M. Barthou met Mr. Lloyd George last Saturday, and ex-
plained to him the views of the French Government. Their interview was apparently by no means satisfactory. The Daily Chronicle, the Prime Minister's own organ, announced on Monday, in the largest type, " Entente in Peril at Genoa."
Mr. Wickham Steed, the editor of the Times, who is representing his paper at Genoa, stated that the Prime Minister " spoke severely."
" In substance he told M. Barthou that the Entente between Great Britain and France was at an end. Great Britain czn- sidered herself henceforth free to seek and cultivate other friendships. His advisers had long been urging him to make an agreement with Germany, even at the cost of abandoning British claims to reparations. France had made her choice between British friendship and Belgian friendship."
Mr. Steed stated on Tuesday that his report of the conversation was furnished by M. Barthou himself, who revised Mr. Steed's manuscript.
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