New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
French Campaign
For Lower House
To Open Sunday
Clemenceau's Speech at
Strasbourg TO Launch Hot
Fight in Which Soldiers
Are Candidates for Seats

PARIS, Oct. 23.-The campaign for
the election of a new Chamber of Dep
uties to succeed the lower house of the
wartime parliament Will be in full
swing after the opening speech by
Premier Clemenceau at Strasburg Sun
day. The tickets of most of the parties
are, however, still far from complete
The Socialists, who, as usual. are the
first to get into action, virtually had
completed their lists of candidates.
when Moderate representa- tives of the
party. whose candidates. had been ex-
cluded, resisting political exile took
steps to nominate separate tickets in
the Department Of the Seine. Unless
the extremist majority in the party re
considers the nominations, which are
almost exclusively from this faction, a
serious split is likely to result
The attempt of the Republican party
to form coalition of the anti-Socialist
parties in Paris and in several depart
| nents has not yet been successful. and
many prominent statesmen, including
former Premier Painleve and former
Minister of War Millerand, still are
not provided for
BRAND Seeks Coalition
Former Premier BRAND is holding
out for q coalition nomination in the
Loire Department, but has been
offered a candidacy in several other
departments.
Ex-Premier Viviani is selected to
Creuse, but he will accept only if two
former soldiers are placed on the
ticket. NJ. Millerand is mentioned as 9
candidate in A'sace as we'll as from
Paris, and M. Delcasse, abandoning his
old d trict, Ariege, is also mentioned
as candidate from Alsace. A move
ment Is under way in the regained
provinces, however, to exclude all non
residents from the regular party
tickets. Captain Andre Tardieu again
is candidate at Versailles. NJ
Committee on Foreign Affairs in the
war parliament, leads the opposition
ticket in the Seine-et~Oise department
Many Soldier Aspirants
OF the former Ministers of War, NJ
barthou leads the Moderate ticket ir
the Passes Pyrenees, Albert Thomas is
the Socialist candidate in the old dis
trict of Jean Jaures and General
Messimy. Minister of War at the out
break of hostillties, is running in the
Alsne department. Most of the mem.
bers of the Cabinet except those hold
ing seats in the Senate, are candi-
dates for the Cbaniber of Deputies
although not all Of them have Off
cially announced their candidates..
Genera, de Cast nau nA pted
q nomination for Aveyron Other sol
dier aspirants are General Maudhuy
ex-governor of Metz, for a Lorraine
district, and General flirschauer, gov
ernor of Strassburg, for an Alsatan
district. Lieutenant Rene Fonck, the
French ace, has abandoned his cand
dacy, but Captain Heurteaux, another
French ace, is willing to accept a nom
ination.
Among other candidates arc presi.
I dent Wilson's host, Prince Murat,
! Maurice Rothschild and Count Stanis
laus de Castellane, brother of Count
Boni dc Castellanc. Anatole France
tie academician was appealed TO by the
Socialists to head their ticket, but
declined to enter politics.
The keynote of t governmental
platform, which will be sounded by
Premier Clcmenceau Sunday. will be
1t is credibly reported, the union of
all Republican forces 20 promote the
recovery of France through ardent
labor and by opposition to disorder and
Bolshevism.