Paris, June 21.
EFERENCES to the Tientsin situation, the progress of parleys with Soviet Russia, the forthcoming accords with Turkey and French relations with Nationalist Spain, were made by the French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet today when he addressed the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. He emphasized the French Government's solidarity with Britain in connection with Far Eastern events.
He outlined developments since April 9, when Cheng Shi-kang, Superintendent of Customs in Tientsin, was murdered in the British Concession of that North China port.
M. Bonnet referred to the statements on this subject made by Lord Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, in his address to the House of Lords. And, finally, he expressed the hope that an amicable settlement would be reached by Britain and Japan in the Tientsin dispute.
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