London, June 5.
"The reply of the Soviet Government to the British and French proposals was received on Saturday and is now under consideration," Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons this afternóon.
He replied in the affirmative to Mr. Arthur Greenwood, deputy leader ofthe Labour Opposition; who asked whether he intended to make o statement shortly as soon as -the examination of the Soviet reply had been completed.
The Vatican's alleged efforts to prevent at all costs the conclusion of the tripartite alliance between London, Moscow, and Paris, was the subject of several questions by members of the Opposition.
Mr. Wedgwood Benn, Labour member, asked the Prime Minister whether he was aware of the representations being made by the Holy See. 5 "T do not know what the representations are to which the Honorable Gentleman Opposite refers" Mr. Chamberlain replied—Havas,
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