ALLIED UNITY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10559, 9 April 1920, Page 6

ALLIED UNITY

NO RUBTURE LIKELY. SLIGHT BRITISH ADVANCE MAY BE NECESSARY. (Received April 8, 10.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 7. The Australian Press Association learns that the meeting*of Ambassadors was postponed until to-day owing to the absence df Lord Derby, who has now returned to Paris with authority to declare the British attitude. It is understood that M. Mill eland, the French Premier, has- been kept closely informed of British and American official views, and that no rupture pf Allied unity is likely. 1 At the most Britain and America may protest against French action, tut it is recognised that failure to support Franco would he misinterpreted rn Germany. It may even be necessary to make a slight British advance in order to convince the Germans, but it is more proh able that the incident will be closed in a few day* by the withdrawal of the Germans from the neutral zone. This would be'followed promptly by a French withdrawal. The whole situation will he reviewed at a sitting of the Supreme Council in London to-morrow.