The Petit Parisien" expresses the opinion that even if striking achievements do not emerge from these conversations, what is probably more important is that a new kind of entente will have been created. The journal is convinced that Herr Rathenau is determined to arrive at a definite result but that he is now faced by practical difficulties of which he had previously been unaware. From to-day, the "Petit Parisien" continues, a basis for agreement has been established between the two Ministers of Reconstruction.
Other newspapers also lay stress on the importance of this fact, which, they point out, is an absolutely new phase in Franco-German relations, outside of international conferences.
The "Echo de Paris'' says that never since 1871 did French and Merman Ministers discuss the common interests of their countries.
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