Evening star., 1938-09-29
DALAD|ER TAKES
CLUB TO MUNICH
Premier Is Given Authority
to Begin Mobilization
With Mere Word.
b the Associated Press,

With Mere Word.
b the Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 29.-Premier Edouard
Daladier was given q "big stick" to
WELD at the Munich conference today
when he was empowered by q new
decree to effect instant military and
civil mobilization Of the entire nation.
The decree, published in the official
Journal, made it possible for the pre-
mier to put the whole French nation
on an instant war footing by . simple
telephone call from Munich,
It authorized the government to pro-
ceed 1T its discretion with integral
mobilization of manpower, industry
and finance throughout the nation.
The decree said only execution OF
measures contained in the law Of
July II, 1898, is authorized" but that
law provides for complete mobilization
In time Of war or danger Of war.
The law also includes general mo.
bilization Of armed forces, and Pre-
nier Daladier now Is in q position to
order 1t when and If he considers it
necessary, without further legal steps.
May Conscript Women.
Under the law, women as we'll as
men may be conscripted for defense
work. All industry could be national
lied Immediately under the national
defense ministry. It effects all French
men and women over 18 years.
The law also provided for unifying
armed forces of France under a single
national defense chief of staff-in
this case. Gen. Maurice Gustave
Gamelin.
-Four thousand persons, mostly for
eigners, were questioned in q police
roundup through Paris in drive
against undesirable aliens. Forty-five
were arrested, probably to be expelled
from the country on the grounds their
residence permits are not in order
The nationalities were not made public
RoyaIist Paper Seized.
The Thursday edition of the royalist
paper, L'Action Francaise, was seized
by police after carrying an attack on
Alexis Leger. secretary general Of the
foreign ministry, who is with M. Da-
ladier at Munich, and other officials
Of the foreign Office.
The government used wartime DO
lice power to check q campaign for
peace at any price" by the Rightist,
former Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin.
The law applicable by today's de-
cree provides heavy fines and prison
terms for persons refusing to obey
military authorities.
Direction and coordination of air
raid protection services is put under
the ministry Of war. which drafts the
thousands of men and women needed
tor those services.
Workers in national defense indus
tries may be modified Immediately
upon word from M. Daladier.
Control Of Foreign Trade.
The new law gives the government
complete control of foreign trade It
also carried the following paragraph
On financial measures:
"The minister of finance is charged |
With preparing in time of peace and
putting into force upon mobilization |
Or in threat of war; financial meas
ares necessary for the conduct Of war.
Terms for purchases and payments
abroad are fixed by the minister of |
finance after agreement with minis
'erial departments or purchasing and
paying organizations"
The exact nature Of the contem-
plated financial measures were not |
specified.
La Liberte Suppressed.
The move against L'Action Francaise |
followed the suppression of the news
paper La Liberte last night.
Senator Jean Taurines, a crippled |
war veteran, resigned from Flandins |
Democratic Alliance party in protest |
against the latter's campaign seeking
for France to refuse to honor the
signature Of her treaty with Czecho-
slovakia"
Police ripped down the posters he
pasted on city billboards declaring the
quarrel between France and Germany
over Czechoslovakia was "despicable |
pretext" for war and calling on the
public to protest.
Issues of the newspaper La Liberte,
which reprinted Flandins appeal, were
eonfiscated and many sellers were ar
rested.
Flandin to Put Question.
As the government staked its own
hopes for peace on the conference in |
Munich. M. Flandin said he would ask
; formal question in the Chamber of
Deputies demanding by what right the
government violated liberty of indi-
vidual opinion" parliament is not
now in session)
Many citizens and official circles
alike held to the opinion that peace
could not be had if the heads of the
French, British, German and Italian
nations failed to work out an agree
ment at the conference table.
France. nevertheless, noted a feeling
Of relief among her citizens because
of the belief no one really wanted war
and hope Chancellor Hitler would
meet Britain and France half way in
some compromise of the Czechoslovak
5udeten issue.