'The diplomatic correspondent of tone of the leading British papers, commenting on the three-Power meeting in London, says: "Yes day will be a day' memorable for new approach towards a' settle me of distracted Europe." The newspapers here are, without exception, pleased and impressed at the speed and unanimity with which the three Powers agreed to carry out the precise purpose which the British Government had in mind, Before the communique was issued, its terms, containing an invitation to the German and Italian govern ments to join in arranging a meeting of the five Locarno Powers, conveyed' to Berlin and Rom All questions of future procedure and the time and place of the proposed meeting have been left for settlement between the five Powers, who will discuss these questions through diplomatic channels. Considerable confidence is felt in London that both Germany and Ttaly, wilt respond willingly to the proposal.
"The Times" says that yesterday's meeting produced un extremely concillatory but definite statement of political procedure. "A new begin ning has been made," it adds. "Those who have, not tnnaturaliy, been ooking back for the last few months, have ogreed to look forward and Europe should be on the threshold one more opportunity, which may be the Inst of sotting up'house in order by peaceful methods."
Inthe "News-Chronicle," Mr, Vernon Bartlett, praising the concillatory spirit shown by France and Belgium, says that although the com munique leaves vague the extent to which the other Powers would evens tually be brought into the discussions, he does not believe the Bastern-European States need fear that the negotiation of a new Locarno Treaty would leave them to their fate, Ha expresses the belief that yesterday's initiative means new hope for Europe, The political correspondent of the "Daily Herald" says the proposal that the five-Power conference should have two purposes; 1.—the conclusion of a new treaty to replace Locarno: Q—the preparation of wider discus sion with the intention of getting a general European settlement makes it clear that the three governments fare determined to do everything in their power to get a real settlement.
The French Prime Minister, ae-companied by Madame Blum, left Croydon by alr for Paris this afternoon.—Wireless, through Reuter,
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