FRANCE AND BRITAIN.
THE NEW PACT. PARIS, January 23. The Matin states that toe Government is sending a Note to Greawßßritain asking that the pact shall be extended to 25 years, also definitely setting forth that any violation by Germany of the line held bv the Allied armies must be considered bv all the Allied armies equally as a hostile act. - January 24. It is understood that the Government desires that the military assistance which both nations undertake to render to each other should be embodied in a convention between the military headquarters staffs for a period of approximately 20 years. ANGLO-BELGIAN PACT. BRUSSELS, January 23. M. Theunis (Minister of Finance), in a statement in the Chamber regarding the Cannes Conference welcomed with joy the Anglo-Belgian agreement. He added that Belgium had agreed to do her best to ensure her own defence, but she could not repulse a German attack unaided.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3542, 31 January 1922, Page 18
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