PEACEFUL AGREEMENTS
Press Association —Copyright. Received June 17, 9.10 p.m. Madrid, June 17. France and Spain have exchanged a note mutually guaranteeing the maintenance of the status quo in those parts of the Mediterranean and Atlantic ■wherein they are directly interested. The note does not constitute any alliance and is not accompained by any military convention. Great Britain and Spam have exchanged a similar note with a view of safeguarding their mutual interests. These two agreements have been communicated to Germany and the other Qreat Powers. Paris, June 17. M. Pichon, in an interview, declared that the Franco-Spanish arrangement, besides seeking to maintain the status quo, which, owing to the proximity of their respective possessions, could not be modified without injuring the two Powers, is essential to their interests. It assures security of communications with such possessions. The two arrangements were excellent guarantees of peace. Le Temps says the agreements are purely diplomatic.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 141, 18 June 1907, Page 5
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