Paris, Oct. 21.
The possibility of a Franco-German Pact, involving a German declaration of non-aggression, is mooted in the Paris press.
Some newspapers discuss rumours that the negotiations are already under way.
Mme. Genevieve Tabouis, well-known political commentator of 'L'Guvre," refers to suggestions that the French Ambassador in (Berlin, M. Andre Francois-Poncet, had discussed such a plan with Herr Hitler's entourage, and that the German Ambassador's interviews with. M. Edouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, and M. Georges Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, on Wednesday might be a prelude to this plan.
"Mme. Tabouis, however, mentions these rumours with reserve, Pertinax, writing in "L'Ordre," says that it is impossible to judge the accuracy of the rumours, but the conclusion may be drawn that Germany reckons it opportune to try and induce Britain and France not to accelerate their military preparations, and to strike Eastern Europe off their balance sheets.
M. Leon Blum, leader of the Socialist Party and former Premier, spent an hour yesterday in conference with M. Daladier, the Premier. The conference, it is believed, arose from M. Daladier's search for a broader based Government.
The question of dissolving Parliament, round which there has recently been much speculation, is now slowly receding into the background.—Reuter.
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