BRIAND'S INTENTION.
PRESS REFLECTS ANXIETY. iKorcivod 11.30 a.m.> PARIS, February 24. IT. Bri:'' I specially addressed the Senate «■.. foreign affairs regarding China. He reiterated France's intention of maintaining the strictest neutrality unless Irencli nationals or their property were threatened. Newspapers which hitherto have entirely ignored the Chine-e development?. ; reflect the present anxiety. "Gaulois"' points out that solidarity of the Great Powers in China is a vital necessity. It would be better to defend Kurope there than to have to tight a big Russo-Asiatic invasion later. '"Figaro'' says the moment is not distant when France will have to consider measures against those fomenting trouble in Asia against Kurope.
"I.e Matin" advocates Frnnco-BritUh co-o[>eratioii jj- Shanghai.
BRITAIN'S HELP. TROOPS IF NECESSARY. (Keceivptl 12 noon.) LONDON, February 21. It is understood the (iovernment. ieciprocally, has consented to the urgent Paris request to allow British troops, to be used in the defence of the French concession at Shanghai.— (Sydney -Sun.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1927, Page 7
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