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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 14 September 1928, Page 9

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HOPEFUL ATMOSPHERE BRIAND'S REPLY AWAITED United Press Association—By Electric Tel»« graph—Copyright. Australian Press Association—United Servlcfc (Received 14th September, 11 a.m.) GENEVA, 13th September. It is authoritatively learned that th» Rhineland discussions have taken a more definite and more promising turn, in which there is good reason to believe* that Lord Cushendun is playing a great part; also that France is beginning to realise that the longer she dallies with Germany's claim for earlier evacuation based on the Locarno and Paris Pact, tho more she is weakening her bargaining asset. Herr Mueller, the German Chancellor, did not submit a plan at today's private meeting of the "Big Six," but other proposals brought the 'matter down from tho realm of airy discussion to tho stage of examining suggestions calculated to expedite a definito project for the ' early quittance of the second zone. When the Conference resumes on Sunday it will probably be found that the "Big Six" are prepared to nominate their experts for a speedy examination of tho financial aspects of the problem and .i will not be surprising if from the proposal emerges something akin to the Locarno Commission of Military Control, which, while giving France greater security on her eastern frontier, will comfort German feelings by including France herself. All this has created a more hopeful atmosphere for the solution of one of the greatest obstacles to disarmament. It is known that M. Briand is impressed. Everyone will be eager to hear his message from Paris on Sunday.