Continuing with his discussion of the Naval Agreement, which he had signed as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Samuel Hoare declared "I am here to say, as the man who made that Treaty and as the man who, afterwards, as First Lora of the Admiralty had the best means of knowing whether the Treaty was being carried out, that Herr Hitler kept that agreement—which restricts the German Fleet to 35 per cent, of the British Fleet—and he kept it in ietler and spirit.
"Here is a concrete fact that convinces us that, with patience, restraint and readiness to understand our respective points, it is possible to fill up the trenches that have been dividing Europe, and, once again, to create a comity of nations, on which peace can be restored to suffering humanity."
Paris, Oct. 20.
The Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet, received the Russian. and British Ambassadors and the Rumanian Minister today.
Informed quarters declare following the parley between M. Bonnet and the Rumanian envoy, M. Con-stanton Cesiano, that the Rumanian Government are but little favourable towards a common Polish-Hungarian frontier through division of Ruthenia.
M. Bonnet also conferred today with the Premier, M. Edouard Daladier, and M. Alexis Leger, Secretary-General of the Quai d'Orsay. The meeting lasted two hours and is said to have dealt with the diplomatic reshuffle already announced over the appointment of M. And: e Francois-Poncet as Ambassader to Italy.
The Foreign Ministry, it is under stood, has prepared for a rather large reshuffle, and the new appointments will be submitted for approval to the Council of Ministers at its next
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