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...observations" remained their secret, but Europe's chancelleries flew at once into a diplomatic furor. It was discovered that Benito Mussolini had also received a copy of the "observations" in Rome, but none had been handed to Ambassador Davis at Geneva or to French Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour. What was Germany trying to do-split the U. S.. British, French, Italian disarmament front...
...President for the wreck of the London Conference, and sought to soothe the Frenchman with a cheery verbal message from Mr. Roosevelt. These chores done, Mr. Davis proceeded to sit in at Paris on disarmament parleys with British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon, French Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour and Italian Ambassador Count Pignatti-Morano Di Custoza. The French thesis, vehemently presented by shaggy, voluble M. Paul-Boncour, is that French spies have obtained ample proof that Germany is secretly rearming in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, that only by setting up an international authority for inspection and control...
...Five" last week. Ostensibly they came to attend a routine session of the League Assembly, but proceeded virtually to ignore it and negotiate at high pressure in their hotels. Indiscreet, a member of M. Paul-Boncour 's staff blabbed to correspondents what scores of highly-placed Frenchmen think but dare not say: "Unless the Conference succeeds, France and Poland will have to launch against Germany a preventive...
Thus ended a seven-month battle which had sent the provisional budget from the Chamber to the Senate and back again nine times and overthrew the brief Government of Joseph Paul-Boncour. French brokers agreed that the long awaited budget might have been worse. High as the deficit is, it has been trimmed 75% from that which an amiable Chamber wished to present to the country in November. Three points that Premier Daladier fought for were gained: a 5% reduction in all Government expenditures except the army & navy *; sending to the committee the inflammatory Socialist proposal...
Deeply moved by this love feast after so much bickering in Geneva among other nations, France's eloquent Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour cried...