SECURITY AGAINST AGGRESSION

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5304, 17 January 1947, Page 5

SECURITY AGAINST AGGRESSION

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-Rec. 9.30 p.m.)

I LONDON, Jan. 16. R Tlu> French PremitT, M. Blum, and Ihe British Prime E Minister, Mr. Attlee, a&reed in their talks that an Anglo1 prciich aliiance should be liegoliated. A French GovernI meiit spokesman said in Paris that 1VI. Leon Blum and Mr. ■ Attlee agreed in London on Ihe desirability of an aliiance.

H Their iaiks produced considerable ■,0gresH tiiward a full-dress allianco. ■here wonul be further discussion on ■e jetail. «»f the agreement. ■ The spt'kesman said the United ■ate, lijnl Russia had been in■rmetl in advance of M. Blum's visit ■ Loinl.iii. The agreement covered Bonomu* :i we-ll as political quesHjjjj Ibitain agreed to divert to H-aiire in ■' short timo as mueh Ruhr ■ahW^-ible. ■ "Political observevs consider the Biossible British-French aliiance as Kne 0f ihe most momentous acts Bn the history of both countries," Btates ReJter's diplorpatic corresftondent. I H >»i of the Aliiance will j ■mplea* ' ho triangle of post-war ; ■eaties !i> > 'i oast and west Europ.e i ■hidi 'v;'- begun by the British- j ■ovirt of May, 1942, and the j Bi'Hirh-S'Q ioi' aliiance of 1944. j

■ Aliiance Long Debated ■ "Xhc tii.s-ihility of eompleting this Kanui" by i British-French aliiance Hsheeu vier consideration in Lon■on atn! Paris ever since France's Kenttioi: Tiie form of the aliiance I exiiiH-tf.: elosely to follow the ■oilel t.f 20-year British-Soviet ■U1 Fren r.-Soviet pacts, which will ■iminato .irufting difficulties." ■ Tlu* coi jcspondent added that Rere i> -i'c.-ulation in London reHirdinu' 'he reaction of the Soviet ■nion the French Communist ■ai'ty {'• Lic proposed aliiance. It is B>ped ali t'rench parties will welRme thi- o'.'jiosal. ■ London observers connect the ■departure vesterday from Paris Bfor Moscow of the Russian AmBassador. M. Bogomolov, with re- i fcorts of the move for a British■kench aliiance. l"T!u o.'oit'cled British-French , ■liauiT's fr-t :dni is to contribute to ' Iui'i>]k s i': i hication," says Ihe Times j 1 a Ica-'. article. The present , Bute "!' the tvi rld iiuposes upon 1 Irairli a': ■: British statesinanship le (liiii'.fai :.»n to consider the

ielations between the two countries in their broader bearings. Unity Essential '•'Neither France uor Britain can -hupe its policy towards the Arab world in Asia Minor and North Africa without reference to the other. "The two colonial empires meet in West Africa. Divergeneies of attittide towards Burma and Indo-China might well prove fatal. The conversationa were now about to enter the piactieal stage and the two metronoiitan countries cannot restrict them to their European interests. "The objective of the -eeonomie ntente will be to marry the Monnet and Morrison plans. The- govern- ' icnts are instructing the British and , '» ench eeonomie committee to press ■l with the prevention of conflicts in rolicy about eeonomie reconstruction, but the deciding factor in the pro•msed co-operation will be the iiovelopment of complemelitary features of French and British econoiiries An eeonomie entente can give Lody and power to a military aliiance ■v concerted constructive work to •ncrease outjmt; and expand trade." The Evening Standard says the iniks between Mr. Attlee and M. Blum were completely successful. "It is agreed a British-French aliiance is k'sirable," the paper adds, "and that c:oser eeonomie co-operation be"veen the countries is necessary,"