Rome, Nov. 1.
Signor 'Tittoni, President of the! Senate, in a statement to the press tovday' declared that the claims of France to Tangier had never been recognized by anyone. Tangier, long. to the French the Shereofian Empire which he subject of the Franco-Ttalian Agreement of 1016. He recalled the Notes exchanged between himself in which the French Government declared that in spite of the War nothing was altered as regards the rights enjoyed by Italy by virtue of her adhesion to the Franco-German Gonvention of November 4, 1911. Signor Tittoni claimed that this confirmed that 'Tangier was excluded from the zone of Morocco, with rear to which the: French' rights were recognized Reuter, Quai Orsay's Explanation on Htalian Statement Paris, Nov. 3.
Refering to the statement. of Signor Tittoni, President of the Italian Senate, in which he said, inter alia, that the claims of France to Tangier never had been recognied by anyone, "Lo Petit Parisien" snys to-day it is stated at the Quai DiOrsay that the agreement—between M. Briand and Signor Tittoni ast year referred only to the question of capitulations in the French zone and did not involve modifica tion of the principle of Ttaly's renunciation of any claims in Moroe~ €o, as agreed by the Treaty of 1912, which was signed -by M. Poincaré and Signor Tittoni—Reuter.
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