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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FRANCE AND BRITAIN. straight talk rx lords. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. In the House of Lords, Lord Birkenhead, in a speech delivered in an acid and critical temper asked: “What will napj.en if France docs not concur in our reply to the German Note?” Bluntly adding: "I do not expect that France will agree. What do the Government mean to do if that happens, as it will, moreover and what will Happen to our army of occupation it the answer i- as I have indicated? Are wo to keep it in Germany when no useful purpose is to lie served f We should attain a complete understanding with Frame, not by encouraging her to ignore the erm-iJerfd inns which lire influencing opinion in this country. • lit by complete frankness." The speech was plainly unwelcome to the Government front hem h ami Lord (. urzon did not reply to Lord Birkenhead's questions.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1923, Page 3
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