At.10 o'clock this" morning larg crowds of Parisians watched the! departure, for London of Mr. Chamber} lain; and- Viscount Halifax. A coi tingent.of French police accompanied the visitors to the-station; as a precautionary- measure.
The British) Ministers deft: Pari with the-satisfaction of knowing th: it was. becoming-increasingly evide: that their-talks with the French Mini-isters covered a- wide field; and lai the foundations for: even closer' ci operation between Great Britain ar France. marked -in- the sphere of defence, 4 This ce-operation was particular];
which both ministers had: the advan} tage of\.conversations with -General Maurice Gamelin, Chief-of the French General Staff. ~Recent happenings in- Burope had treed France from certain- responsibilities in Eastern—Europe,' which: however, were estimated to have prived her of the'valuable aid of forty divisions of Czech bayonets,
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