Pons, Feb. 12, 'The Franco-Soviet pact' of mutual assistance was compatible with the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Locarno Treaty, declared M. Pierre-Etienne Flandin, the Foreign Minister, in a speech to-day before the Foreign Affairs Committee the Chamber of Deputies.
Therefore, he added, there was: nothing to warrant Germany fortify ing: the demilitarized zone in the Rhineland, 'M, Flandin emphasized that demilitarization not be dependent on any condition.
It Germany violated the Versailles Treaty in this connection, he con~ eluded, France would Immediately consult the Locarno guarantor Powers with a view. to deciding what action to take. Such action would follow the lines of regular League procedure—Reuter.
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