LITTLE PROGRESS
FRANCO-GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS. OBJECTIONS TO RUSSIAN PACT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 6.30 p.m. London, Nov. 23. General opinion does not exaggerate the optimism regarding the French and German conversations, says the correspondent of the Times at Paris. Well informed circles believe that little real progress has been made. German objections to the Franco-Rus-sian pact are not diminished and the French similarly mistrust the Eastern pacts. Iffttle value attaches to the agreement regarding land armaments, especially by the French general staff, because of the difficulty of effective control. Moreover, M. Francois Puncet, French Ambassador at Berlin, was not able to hold out hope of an early German return to the League of Nations pending a settlement of the Italian dispute.
Inspired comment at Berlin suggests that the overcoming of French and German antagonism is still very difficult, but the communique of November 22 Is useful. It is believed that the present time with its international and domestic preoccupations is not propitious for the resumption of direct Franco-German relations. The Germans have been informed that despite occasional Franco-British divergencies a German policy founded on a fundamental rift between France and Britain, would be useless.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1935, Page 5
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