Paris, July 10.
Speaking here to-day the Foreign ter, M. Briand, admitted thet! Franco - lad ian relations " were seriously disturbed, adding, however, that France was still willing to te: Stme the conversations broken off some ago and that, in order! to prove her good faith, she was Prepared to suspend! all naval_construction work until the end of the Present year and thus to guarantee! the status quo in this respect, Dealing vith the European situation in general, the Foreign Minister declared that he did not. believe in the possibility of another war and that not! reliance on national defences would remain the guiding ible of French foreign policy.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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