§ 11. Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make regarding the defensive alliance between Russia and France?
§ Sir J. SIMONNo, Sir, I have no information to indicate that there is any intention to conclude such an alliance. The French Ministry for Foreign Affairs officially denied on Saturday last the existence of any Franco-Soviet military agreement.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSAre we to understand, therefore, that the statement in the French Chamber was based upon a misapprehension?
§ Sir J. SIMONMy only information of the statement in the French Chamber is what I have read in our own newspapers. I think we may rely on the official statement of the French Foreign Office denying the existence of any Franco-Russian military agreement.