FRANCO-SPANISH NEGOTIATIONS
The Conference is in full session

The signing of the agreement cannot be delayed any longer
JULY 11. The Franco-Spanish Conference is in full session today. It is possible that the signing of the political agreement will be achieved by the end of this session. The peace terms that Abd-el-Krim might obtain will naturally not be published. Mr. Painlevé told the House that they would be communicated to the person concerned. We can only wait and see. The communiqués from Morocco will show what response the Riff intends to make under reasonable conditions.

The German cabinet is deliberating on the response to be sent to Mr. Briand's note. The response is reportedly drafted, but it seems that no agreement can be reached on a text that satisfies the nationalists, and even the populists. For the populists are beginning to join forces with the nationalists, ready to disavow the German author of the proposed Guarantee Pact. Will they drag the entire country along with them? It is unclear, but there is talk in the corridors of the Reichstag of a ministerial crisis.