translate English to French: They effect the virtual expropriation of Imperial's assets in its trademarks and in its packages, without the slightest compensation being paid or contemplated and without Parliamentary authority to this effect, even assuming Parliament could give it.
"They effect the virtual expropriation of Imperial's assets in its trademarks and in its packages, without the slightest compensation being paid or contemplated and without Parliamentary authority to this effect, even assuming Parliament could give it."