REVISED POLICY.
M. FLANDIN’S ADVOCACY. OUTLOOK IN, FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 27. M. Flandin in the Chamber of Deputies to-day advocated a revised French policy, including recognition of the Italian Empire of Abyssinia. He . thanked Mr Chamberlain (the British Premier) for support of France, • but declared that Britain would increase her undertakings to France only when France had shown ability to carry out her obligations by increasing armaments production and reorganising finances and morale. M. Flandin also revealed that the Stresa Pact included secret military agreements, whereby Italy guaranteed France against reoccupation of the Rhineland, which occurred 11 months M. Flandin asked why France was always entrenched behind Britain, when she was an ally, not a subordinThe Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 439 votes to 2.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 9
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