OBLIGATIONS OF FRANCE.
MESSAGE TO CREDITORS. A " GENTLEMAN'S OFFER." WILL PAY ALL POSSIBLE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 9.35 p.m.) Reutor, LONDON. Aug. 10. Tho French Minister for Finance, M. CaiUaux, in an address to English and American journalists, said: — "I make Britain and America a gentleman's offer for tho settlement of our debts. I undertake to pay to the limit of France's capacity. I cannot assume tho responsibility of committing France to payments in excess of their capacity."
i\L Caillaux stated that the Moroccan war had eo far cost Franco 200,000,000 francs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19094, 12 August 1925, Page 13
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