Evening star., 1938-10-04

Ey the Associated Press
PARIS, Oct 4-Premier Daladier
today announced the beginning of a
new era of friendly relations with Ger
many and Italy and paid homage to
President Roosevelt's peace messages
during Europes crisis week.
The Chamber of Deputies stood as
one man to cheer when the Premier
spoke of "the great, generous and
logical voice of President Roosevelt" in
referring to the Presidents appeals.
Reading ministerial declaration on
the four-power agreement over Czcho-
slovakia, he said that his meeting
with Adolf Hitler at Munich last week
marked the start of friendly relations
between France and Germany.
He declared France had decided to
send an Ambassador to Rome to re-
sumo cordial relations with Italy. in
a virtual state of suspension for two
years owing to Frances refusal to
recognize the conquest of Ethiopia.
The Premier carried into the session
cabinet approval for proposed decree
powers to rebuild Frances economy
and finances"
Will Insist on Vote.
Paul Marchandeau, finance minister,
disclosed that the government would
insist that Parliament vote it the
decree powers, which would amount
to virtual temporary dictatorship,
tonight, stalking its life on the issue.
The powers would be requested until
December l3, he said.
Speaking of the German people,
Premier Daladier said: with them
we hope to be able to establish durable
peace"
Before reading his declaration.
Daladier declared to close collaborators
in the Chamber that France had de-
cided to send an Ambassador to Rome.
Referring to this in his speech in
the Chamber he said: In the interest
OF peace we wish to add to these old
nd tried friendship British and
Soviet Russia) the support of renewed
or9new friendships (referring to Ger
many and Italy)."
Insists on Decree Powers.
While Daladier started reading the
declaration to a iammed Chamber of
Deputies, his finance minister, Paul
Marchandeau, said in the corridor
that the Governments insists that
Parliament vote it full financial and
economic decree powers tonight.
He said the powers, which would
amount to virtual temporary dicta-
torship, would be requested until De-
cember Is, and that Daladier would
stake the life of his government on the
issue
Daladier in the name. of the entire
government, paid homage to the
courage of the Czechoslovak nation
and its leaders"
He declared that Czechoslovaks
present trials enable it to "reforge
its political unity" He also paid trib-
ute to British collaboration with
France during these difficult weeks" +"
The ministerial declaration, which
also was read in the Senate by former
Premier Camille Chautemps, said
Perhaps, for the first time in the
history of the world, everything was
undertaken publicly and discussed
openly before the peoples.
Acted in Light Of Day.
If peace has been maintained and
preserved, it is because we have not
had recourse to plots of secret diplo-
macy. We acted in the light of day.
under the control Of our peoples, and
I insist here that the people, all the
people, wish peace"
Describing his September ls visit to
London with Foreign Minister Georges
Bonnet, Daladier told how Prime Min
lister Chamberlain acquainted them
with the findings of Vscount Runci-
man, unofficial British mediator in
the German -Czechoslovak dispute.
Need tell you with what emotion