Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-23
French Chamber Of Deputies
Gives Vote of Confidence in
Cabinet of CIemenceau After
Premier Takes Stand.
ASCENDS THRONE AFTER
MANY INTERRUPTIONS
GIoWers at Socialists, Makes
Witty Remark, Tells a Few
Plain Truths and Steps
Down Victor Amid Cheers.

Paris, July 22.-(By the Associated
Press.)-The chamber of deputies
gave vote of confidence in the
cabinet of M. Clemerceau Tuesday
afternoon by vote of 272 against
l6l.
M. Clemenceau's opponents were
juhilant over the vote in the cham
Der, saying that it spelled the doom
of the cabinet as at present constr
tuted.
Premier Clemenceau, on leaving
the chamber, said:
y This is a mere skirmish. The
real battle is coming"
The premier was cheered as he de-
parted, many officers surrounding
him and shouting, "Nive Clemen..
ceau," and Long live the father of
victory"
Annoyed During Debate.
Annoyed during the debate By
repeated Interruptions from the So
cialists, in which Jean Bon and il.
Varenne were conspicuous, NJ. Gle
menceau himself ascended the trio
une. Amid tense silence tine Old
man walked slowly up the steps
and turned and saluted the right ard
centre and glowered at the extreme
left. The fight of battle was glealc-,
ing in the Tigers eyes as he said,
in a low voice:
"You blame me for not having
chosen my colleagues from the
learned. An eminent mali is not
necessarily a member of the French
academy"
The house laughed and was IT'S
armed. Strolling UP and Gown the
tribune, the premier hcsitasec,
stopped and then continued:
You wanted me to make war. i
have made war. You wished To TO
make peace. 1t is harder to make
peace than it is to make war. it is
a question of confidence. have
obtained all that France could desire
and many things that France could
not hope for
M. Clemenceau expressed the de-
sire to go before the country in new
elections.
q had thought" he said, "that
after five years of war, | might
rest, but l have been told: You
made the war.
Must Continue Peace Work.
"The work of peace must be con-
tinued. All the ambition which |
have at this moment is that you
keep me in power until my work is
done. But | should give you a
cordial handshake if you send me
from this tribune in the minority" !"
As M. Clemenceau descended
from the tribune it was recalled
that just one year ago today, the
premier arriving from the Chauteau-
Thierrv sector, where Marshal
Foch's offensive was marking time
on the Germans'third line of de-
Tense, told the assembled newspaper
men I'VE have won the war; as to-
day he said:
LET us make peace"
The old chief was in great form,
in meeting interruptions from the
extreme left. In bantering tone he
said: Il am willing to retire if M.
Chaumet will succeed me-"
NJ. Chaumet was sponsor for the
Interpolation regarding the high
cost of living. Even M. Cacllin aid
NJ. Sembat were unable to hide their
merriment and applauded the grand
old man Then resuming his serious
ness, M. Clemenceau said:
Liquidating Great War.
"We are facing the liquidation CT
the greatest catastrophe the word
has ever known. You may forget it,
but |. who am struggling with these
difficulties, have a right to mention
them. A barbarous nation has set
fire to the four corners of the
world and for five years he most
abominable war in history has held
sway. And you desire that on the
very day that the signatures arc
placed at the bottom of the peace
treaty the ante-bellufn status PIE
vail.
"Gentlemen, to console mr. sell
from the reproaches which you ad-
dressed to me, | have merely tc
think of those which will be levcled
at my successor.
A,,;d cbeers from all oartS OF the