Paris, May 22. France has never varied from her permanent wish for peace, declared M. Georges Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, in a speech yesterday before the Congress of War Veterans at Arcachon. i "A continuous threat against peace," he said, "will diminish the dignity and happiness of mankind, and we consider it impossible that force should become the customary regime in Europe."
M. Bonnet emphasized the fact that other nations had gradually come round to the French viewpoint, and he added: "To complete the system of guarantees, France, in agreement with Great Britain, had engaged in negotiations with Turkey and Russia, which in the interests of peace, we wish rapidly to bring to a successful Posses Search for
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