In answer to a question put on the floor of the Chamber of Deputies at its session last night, Minister of the Interior Chautemps, declared, amidst thunderous applause, that the doors of France are always open for those suffering oppression in foreign lands.
The question, put by Socialist Deputy Moch, was: What measures are being planned for the reception and the relief of the refugees who are fleeing from oppression in Germany?
About the same time, two protest meetings were being held, one under the chairmanship of Senator Justin Godart and the other under that of Paul Painleve. Fifteen thousand men and women, protesting against the Nazi terror, crowded both halls, while thousands of others were turned away.
Police were on guard before the German Embassy here for hours before, and during, the meetings. To avert a possible attack on the Embassy, the police have prohibited a proposed street march and demonstration which was to be held Saturday.
Samuel Groneman, lawyer and well-known as a Zionist leader of Berlin, arrived here today with his wife. They made no comment on the situation in Germany.
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