The Archive · 1937

French Comment

Paris, Sept. 5.

Ttaly, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey and Egypt will be the Powers invited to the Mediterranean conference, according to "Lo Petit Parisien."

The conference, says the newspaper, will be held in the vicinity of Geneva simultaneously with the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, but independently of League auspices.

The British and French authorities at first considered extending the scope of the conference to Black Sea countries, but the idea was abandoned as it was thought the talks would have more chance of success if the scope was limited.

Britain and France, "Lo Petit Par-hsien" adds, contemplate the withdrawal of all. submarines belonging to Mediterranean Powers into their own waters, so that warships of the contracting powers may be free to sink any submarines appearing in the forbidden areas—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account