July 2. "It tate decrees that the world is hear the sound of arms again, -be France,-as in 1914, would stand once more for the triumph of freedom, justice, and law.
This statement was made here to-President Albert Lebrun, at a banquet offered on the occasion of the annual "Fete des de food He fy "In the duel between the preservation or destruction of civilization, France has already chosen her side, President stated in opening his address. "She is in favour of respect Probation of for law and international. accords and against any policy of force and }¥ielation of the frontiers and indes!|pendence of the weak. She desires Agriculture, Sir|that conflicts between peoples be ith, took a dose settled by peaceful methods.
She 3 issiting Hull believes in the good done by peace ishing prob- but at the same time accepts indisest visit pensable sacrifices to ensure her oil factory, where defence and fulfil her obligations in output of the the commonwealth of nations."
(gallons per} He declared that if all the peoples were sent of the world were to vote in sincere cods' plebiscites, most of them would support the Western democracies. In coticlusion, President Lebrun recalled Premier Daladier's slogan "Arm, Unite, Watch.
In a previous speech in which he welcomed the President, the Home Minister M. Albert Sarraut pointed out that the independence of free peoples was at present being threatened, "France's factories are working to forge a great protecting shield of peace for her, he added. "Behind this shield, there must be the nation's firmness of soul and unshaken his departure and him as missing able wil; and its determination to continue its destiny according to iis Own law and under the banner of "of the cross-Sea got cal-mainland.
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