Of "Violent Polemics"
Algiers, Jan. 7.
M. Edouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, speaking at a banquet given by the Governor-General, M. lo Beau, yesterday, declared "France wants peace with all countries, and wishes all great problems of modern times to be settled, not by war, but by a constructive effort. But if anyone interprets our attitude as a sign of weakness, or abdication, then I cry, Halt! I don't blame violent polemics, but rather am I tempted to thank the authors from beyond our frontiers.
"They have revealed France to the French.
"When I said that I would maintain the integrity of the French Empire, I not only said that I would not yield an acre of territory; but I also meant that I would not be led into juridical procedures which some people would like to set on foot.""—Reuter.
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