Before M. Briand left Paris for Geneva at the end
of last week. lie hurriedly negotiated an agreement with the Italian Ambassador for guaranteeing the position of Italian citizens in France and of French citizens in Italy. This is only one more proof of M. Briand's anxiety to be friendly with Italy. He could hardly have given a more graceful pledge of good will, as the number of Italians in France is much greater than that of Frenchmen ill Italy. He has a very keen. eye for political country, and- he would not have taken so much trouble to placate. Italy. if he• were not genuinely concerned about the ill-feeling which has arisen over the recent Treaties. He sincerely believed that the French Treaty with Yugoslavia would Calm the nerves of that country. Unhappily, it had the opposite effect. . * *, .
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