RUSSIA AND FRANCE.
■ A RIFT IN THE LUTE. FRENCH MINISTER SEEKS TO BE . RECALLED. ,o* XEr.EGßArn—ruEss, issbcuTiojf^cop.YitiunT. (Rec. Feb. 6, ii.l' 2 p.m.) ..London, February, 6. ■ Owing to France not accepting proposals recently mado by; M. Isvolsky,': Russian Foreign Minister, for the issue of a Russian loan, the reception' "ty/'tKe Tsar-o?; Jfe-'Boin-'' pard, French Ambassador, was cdol—so' cool that M. JJompard has; asked' t-p:.'be .recalled.'
.Russia ..has been endeavouring""to':'raise 'a" large loan to re-build lier, fleet, but the.state, of her credit is considered' encourago the effort. In October France reminded Russia of Her obligation to maintain.'troopsr.onhthe: Russo-Gc'rman frontier,, .which' obligation 1 had not' been fulfilled since^thO; -It. was? stated at ' the "time" that 'Russia wishes to jlesscn the stringency.,.,of her military, '.convention with France: . ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 115, 7 February 1908, Page 7
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124RUSSIA AND FRANCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 115, 7 February 1908, Page 7
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