Paris, Oct. 20.
Apprehensions over rumours about the opening of negotiations to deal with Colonial questions were expressed at a meeting of the Republican Federation, a group in the Chamber of Deputies consisting of 47 Right Wing deputies, The group, subsequently, issued a communique insisting that the Government energetically oppose all new German demands regarding Colonies.
The communique urged that the Government make an official statement in a "matter so vital to the. nation." It declared that the Republican Federation was opposed to any abandonment of Colonial or mandated territory in any form.
The foreign policy of the Republican Federation stands for strict execu-ion of the treaties and security of
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