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Show FRANCE TO CHARTER INTERNED SHIPS PARIS, "Wednesday, Feb. 27. Tho chamber of deputies voted today to appropriate 110,000,000 francs to be used In chartering German shins placed at tho disposal of France by Brazil. Tho vote was 317 to 111. Foreign Minister Plchon, In supporting sup-porting tho measure, said It was tho first transaction between the French and Brazilian governmont slnco Brazil broke with Germany and was genuine demonstration of Brazil's friendship toward Franco. Tho Brazilian government, gov-ernment, ho said, had had -to choose t between identical offers from the United States and France. Very l amicably Brazil had leased the ships , to Franco and no less amicably tho : United States had accepted the decision. deci-sion. The agreement consecrated the entente en-tente between France and Brazil. Besides Be-sides from an economic view It was an additional bond between tho two countries which M. Pichon regarded as important In view of the great I future of Brazil. |