The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-29
Midi DEBATE NOISY
Prime Minister Clemenceau
Controls Situation.
DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE
Government sustained by Majority
of 00-PhrIiamentary Investigation
Into Recent Troubles Among Wine
Growers Observation-Disclosures De-
clGrcd Not Rcactionary in Itself.

Paris. June 2s-The great debate In
which Prime 1Iilister CIemenceau's OPP
/ poneuts once more hope 10 upset the min
/ istry, began in the Chamber Of Deputies
/ this afternoon. The hopes are mainly
4 based upon the fact that the Midl is row
/ so quiet that the premier viii be unable
/ 10 rally as much support as he received
/ a week ago, when the crisis was acute.
/ A preliminary meeting of the Radical
+ Left gr0up, however. showed that the
opinions of that party We're divided. Al
though the group did not pass a vote i'm
regard to its line cf conduct in the de-
bate q majority sided with its leader. NJ
SGTrien. VINO was of the opinion that IL
was impossible 70 turn cut the ministry
/ in order To- yield 90 the irrecoucilabls
committees, which demanded provisions
/ of liberty for the men arrested i'm the
[ Midi and the withdrawal of the troops.
NJ BedOuce, Unified Socialist, q mem
| her for Toulouse. began the intorp0lla-
JiCns in the chamber with a speech de-
nying that the character of the move
ment in the Midi was political, reac-
ti0uary. or separatist. and declaring that
/ it was purely economical
A-Fb--AS Aft-@A~ -hAfAt AAoufN.
I The debate which was sometimes 80
noisy that il was impossible TO hear a
word, lasted nine hours. ". Clemenceau
speaking for three. The house voted con-
ddenCe in the government. 313 70 233. The
majority Of 90 was slightly less than Fri
day last.
NJ Aldy, a member from Aude read
what he said was the wording Of the
safe-conduct given to Albert when he was
in Paris. the exact text Of which has
caused some speculation According to
N. Aldy IL read:
Il request the authorities to allow the
bearer Of this document. MarceIlin Al
bert, 10 move about anywhere until this
order is rescinded.'
NJ ClemenCeau began by suggesting
that n parliamentary inquiry should be
held into recent events IN the Midi He
said that slight increase in the savings
banks deposits there showed that the
misery was not so great as claimed.
Anyway, these people who were diving
from hunger. found $500 for the mutineers
of the Seventeenth Regiment The pre-
mier occupied an hour in reading the
military and other official reports. which
aatly eonuadicted the charges made by
NJ. Aldy.
Movement Not Reactionary,
". ClemenceaU declared that the move
ment in the Midi was not reactionarv in
itself, but reactionaries were using it for
their own ends. He insisted that the laws
must be obeyed, and taxes paid He said
he was ready % withdraw the troops
when the Midi returned 10 legal WAYS.
The other speakers were Mn. Auge and
Jaurss. who accused N Clemenceau Of
receiving Albert in such a WAY as 10
disarm him before his compatriots. They
asked If the premier intended 10 use the
army 20 collect taxes, to which NJ
Clemenceau replied that he did not
The Senate at single session voted the
bill prohibiting frauds in wine. recently
passed by the Chamber Of Deputies.