Paris, Sept. 13. of the Franco-Italian conversations, which are being held in continuation of the Londoa Conference, it is noteworthy that Mf. Dumesnil, the French Minister of Marize, in an interview, stresses France's position as the. "second Colonial Power in the world" andi her need of sufficient Naval forces to defend her overseas possessions jand also her own coast.
'M. Dumesnil added that he had] energetically upheld this thesis at the London Conference and that the position had not changed since then. He concluded with the words: right is incontestable; our position impregnable."—Reuter.
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