ALLIED INTERESTS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 58, 6 May 1924, Page 5

ALLIED INTERESTS

BRITAIN, BELGIUM, FRANCE. IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. (The Time's)* ; (Received 10.35 a.m.) London. May o. The Times' Ostend correspondent says: Although an Allied agreement has not yet been reached with regard to the application of the Experts' progress is undoubtedly being made in connection therewith. The conferences which M. Theunis and M. Hymans have had with M. Pomcaro and Mr MacDonald seem to have done much to clear the air. The Belgian Ministers arrived at Ostend in the afternoon from London. M. Theunis said: "W'c discussed the broad lines of the reparation problem in the of the Experts' plan. It is indispensable there should be goodwill. It is evident that Mr MacDonald is animated by undeniable desire to reach an agreement. He does not conceal his sympathies with Franco. We return favourably impressed." M. Hymans, when asked if an In-ter-Allied Conference may be looked for in the ne»? future, replied; "That is a difficult question to answer. There is certainly an Allied agreement at the moment, and judging by the conversations' 1 have" had, such a conference may Tie" hearer than many think." Both ministers declared that strict secrecy with regard to what transpired at Chequers was most essential I in tlie interests of Allied unity.