M. Chautemps strived until the very last to avert a crisis, making two fighting speeches within a. few hours in the Chamber last night, In his first address, made before a packed Chamber, he denied that there was any real cause for panic in the financial situation, which in December was satisfactory and, barring accidents, was on the way to creating confidence.
Mhe budget, he asserted, was balanced, and the Treasury was able to meet all Obligations in the present quarter. There had been social agitation, however, and a systematic exploitation of that agitation in talks of a general strike, which had aggravated the country's nerves Fortunately, M. Chautemps declared, these troubles were now appeased
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