te alleged persecution of French eizens and' French business ntereste in Warsaw by the Polish Govern= ment has brought the relations between the two countries to the crossroads.
Paris is anxiously watching developments, and it is reported that eon: tinuance of the Franco-Polish alliance in the balance, Some weeks ago, the Polish Government seized the Girardow spinning mills, owned by the French capitalist, 'M, Marcel Boussac, and arrested several French directors on charges of evading taxes and swindling Polish shareholders. Subsequently, Count Henry Potocki, " president of the Franco-Polish Society and former president of the Polish Red Cross, was also arrested for attempt-{ng to restore the mills to M, Boussac Tu. spite of the protest of the French" Government against their arbitrary action, the Polish authori ties took two more Frenchmen into custody to-day on the same charges, thus further aggravating the situa tion, The Government prosecutor, in presenting the case against the mills, declared that the necessary evidence had been obtained to justify. the Government's seizure of the mills, and amotion would be presented to make the seizure permanent,
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