London, Dec. 8.
All hopes of an carly" settlement of the Italo-Abyssinian dispute have} practically vanished as a result of jthe defiant speech of Signor Mussolini fin the Chamber of Deputies last ning.
The outlook is regarded as extreme'
tad in Geneva, where League circles: point out that Il Duce has) Jagain refused peace, All eyes are now centred Gri Paris, where Sir Serouel Hoare, the British, Foreign Secretary, and' M. Pierre [Laval, the French Premier and For jeign Stinister, are holding a series of Jconferences to discuss the next move.
The first meeting took place last. evening, when the two statesmen con~ ferred for two and a quarter hours Jat the Qual d'Orsay in the presence lof Mr. Maurice Peterson, the Foreign JOMce expert on Abyssinia, Sir George Clerk, the British Ambassador France, and Sir Robert Vansittart, New Loans Subscribed
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