Peris, Nov. 12.
Speaking at a banquet today organized by war veterans of the allied forces during the Great War, the President of France, M. Albert Lebrun, deplored the failure of the League of Nations.
Consequently, he said, France must be strong "in order to be able io} discuss with other countries on an equal footing. However, some wezknesses still existed, notably in the 1 and social spheres. measures are absolutely egy the situation, the M. Lebrun appealed io French capitalists and work to contri towards the coun recom former by in French firms, a it money in the latter by ac-
He concluded in requesting a union of all Frenchmen and stressing the close bonds existing between France and her colonies a proof of which was given during the recent crisis thus enhancing "the splendid unit; of the French colonial empire.
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