"Such is the object of the negotiations which are now nearing completion.
Parleys for Turkish adherence to the new peace bloc were also being pushed. They were carried on Separately from the Alexandretta conferences but were recording Parallel progress, Finally, M. Bonnet spoke of Spain and Franco-Spanish relations, Out of a total of 500,000 refugees Originally in France, 220000 had already left French territory.
France was now engaged in faithfully carrying out the provisions of the Berard-Jordana accords concluded early this year in Burgos.
France was trying with the utmost good will to settle all outstanding problems, M. Bonnet stated.
"We firmly hope that in accordance with the terms of the Berard-Jordana accords, we will always enjoy good neighbour ly relations with Spain and will be able to pursue a course of confident collaboration in Morocco," he concluded.
Senator Leon Berard went to Burgos on a special mission three months ago, when he conferred with General Francisco Gomez Jordana, Nationalist Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, on outstanding question between France and Spain.
These problems were settled and Franco-Spanish relations were regulared. France, shortly after, sent Marshal Petain, hero of Verdun, Staging a dramatic coup, re~ presentatives of the White Russians' Anti-Comintern Committee here occupied the former Soviet Consulate today, hauled down the red flag on its roof and hoisted a tri-coloured emblem in its stead. Situated in the Third Special District, the former Soviet Consulate has been unoccupied since the evacuation of its staff and only the red flag has remained. After occupying the building the committee issued the following statement "Churches and other buildings in the Third Special District of Tientsin have been handed down from the days of the Czarst regime, and. we white Russians have the right to take possession of them. As for the Consulate we have Occupied, it has been unused for the past two years, In view of the report that the Soviet Union is going secretly to send Communist agents into Tientsin and raze or sell the Consulate building, we intend to keep it in our possession, until the birth of a genuine Russian zegime."—Doniei.
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