The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-05
Terms Included Return of Alsace Lorraine, Libera-i tion of Territories Occu-l pied by Germany and Re-; paration for Damage Donel in Invaded Regions.
Resolution Favors Creationi of League of Nations for Maintenance of Lasting Peace-Death of German Militarism Imperative.

Paris, June 5-By a vote of 4o3 to 55 the, chamber of depu- !. ties, in secret session, has adopted a resolution declaring that peace conditions must in-, clude the liberation of territor- les occupied by Germany, the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France and just reparation fori damage done in the invaded rel gions.
 The resolution which was ac- cepted by the government, also favors the creation of league of nations for the maintenance of peace.
 The secret session. which was ad-& journed from Saturday. continued all yesterday and evening until mid night
 When the doors were thrown open
 to the public shortly after midnight,
 President Paul Deschanel read four
 resolutions which had been subrnit-
 ted. One was drawn up by Deputies Klotz, Charles and Dumont, repre-
 sentlng the opinion of the majority
 group; the three others were presents
 ed by different sections of k.s Asocial-
 ists- The first. resolution, wlfich was accepted by the government, read:
 10 oI I1or, 1t,a,- r,f 11v,,
 ect expression of the sovereignty Of
 the French people. salutes the Rus
 sian and other Allied democracies and
 endorses the unanimous protest which the representatives of Alsace-Lor- raine, torn from France against their will, have made to the national as- sembly. It declares that it expects from the war imposed on Europe by the aggression of imperialist Germany
 the return of Alsace-Lorraine to the l
 mother country. together with lib-
 eration Of invaded, -territorfes and just reparation for damage. Far removed from all thoughts of conquest and enslavement, it expects that the efforts of the armies of ,the republic and her allies will secure, once Prussian militarism is destroyed durable guarantees for peace and in dependence for peoples, great and 1 small, in league of nations such a2 1 already has been foreshadowed. Confident that the government 1 will bring this about by the co-or- dinated military and diplomatic ac- | ton of all the Allies and rejecting all | amendments. the chamber passes to | the order of the day. Speaking of the resolution, Pre- mier Ribot said:
 The government as.-s you to vote | for the Dumont-Klotz resolution. The | long debate, now drawing to an end. | has shown with what spirit of sincer7 ] ity' and patriotism the chamber is l animated. This resolution affirms our national sovereignty. It declares that ] in a democracy like ours there can | be no secret diplomacy. None can or wants to finesse with the national
 sovereignty: none has entertained such 1 thou ghts.
 .French policy is the policy of 1 frankness and clearneSs When the hour for supreme decision strikes it will be for representatives of the country to determine the conditions of peace We wish to bring about the triumph Of the rights of the peo- pies and the ideas of justice and hb- erty and clearness. When the hour, for supreme decision strikes it will
 be for representatives for determin- ing the conditions of peace. We wish to bring about the triumph of the rights of the peoples and the ideas of justice and liberty. Do not let us be deceived by formulae whose
 makers hide themselves and who
 wish to spread the conviction that we seek conquest. We ask only that what is ours be returned to us. We demand that the provinces which never ceased to be French be restor- ed to us.
 ssThe resolution which the govern
 ment asks you to pass den ands a re- naration which none can contest, for appalling damages. The universal conscience will ratify these preten-< sions:
 Appealing to what has been said by the president of the great re- public of the United States, we wish to establish in stable fashion justice and right for all nations, guarantees
 for our children against the renais-
 sance of barbarity. If we fall back Into our old differences the danger
 might be great, but France united cannot be vanquished. I ask you in
 the name of the government in the
 name of France, that your vote be unani lous."