Evening star., 1939-10-11
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Oct. 11.-The tert oJ
Premier Daladier's broadcast to the
nation last night touo,Ds::
We are IN war and you win under
stand that silence is necessary foI
success of our military operations.
You have rightly thought and !
am thoroughly in agreement with
you that it is only natural and
legitimate that you be informed OF
general action of the government
on thoughts and decisions which
animate it in the principal events
of international politics. It Is of
that that wish especially to speak
to you today.
For month our soldiers have ad-
vanced on enemy territory. In the
air our aviators have multiplied the
proofs of their courage. On the
sea our sailors have assured free
communications of France with her
empire, pursued enemy submarines,
captured hundreds of thousands OF
tons of raw materials destined for
Germany.
Mistresses of Ocean.
Britain and France are mistresses
of the ocean and you know from the
experience of history that finally
those who hold the seas sooner or
later succeed in carrying of victory
But England does not conflne her
self to giving us the support of her
fleet. She does not conf1ne herself
to sending more aviators daily to
our front who give repeated proofs
of their ability and valor. She
also is sending rapidly to France her
splendid youth. her robust material.
was told the other day that in
some French regions at the moment
when the German radio was carry
ing on its vain campaign to separate
France from England that it was
reported that Great Britain wanted
to wage war with the blood of the
French.
The voice of the traitors of Stug-
gart was covered by the uninter-
rupted rumbling of conveys which
were taking soldiers and cannon
of the British army toward our
frontiers.
Facts Stronger Than Lies.
Thus factual propaganda is
stronger than that of lies.
1t is this, moreover, in our ma
tional life, as you have certainly
noticed, yourselves. There also
events have wrecked many other
undertakings of enemy propaganda.
Several weeks ago Communists
leaders posed before you as fierce
patriots. They were. according to
themselves, new Jacobins They had
no words harsh enough or even in
Sulting enough to scorn the peace
full efforts of the government.
They announced in meetings that
they were ready to fight against Hit
ler and against his armies for lib
erty and the fatherland. Yet it
sufflced for the Bolshevists to find
it to their interest to agree with the
Nazis and partition Poland with
them for these same great patriots
to simply make their excuses for q
peace of treason.
There are dictators who massacre
Communist workers and reach
agreement later with their chiefs,
but we French never think of con-
fusing the workers of France, what
ever may be their political opinion,
with men who wanted to abuse and
betray them.
Fighting for Civilization.
On the contrary 1t is with even
more ardent faith in the people and
the common fatherland that we
appeal to French fraternity which
will permit us once more to over
come trials and vanquish peril
For we are fighting not only for
our soil and homes but also for
civilization which surpasses our
frontiers and which made us what
we are: Free, worthy beings re-
spectful Of their neighbors, capable
of keeping their word and faithful
to the great tradition of western
culture.
Neither France nor Britain en-
tered the war to support a sort Of
theological crusade. Neither France
nor Britain entered the war any
more with a spirit of conquest than
that they were obliged to fight be-
cause Germany wanted to impose
on them her domination over Eu-
rope.
No Longer Danzig Issue.
Who could be made to believe now
that 1t was a question of Danzig
and the Corridor or of the fate of
German minorities? Germany has
taken upon herself to show that she
wanted either to subject Poland by
deceit or crush her by steel and fire.
After Austria came Czecho-Slo-
vakia. and after Czecho- -Slovakia
Poland. AL these undertakings were
only steps on the path which would
have brought France and Europe
to the harshest of slaveries.
know that they talk to you to-
day of peace. of German peace, Of
peace which would only consecrate
conquests by deceit or violence and
would not prevent preparation for
new ones.
What, in fact, does the latest
speech before the Reichstag amount
to? This: I Hitler) destroyed Po-
land, am satisfied let's stop the
combat: let's hold a conference to
consecrate my conquests and Or
ganize peace.
Quotes Former Statements.
The misfortune is that we already
had heard such talk. After the
annexation of Austria. Germany tolc
the world: I have taken Austria
I ask nothing more. Several months
later he claimed the Sudetens anc
Germany's chief told us at Munich
that once this claim was satisfied hi