Evening star., 1939-07-14
Army Is |nvincibIe,
DaIadier Declares in
Basti||e Day Address
France and Britain Mass
Military Might in
Puris Parade
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 14.-Premier Da-
ladier declared tonight in a world
wide Bastille Day broadcast that
the French Army was invincible
against any attack.
The premier and national defense
minister, who earlier in the day
watched 10000 of Frances finest
troops parade on the Champs
Elysees with British guardsmen in
celebration of the 150th anniversary
Of the French Revolution, said:
ANY menace, any effort at DOM
ination will find us resolved to de-
fend French liberties and to join
our efforts with those of all peoples
determined to safeguard their lib
critics."
Cites British Alliance.
Crowds massed before him in the
great amphitheater of the Trocadero
roared their approval as he pro-
claimed that the French Army 'is
capable of breaking any attack that
could imperil our country"
Calling his audiences attention to
the French British aerial display in
today's parade, the premier said:
Our reborn aviation is united to
the aviation of a great, friendly
people who would protect our soil
as we would protect theirs if it be-
came necessary for us to resist at
tack
In the morning display of armed
might, an initial group of l52 French
and British planes was followed by
a fleet of $50 French aircraft, in
cluding 81 fighters purchased recent
ly in the United States.
100000 See Display.
More than 100000 persons saw
the demonstration, the first joint
display of military might by the
two powers since the World War
Planes, tanks, big and little guns,
motorized equipment and cross
section of the finest troops of both
nations, 10000 strong, paraded before
a reviewing stand
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Daladier and British War Secretary
Leslie Hore-Belisha stood with the
high comamnd of Frances and Brit
aims air, land and sea forces and the
rulers of the French colonial empire.
Among President Lebrun's guests
at the main reviewing stand was
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of
President Roosevelt. She came to
France Wednesday to visit her sister,
Mrs. Dora Delano Forbes, a resident
of Paris
Marks Bastille Day.
Marching together toward an un-
certain future. the two nations
Joined in observance of the 15Oth
anniversary of the fall of the Bas-
tile.
The huge demonstration of unity
commemorated the day in 1889 when
Paris mobs crashed into Bastille
Prison to liberate political offenders
and take the tricolor as flag and
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity as a
motto.
1t was designed to show the ma
tional preparedness of the two allies
IN the face of the Italian German
military combine. Historic dates
more recent than Bastille Day, 1889,
occupied the minds of those on the
Champs Elysees during the military
pageant.
1t was three years since German
troops occupied the Rhineland, nine
months since Munich, four months
since disruption of Czecho- Slovakia
and three months since Italy in
vaded Albania.
French troops of all colors and
parts of the empire Moroccans,
Spahls, Algerians, Tunisians, Sene-
galese, Zouaves and Indo-C Chinese
marched with 450 specially picked
British soldiers.
The great military show opened