Evening star., 1936-05-23
MAKES PLEA
FOR US. GOOD WILL
Plans Personal Trip to
Geneva to Inaugurate
Foreign Policy.

BACKGROUND
Financial troubles and the tense
international situation DeTe re-
fected in Frances recent election,
which resulted in vtctory for "Peo-
pies Front" LeJtist order.
Leon Blum, Socialist leader, early
this year iDas yanked from car
riage and beaten by Royaiists. The
action resulted in Premier Sarraut
issuing decree outlawing militant
Royalist organizations.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 23.-Leon Blum. bid
ding for better American and British
friendship, has decided to inaugurate
personally the foreign policy OF
Frances incoming Peoples Front
government, informed sources said to-
day.
The premier designate, Socialist
leader of the Leftist bloc that comes
to power in the new Chamber OF
Deputies next month, intends to head
the French delegation to the June
l6 session Of the League OF Nations
Council.
Informed sources said he would at
tempt to form a close Franco British
diplomatic front at the special meet
ing called In the Italo- Ethiopian con-
troversy.
Blum was expected to assign con-
tinuation of this work later to q
foreign minister.
Yvon Delbos, Radical Socialist dep
uty and minister of justice in the
present coalition cabinet of Premier
Albert Sarraut, was considered likely
candidate for the Quai 6'Orsay post
in the new ministry.
Herriots Refusal Held Final.
Former Premier Herriot's refusal
to take over the foreign ministry now
Is generally accepted as final. Asso-
ciates of Herriot said he was instead
an official candidate for the presidency
of the Chamber of Deputies.
Blum, after comforting with diplo-
mats on Frances future foreign policy
addressed an appeal to the United
States in a radio address last night
for better understanding between the
American and French peoples.
The task of the coming French
government is to put into effect the
pondered will of the majority of the
French people. l submit that this
French will is closely related to the
will of the American people," he
said
After citing American adherence to
democracy, efforts to overcome eco
nomic depression and opposition to
| war. Blum asked:
May / not. in view of all this, con-
clude that what We are about to
undertake deserves the attention
even the good will - of American
opinion?"
Avoids War Debt Reference.
Without barking back to ancient
memories" he avoided direct reference
to Frances defaulted war debt to
America, but declared, L insist on
the respective positions of our two
peoples in regard to the most pressing
problems of today.
In any case, let me assure the
Americans that We in France shall
spare no pains to maintain and to
increase the friendship that must
always be maintained between our
peoples
Blum yesterday continued a series
of talks on future French foreign
policy with diplomats, including
Nicholas Titulescu, foreign minister
Of Rumania, and the Soviet charge
d'affaires
From these conversations. 1t was
reported, there developed three points
Of Frances future foreign policy to
guide the new popular front" ad-
ministration taking Office June /:
l. Fidelity to the League of Nations
and to Frances military alliances and
diplomatic pacts.
2. Adherence to policy of collec-
tive security by mutual assistance.
3. Cooperation with Great Britain
on all important European questions.
Participating in the united front
with France will be Great Britain,
Russia and the three members of the
Little Entente-Yugoslavia Rumania