FRANCE ALONE

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11433, 1 February 1923, Page 6

FRANCE ALONE

INDEPENDENT NEGOTIATIONS. DRAFT NOT ACCEPTED. InitnlUn and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, January 31. Official:— France has informed Britain, Italy, and Angora that she does not consider that tho draft treaty represents the final terms, and intimates that she is prepared independently to negotiate the disputed points with Angora. A POWDER MAGAZINE WHY FRANCE IS CAUTIOUS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 31, 8.5 p.m.) - LONDON, January 31, The- “Morning Post’s” Paris correspondent states that the French Note declares that the draft Treaty does not constitute the final project, the terms which cannot be further discussed, but is merely a out the present stage of the negotiations. France had already made more concessions than were consistent with French interests. She would not refuse other reasonable concessions, if sufficiently supported, and was prepared to continue negotiations-when and where it is deemed suitable. The French view is that apart from the Ruhr, Europe is again a powder magazine, which a spark may touch unless the elements on the at Lausanne are delicately handled. It is stated by another correspondent that the Italian Delegation at Lausanne agrees with the French Note.