The Archive · 1938

Justice in London

Full Agreement of Views Reached London, May 20.

This afternoon, the visiting French Minister of Justice, M. Paul Reynau and the French Ambassador here, M. Charles Corbin, left by train for Leeds. The two statesmen will bs welcomed this evening in the Leeds Town Hall by the mayor of the city and tomorrow, M. Reynaud will preside over a banquet of the Alliance Francaise.

Before departing, the Minister of Justice was the guest lat luncheon of Sir Robert Vansittart, Chief Diplo marie Adviser to the [Foreign Office.

The repercussions of Signor Benito Mussolini's Genoa speech, when he expressed doubts over the probable success ai Franco-Italian parleys, and the Spanish problem were the main subjects discussed By Reynaud at his conferences ith Sir Robert Vansittart and with Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretar:

All registered a complete identity of Anglo-French views as a result of these interviews and agreed speedily to adopt the "scheme for withdrawal of volunteers from Spain. This will most likely serve to eas: present tension and may permit the sumption of Franco-Italian con. versations.—Havas.

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