The Archive · 1924

France Secure of Aid If Attacked

Gratification at Lord Parmoor's Offers at Geneva Paris, Sept. 10.

The newspapers are very gratified fat what they describe as the Anglo-French rapprochement at Geneva yesterday. They emphasize the importance of the cautious statement by Lord Parmoor that the question of sanctions required consideration ax an accompaniment to arbitration, The "Petit Journal" says it now appears that in the case of war, France will be in exactly the san Position as in July, 1014, The "Ocuvre points out that for the first time Lord Parmoor when using the word "sanction" did not qualify it by "economic."

The "Matin" says that if Great Britain is really deter the aid of her for attacked countries, it will be a real maco-British shoulder to should that Lord Parmoor's declaration valuable, and affords satisfaction to the French thesis, but cannot replace the mutual assistance treaty,—Reuter.

Geneva, Sept. 10.

In the course of the debate to-dav fon the work of the Council of the League last year, Mr. Tang Taal fou declared that there was real peace unless it was based on principles of justice. He paid a tribute to the creat American State und to President Wilson, the founder! the League, and said that theca was no real'disarmament uniees vox preceded by a moral disarma-

Moscow' Sept. 10.—Mynheer Edo Fimmen, a Dutch trade unionist, and one of the-members of the Second International, arrived here to-day Reuter,

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