France Insists on Recall of Rakowski Paris, Sept. 17.
Following the recent agitation in France in favour of the expulsion of Comrade Rakowsky, the Soviet} ambassador to Paris, who recently gued a manifesto urging a world! revolution, an important meeting of} the French Cabinet on the relations between France and Russia _was held to-day, after which connaoriqué was i-sued stating that there was nothing at present just-lations between France and Russia.
The Cabinet reserved its judgement on the Russian proposal for a pact of non-aggression and charged Briand, the Foreign Minister, to] continue negotiations on the subject after satisfying himself that all eonditions likely to render such a pact possible have been realized—Reuter.
Morcow, Sept, 18.
The "Iavestia" describes the decision of the French Government, not to break off relations with]
Russia at the present time as Victory for French common-sense, It says: "This decision opens up wide prospects for the extension and development of relations between France and Russia which must favourably influence political relations throughout Europe."—Rout.
Paris, Sept, 18.
While the radical newspapers unanimously commend the attitude of the French Government with regard to Russia, the Conservative press criticises it violently, some of the newspapers even talking of
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