1 MAY 1926, Page 2

The last important subject that Mr. Churchill dealt with was

the promise by France to pay an unconditional minimum of £4,000,000 towards her War debt to Great Britain without prejudice to the impending settlement. It is a great pleasure to receive this promise, not because the payment will be large—it will, indeed, be very small-- but because it an earnest that France has every intention of coming to a quick and final settlement with us.