TWO ATTEMPTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1928, Page 7

TWO ATTEMPTS.

DISCORD PROMOTERS, U.S. Attempts On Anglo-French Accord. ELECTION BRICKS. (Australian and N.Z, Press Association.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 23. The “Morning Post,” commenting on the letter in the “New York American,” says that there seems to be an organised conspiracy afoot to represent the Anglo-French preliminary understanding as if it were intended to isolate the United States.

The promoters of discord first published a forged letter purporting to be from Sir Austen Chamberlain and now the Hearst Press publishes a letter alleged to be from M. Briand, again representing it as anti-American. The intention, the paper alleges, is obvious during the Presidential election. Any sort of brick thrown at England and France may be popular with Germans and Irish Americans.

GENEVA LEAKAGE ?

MISCHIEF OF U.S. ACTION.

(United Service.) (Received 1.30 p.m.)

PARIS, September 23.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opened an inquiry into the leakage of the League naval compromise agreement, which is believed to have occurred at Geneva. It is officially regretted that disclosures were made irregularly, but otherwise there is general agreement that no harm has been done, because the document confirms the AngloFrench Governments’ sincerity in an attempt to reach an understanding. The only mischief consists of the use to which the document was subjected in America. French opinion believes an unfounded accusation has been made in the United States because the American Navy has become a bone of contention in internal politics, especially in view of the impending Presidential election. There exists an influential section in America anxious to prevent Anglo-French co-operation towards peace.