French Ifisistence on Rights of Englishman Punished for Offen-
French Small Bondsive Words About Signor holders Mussolini Paris, Feb, 25.
Briand opened the Pranco-Russian debt conference at the Quay'
London, Feb. 25.
In the House of Conimons to-day, Mr, Thomas Cape (Labour) asked whether the For The Premier insisted at the out-ret that the conference implied a solemn undertaking by the parties ed to adhere to the principle intervention, M, de Monzie, head of the French delegation, said the latter had not} abandoned the defence rights of small French holders of Russian bonds, but they were ready to disa method of liquidating past] abilities, He added that France hoped for a speedy development of private trade between the two countries.
Comrade Rakovsky said the difference in the institutions and Jaws of their two countries did not render impossible solutions recon-Gling their interests, He desired to find a solution satisfactory to small retary was aware that Mr. William Ellison, " British subject employed in the chemical industry, had been sentenced in Florence to five months' imprisonment and fined £15 on a charge of using offensive words about Signor Mussolini: whether Mr, Ellison was defended by counsel, and whether representations mitigate the sentence could be made to the Italian authorities, seeing that this was the first ease since the passing of the new Italian act dealing with the type of offence?
Captain Dixon (Cons. member for] Belfast), said that Mr, Ellison was a reputable constituent of his.
Mr. Locker-Lampson replied that his information was confined to ress accounts of the affair, but the Ambassador at Rome had been instructed to furnish
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