THE ROYAL TOUR

Southland Times, Issue 19517, 17 May 1922, Page 5

THE ROYAL TOUR

VISIT TO FRANCE j newspaper tributes THE ENTENTE CEMENTED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (The Times Service). i t PARIS, Mayls. The soul of Edward reappears in his j august son.” These words from the Gaui lots are typical of the comments of the press i on the value to Anglo-French relations of ■ the King’s pilgrimage. ■ The Petit- Parisien says the words of the ■ King dispelled in a flash the bad feeling enj gendered in many French circles by the j Genoa Conference. La Victoire declares that despite the existence of certain differences of opinion the Entente Cordiale will now become proof against all attacks. The Gaulois says the King’s words went straight to the heart of France. A beneficial breeze from the north travelled to Genoa dispersing the clouds obscuring the Conference sky and it hopes when their Majesties return to Paris it will be to reconsecrate the Anglo-French union. A SUGGESTION OF POLITICS. REPUDIATED BY MR CHAMBERLAIN. LONDON, May 15. Lieutenant-Colonel Malone asked Mr Chamberlain in the House of Commons whether his attention had been drawn to a leader in the Chicago Tribune suggesting that the King’s visit to Belgium and France had the political object of counteracting the effects of the Genoa Conference. Mr Chamberlain said : “I should have supposed that the object of the King’s visit to Belgium and France to the graves of the Empire’s soldiers was sufficient evidence to protect his Majesty against any allegations of this kind. The King’s devotion to peace and his strictly constitutional exercise cf his powers are known to everyone.” (Cheers).