BRITAIN AND FRANCE

Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1923, Page 3

BRITAIN AND FRANCE

ADVICE TO FRANCE. WITHDRAWN I'Tf.O.M K.VIKNTK. AUSTRALIAN AND X .Z. C ARLE ASSOCIATION. (Received this dav at 11.2 b a.m.) PARIS, .March 21. The “Figaro'’ gives pioiiiinrm e to an article ail locating that France slioiilfffpfiandoii the; Entente and seek new atmtnees rounded on the reciprocity of interests. Tho writer claims that England might leave prevented the war by intervening at the psychological moment in 191-1 and that since 1917 England's declaration of her intention to apply the treaty should have been sufficient to Uinke the Ruhr advance unnecessary.

He adds : —“The German failure which led us to the Ruhr is a insult of England's uiilnro. The interests of the two countries are so opjjosed that with the best will in the world the Entente is impossible. •‘France must freely adopt the solutions which can save her to-day and in the future.' HOUSE OF COMMONS. PERFORMING ANIMALS RILL. (Received this day at 0.25 a .in.) LONDON, .March 21 In the Commons, General S. It. Colvin in moving the second reading of the Performing Animals Prohibition Bill, said it was not intended to prohibit performances, but to prevent cruelty. Performances by apes and chimpanzees, which easily lost sell con trol, should he prohibited, while lions, tigers, ami hyenas should he placed under a special committee of supervision. Mr O’Gtndy, in moving the rejection of the Bill, asked why steeplechasLig and coursing should not he equally prohibited. The Bill was due to preju.ii e and would destroy an industry worth at least a million and a half. Other members put the showmen’s point ol I view, denying cruelty on the part ot animal trainers. The Bill was read a second time by 100 to 35.