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6ch.—A
Madrid des; atch
to the
Central
News
says
political
and
diplomatic
circles
foreshadow
an
ap-
proaching
union
of the
nations of
West-
ern
Europe,
comprising
Great
Britain,
France,
Spain,
Beigiura
ard
Portugal,
whieh
is regarded
as
a
posiiiwe
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tee
for
che.
future.
The
correspondent
says
his opinion was
gathered
from
the
speeches
made
2t the reception
in the
Pa-
lace
to Sirksme
How.ird,
the
new British
Minister.
Paris,
Dec. 6.h.—ln
a Nole framed
by
the Supreme
Council today,
it is demand-
ed that Germuny
sign the
protocol,
pro-
viding tor
the carryirg
out
ol the
Peace
Terms,
failinz which the Allies, it
is
set
fqgth,
will be obliged to have recourse
to
miiltary measures.
Paris,
Dec.
6th.—The
rz2cent
reference
“of ;\?l'. Lloyd George to the probable
set-
tlement
of the Turkish Empire’s
future,
_.at
a Conference
of representatives
of the
Allied and
ssociated
Powers
in London,
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has
caused
much
comment
in French
of-
ficial circles here today.
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it
is
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has
not
yet
consented
to
the
trans-er
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tc
J.ordon
of
peace
ne2otiations
af-
fecting Turkish and
Asia Minor
Ques-
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Ce-
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said he did not think the
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alliance
between
the
United
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States,
Frauce
and Great Britain, guaran-
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teeing assistance
for France
ir
case
of
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future aggression
by Germany,
would
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materialize.
Such
alliances,
Lord Rob-
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always broke
down
when
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