FOREIGN POLICY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17986, 1 February 1924, Page 9

FOREIGN POLICY.

FRIENDSHIP WITH FRANCE

an improved position

CA3J-2—??.ESS ASSOCIATION COmiGKT.) (acstp.aliax a:o x.z. caijle association.*

(Received January 31st, S.o p.m.)

LONDON, January 30. Ihe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "Although the ItfacDonald-Poincare correspondence did not go beyond generalisations, it is felt hero that something will be gained thereby, as it cuts the ground from under the feet of those on both sides of the Channel who declare that the two Governments are confronting each other through spectacles of hostility prejudice. ''At the same timo, well-informed opinion in Paris is not blinded hy tht 'friendly interchange of letters to the difficulties and obstacles in the way of settlement, while there is some anxiety lest British Labour's ultimate object may riot be the revision of all treaties. "' .?■ . SOVIET RUSSIA. CABINET'S INTENTIONS. LONDON, January 30. The ''Morning Post" understands the Government attitude regarding Russia is that, while there are hosts of problems for solution beforo mutual relations can be completely dofined, it is possible to proceed almost immediately to technical recognition, after which the solution of the questions at issue will he easier. It will not be surprising, therefore, if recognition is announced in the course of th& next few cJ.V^s. THE PALATINATE. (SECTEa'S TELEGItAHS.) PARIS, January 30. The French Government has proposed to Great Britain that questions relating to the maintenance of public order and tho security of the occupation troops in the Palatinate be submitted to the Ambassadors' Conference.

The French Government also favours the reinstatement of German officials whom Separatists excelled. Belgium has acquiesced in this proposal. WHAT BRITAIN THINKS. OF EUROPEAN POLITICS. According to the Earl cf Harrowby, who mentioned the matter in an interview with a representative of "The Press" yesterday, .there are two schools of opinion in England in regard to the Franco-German question. A large number of people, said tha Earl, thought Francs was justified in her attitude towards Germany, while on the other hand the business men. and financiers—many of whom are international financiers—considered that Germany should be placed on her feet again and trade set gefing. One could understand the attitude of France, who, penned in as she was, was afraid of Germany again becoming a mena/ce. There was no doubt that the German Government had allowed money to leave the country, rather than meet its obligations. When reference was made to America's aloofness to international relations, Lord Harrowby said that America would never come into an alliance. The ideal of a union between the Eng-lish-speaking peoples was, he agreed, a beautiful one, but he was sceptical of it ever becoming a fact.