Show FRENCH PLEDGE MEDIATE IMMEDIATE TE AID PARIS April 9 UP uP Premier Paul Reynaud Tuesday handed to the Norwegian minister H. H H H. Bachke a note promising immediate immediate immediate imme imme- diate allied aid to Norway The he note was Avas identical with that r given out in London by the British foreign office Reynaud was engaged in an al alI almost almost al- al I most continuous series of conferences conferences confer confer- I I on the crisis and it was expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex that he would ask postponement postponement postponement post post- of the senates senate's scheduled secret debate on his governments government's conduct of 01 the war The Scandinavian legations were crowded with reservists anxious to join their units After a meeting of the war council council council coun coun- cil it was announced that President President President dent Albert Lebrun had signed a series of decrees relating to Internal internal internal inter inter- nal matters 1 One provided for stabilization of prices for a period of three months and imposes an official price control control control con con- system Another is designed to control French exports to neutrals neutrals neu neu- in order to stop leaks in the blockade of Germany Another establishes capital punishment punishment punishment pun pun- on grounds of treason for any person participating in a plot to demoralize the army or the nation nation nation na na- tion or to weaken national defense |