Peri, and the Socialist, M. Leon Blum, opposed the Government's policy and urged the Premier's retirement from office, M. Ludovic Oscar-Frossard, Independent Socialist, and M. Lean Ybarnegaray, Rightist and member of Colonel de Larocque's party, appealed for French reconciliation.
AN held that Herr Hitler's signature can no longer be accepted, they emphasized the needs for a united France, and they hailed French determination not to give up a single inch of territory.
M. Frossard declared, "France must show her union and must mobilize all her resources and means of defence for a combined, great effort.
He stressed that it was impossible to govern France with half the country against the other half.
He urged the Premier to "take the initiative and regroup the national forces, which is the sole means of saving the country."
M. Ybarnegaray emphasized, "When he will have achieved a most formidable empire of 150,000,000 inhabitants, who can imagine that Herr Hitler will stop his progress at French borders merely because he had made promises?"
He advocated the reconciliation of all French political parties in the cause of national unity. M. Blum also emphasized the necessity for French unity, but doubted that the Premier enjoyed enough of the peoples confidence to be able to achieve this objective—Havas.
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