Paris, Dec. 31, The newspapers to-day comment sharply on the disclosure that the British Government before Christe mas sent another note request the French Government's considers tion of claims of British bondholders of French war loans. The divulged. 4 contents of this new note are not
Lo Journal asks whether this is the time to disturb Anglo-French relations by persisting in a dise agreeable controversy and evoking hopes which cannot be satisfied.
It is understood that Britain adheres to the stand-point that the loans are repayable in gold francs and not at the existing rate of exchange, Britain's first note on tha subject, sent last July, evoked an unfavourable reply.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.