Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-30
Stormy Scene in
 FrenCtl Chamber When Mig Ter of Foreign Affairs 'ichon Outlined Franz Peace Terms.

dflS, 28.-(By The A. F.)-I The stormy which has been threatening In the frenujl chamber for the past four days broke this after noon. when stephen Picchn, minister of foreign affairs, amid violent interruptions by the socialists and counter. demonstra- tlons by the government supporters, outlined Fn.iEce'S- peace terms 2 The minister declared tIt;.t France is absolutely in agreement thai full pub hclty be given to the proce edings of the peace conference He announced that intervention in Russia was inc Iltable, but that it would te of de- fens1ve character so far as French troops were concerned, and that if of fensive operations wore undertaken, it must be by. Russian troops.
 It had been evident. for the past week that tue opponents Of Premier Clemenceau Were determined to ob- struct in every possible way the vot-- ing of the budget of 1050O 900 900 francs for the first three months of 1 1919 unless the government stated its peace terms either through Prera:er Clesnenceau or M. Pichon. But it was not expected that the government would do so before Monday.
 M. Franklin Bouillon. of the com mittee of foreign affairs. brought mat ters to a head, however, tv a violent attack on M. Pichon and ;lle govern ment's foreign policy.
 Since Thursday the government i bench had s.lt in obduratt silence, re 1 fusing 10 reply to any queries; but I when M. Pich:on ascended 1!1e tribune 1 this afternoon he was ready to answ- CT. He declared:
 l First: That the government was in | accord that the utmcs. publicity i should be given to the peace confer 1 ence, thus replying to aha ointerpella- i lation of the socialist deputy, Marcel Cachin, of last Friday, whvn he ask l ed Premier Clemenceau to state i whether secret diplomacy would be ! abandoned in the peace conference and i the discussion given all publicity ! Second: That the French govern. ment has adopted the principal of a 1 league of nations and is now busy working toward it's effective realiza 1 ton, thus replying to the inrerpellatior of the socialist, M. Bracke.
 Third: That the government doe: not desire any annexation, ut reserv-
 es the right tG fix the AisaCe Lorraine frontiers to fuard against future at. tack, thus rtplying to VI. Franklin
 BouiHon.
 Fourth: That the government doe' not think. that the question of diplo 1 matic representation of the Vatican 9rises at the present moment
 Fifth: That intervention in Russia
 is inevitable
 1 Upon Russian interven;ion, M. Pich
 on explained. reading from instruc
 tions issued Ey Premier Cienneneeau t
 the general commanding. that sl1el
 
 | time being, bat defensive. ir order {,
 prevent the Bolslevi!li from invadini
 Ukraine, the Caucasus and weste1-
 Siberia. In the future an offensive in
 tervention might be necessary in orde
 to destroy Bolshevism Such an op
 eration must he carried cut by Rus
 sian troops, of which 100.6G0 were a
 the present time ready at Odessa
 While Pichcn was reading M. Clem enceaus instructions. randemoniur gbroke loose on tht socialist bench. The war is beginning alew," the
 shouted NJ. Descharel president of tn chamber. threate ened to have one of tn ,, most unruly Of tn socialist member
 ejncted. M. Pichon wea:hered tn
 storm calmly. He refused peremptor
 fly to answer whether the French gov | ernment was prepared at the presen
 time to make public the names of it
 delegates to the peace conference. Tn chamber must give the government ii
 confidence iIa said
 The chamber again was in an up roar, in winch it was noted that oth
 CTS joined with the socialists , The chamber is holding q sessio Il this evening, as the budgec must b
 voted before midnight, December 3 I hy both the chamber and he senat, | There were three sessions today an :. two have been held every day thi
 week. But only ore vote on striC e party lines was taken. This was 0 9 Friday, when the government did nc : lose any strenth, despite the widel Q advertised onslaught Of it's opponent