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Meanwhile, the "European bloc" scheme of which we heard so

much last week seems to be dying down. It was, for the moment at any rate, killed, it is said, by the admirable realism of Signor Mussolini, who refused on reflection to become part of any Latin bloc which would inevitably be confronted by the Anglo-Saxon bloc of England and America. Now the talk in Paris is all for a separate treaty with Germany, which Britain might be allowed to sign as a fait accompli, but would have no hand in negotiating.

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