July 25.
The new treaty governing the relations between French Indo-China jand the ye Government is sharply criticized by the "Echo de! Paris."
The paper declares that the treaty] threatens the stability of Indo-China, and expresses the hope that} the French Parliament will not] lightly ratify it. The "Echo de Paris" contends that to do so would Jonly increase the serious difficulties facing France and concludes. "The truth is that by his concessions to the detriment of Indo-China, the! Foreign Minister is trying to effect! 'a. modification in the Nationalis Policy of Nanking which demands the abandonment of our concession fat Shanghai, etcetera, but nothing will modify Nanking's demands; unless it be the fall of that Govern-iment. Moreover, as between Shang. hai and Indo-China it would be absurd to decide in favour of
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