BRITAIN AND FRANCE

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1922, Page 3

BRITAIN AND FRANCE

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, January 24. The “Echo de Paris” foresees no difficulty in arranging a formula with regard to Tangiers. The only point requiring settlement over the Angora treaty is that of intervention between jGrqeks and TJuirks before hostilities are resumed. The newspaper jadds that Britain desires a certain energetic measure! which France is, not disposed to adopt. There is almost agreement between Britain and France to give Turkey possession of Anatolia, special guarantees being laid down for Greeks at Smyrna. The only real difficulty, concerns the Thru.am frontier, Britain proposing the Miidia-Rhodoso line, and France preferring the Enos-Midia. LONDON, Jan. 24.

Viscount Grey said the Entente was made and maintained by those (Conference) methods, together with tbe trust’ and confidence under which neither Government sprang a surprise ' on tbe other and in which were perfect good faith and close personal touch between them. Tbt Supreme Council had destroyed that. The Supreme Council bad been fatal to the French Prime Minister and his successor apparently did not desire to have much to do with it. The re-establishment of good relation with France was the most vital thing in European politics. Despite disagretments of the past, I am in agreement with Lord Robert Cecil, on labour, social and political questions of to-day. (Cheers). I see every reason why we shall co-operate, co-opera-tion being very different from coalition.