Paris, Oct. 21.
France's obligations under the Franco-Soviet pact of mutual assistance were the subject of a pointed question to M. Yvon Delbos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies to-day.
Asked what France's position would bbe if Russia withdrew from the Spanish non-intervention agreement, Delbos said the Franco-Soviet pact! became operative only if Russian territory were attacked and, at the moment, there was no question of that. The pact, he pointed out, was within the framework of the League of Nations, and any question of aggression would have to be thrashed out.
Asked what would happen if the Soviet intervened in favour of Madrid or Barcelona and a dispute arose between the Soviet and a Central Power, M. Deltos said each of the contracting parties retained liberty determine exactly what constituted aggression. This being the case, eventual assistance was in no way Replying to queries as to what! would happen it Madrid felt and Catalonia appealed to France for assistance, the Foreign Minister dectared that France would do. nothing' without consulting Great Britain and the other signatories to the non-intervention agreement.—Reuter.
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