FRANCE AND SPAIN AND BRITAIN.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11964, 18 June 1907, Page 3

FRANCE AND SPAIN AND BRITAIN.

Received June 17, 9.10 p.m. Madrid, June 17. France and Spain have exchanged Notes, mutually guaranteeing the maintenance of the status quo in those parts of the Mcd iterranean and Atlantic wherein they are directly interested. The Note does not constitute any alliance, and is unaccompanied by any military convention. Great Britain and Spain have exchanged a similar Note with a view to safeguarding their mutual interests. These two agreements have been communicated to Germany and the other great Powers. Paris, June 17. M. Pichou, on bein? interviewed, declared that the Franco-Spanish arrangement', besides seeking to maintain the status quo, which, owing to the proximity of their respective possessions, could not be modified without injuring the two Powers, was essential to tbeir interests and assures the security of commnnications with such possessions. The two arrangements were an excellent guarantee of peace. The "Temps" says that the agreements are purely diplomatic.