Paris, Feb. 2.
The Foreign, Affairs Commission of the' Chamber yes~ terday rejected by fifteen votes to seven the Communist proposal to open the Franco-Spanish frontier in order to allow the passage of arms through to Republican Spain Reuter the House of Commons yesterday when reporting on his visit to Rome.
Mr. Chamberlain said that in "no sense whatever was there anything in the nature of a formal conference Jor negotiation—the discussions were exploratory and informal."
His general.impressions, he clared, were:—"Signor Mussolini, first and fore most, made it clear that Holy's policy was peaceful, and that he would alodly use his influence in favour of peace should the necessity arise.
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