GREETINGS.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
Work for Maintenance of Peace
Will Continue.
NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY.
(British Official Wireless.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, October 15. The folloAving message was received by Sir John Simon from M. Laval:— "It was not until after your departure from Paris that I was entrusted with the direction of the foreign policy of France. I regret keenly that I was unable to meet you during the few hours you spent here. I would have been glad to tell you personally bow happy I feel at being called upon to collaborate with you in the interests of the maintenance of peace."
Sir John Simon sent the following reply: —"I thank your Excellency most lreartily for your friendly message, which I warmly reciprocate. The tragic death of M. Barthou removed a statesman with whose work for international peace I was happy to be associated.
"I rejoice to think, however, that I shall find in your Excellency another collaborator with whom I trust to be associated in dealing with the grave problems of the time in a spirit which will make for world peace and maintain in their full effect the friendly relations between our two countries."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 245, 16 October 1934, Page 7
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