The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
B|G MAJORITY IN
 CONF F|DENCE VOTE
 TODAY INDICATED
French Parliament, Chamber of Deputies and Senate Ap- prove Briand Declaration
 on Council Decision
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Paris, February 3. The French Parliament, Chamber of Deputies and Senate, gave it's seal of approval to- day to the governments declaration on the decisions taken by the supreme council at Paris respecting reparations, disarmament and other questions. It received Premier Briands declaration with all outward and visible signs that promise large majority in the vote of confidence which the Briand cabi net will seek tomorrow.
 Andrew Tardieu, former high com missioner to the United States, had given notice of an interpellation This appeared to be taken most seriously by the government, but was moder ate attack against the Briand cabinet, especially M. Loucheur and on the haste the French government had dis played to settle matters concerning the United States before the new ad- ministration was installed.
 Criticising the Paris conference, he declared: There can be no capitaliza- ton. mobilization or discounting of the German debts until the United States is a party to the agreement
 The decisions of the allied confer ence in Paris, he asserted, were all embodied in the Versailles treaty. His whole argument was that all of the decisions taken by the Paris confer ence already had been provided for in the treaty. The conference, he com tended was useless. All that might have been done was to hold the Ger mans strictly to the Versailles treaty.
 SETTLED BY TREATY
 Article 240 of the Versailles treaty sS- s..I 1I gations. said M. Tardieu. With refer ernce to disarmament. no deliberations were needed except integral enforce ment of the treaty. With respect to penalties. Article 270 provided for the seizure of the German customs.
 Thus, the Paris conference discov- cred nothing" declared the former high commissioner who put special emphasis on his belief that the con- ference should have been postponed until the United States government had been given an opportunity 10 ex- press it's views on all questions.
 In making his declaration, M. Briand informed the deputies that the French government ''has in no wise renounced the purpose of collecting the entire debt due from Germany, if she recov- CTS her economic prosperity"
 Germany would have to pay to the limit of her economic capacity. The declaration was received with busi- nesslike silence. Tn fact it could not be recalled that the French chamber had ever been so quiet under similar circumstances. NM. Briand, Tardieu Lacotte and the communist leader M Cachin, presented their arguments much as might the board of directors of financial organization discussing the liabilities of an inso1vent debtor 1 M Tardieu did not finish his speech | tonight, but will continue tomorrow when M Loucher. minister of finance who was especially attacked. will re- ply. Then M. Briand will answer M :, Cachin, who read the declaration of the communists after that of the gov ernment was finished today. The communist declaration advocated a worldwide revolution and immediate peace with Moscow.
 l Comment in the chamber lobbies is to the effect that M. Briand has picked an easy task in replying to M. Cachin. The government tonight appears cer- tain of a big vote of confidence, as the byword of the deputies is: "Sit still | and await the declaration of the new 1 American government"