GUARANTEE TO FRANCE.
HELP WHEN IN NEED. APPRECIATION OF THE PACT. LONDON. September 2. Renter's l correspondent at Paris states that the French Chamber of Deputies is debating the Peace Treaty, M. Tardieu disclosed the fact that France in February last proposed that Germany's geographical frontier should be fixed at the Rhine. He said that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George recognised the justice of this request, but, instead of granting France the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine, they promised immediate help in the event of German aggression. France appreciated this offer, which was unique in history, and M. Tardieu expressed the opinion that the British Army, if its services were required, would not arrive too late, as the German Army would be unable to conceal its preparations. M. Tardieu dwelt on the prodigious strength of Great Britain and her admirable Dominions, and the United States, and concluded by emphasising that France had no designs for hegemony.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17269, 19 September 1919, Page 7
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