The New York herald., 1921-10-27
BRAND COMES HERE
TO DEFEND FRANCE
Wins Greatest Victory of His
Career by Big Majority
in Chamber.
A PROBLEM OF SECURITY
'Given Guarantees Says 'Coun-
try Will Disarm on Land
and Sea-

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! Specia, Gable to TUE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by Tnn NEw York HERALD
/ New York Herald Bureau,
| Paris, Oct. 26.
Premier BRAND will go to the Wash.
ington conference armed with vote
Of confidence amounting to 391 out ol
a total of SAT Deputies who voted to.
night in the French Chamber of Depu-
ties. His victory is regarded as the
| greatest OF his career. The vote is
even greater than it was the last
time his Ministry was questioned, and
| it is interesting as showing a new
lineup in the Chamber of Deputies
seeming again to demonstrate NJ
Brands cI~erness as a politician.
| Although Premier BRAND lost many
votes among President Millerands
Bloc National. he made up for these
losses by skilfully acquiring the votes
of the entire block of radical Social
lists, as we'll as individual Deputies on
the Extreme Left.
The attempt OF his opponents. led by
Andre Tardieu and NJ. Mandel, to de-
feat him on the question of interio,
rather than exterior policy failed chiefly
because Premier BRAND. by his striking
eloquence kent the Importance of tho
Washington conference always before
the Chamber of Deputies as the princi-
pal issue.
Thus to-night's vote Is a direct man
date to him to defend Frances interests
at the Washington conference, with the
assurance that he will represent his en-
tire country at the conference.
Vote Assures stay.
Turning on this issue. to-nights vote
is likely to protract Premier Brands
stay in Washington unless something un.
expected happens.
Responding to certain questions Pre-
| mier BRAND was more specific than
heretofore as to his policy in Washing
ton. declaring:
France intends to pursue a policy of
mediation in the question Of the Pa
cific. As far as we are concerned II
is largely u problem of our security 70
be obtained by moderation and without
any arriere pensee. The minute France
is given anything more than verbal ac-
cord which will guarantee that security
she will be ready to unite with the rest
Of the world in disarmament, both on
land and sea-"
However. this guarantee will have to
be along lines satisfactory to Frances
war allies. as Premier Brands manoate
tonight insists that he Is, with the ac-
cord OF the Allies to assure a realiza-
ton of Frances rights to continue "a
defend her prestige abroad. while main
tanning a strict policy Of peace and ex-
terror and interior order by a broad
policy of republicanism.
NJ. Herriot leader of the new union
of Left groups which rallied to Premier
Brands support to-day. declared that
the treaty of Versailles contrary 70
NJ. Tardieu's definition. does not give
TO France the right TO remain on the
Rhine after the expiration of fifteen
years. and that. therefore. Premier BRAND
must seek something to replace this. a.
well as the unsigned Franco Anglo.
American guaranty.
Premier BRAND, In closing. reiterated
his intention to safeguard Frances in.
terests and recalled his severity I'm con.
nection with the Ruhr incident and
when Germany threatened to cross tn,
Polish frontiers.
II have been accused of carrying on
dead dog policy Of inertness." said the
Premier. ''but were Duisburg and
Ruhrort dead dog policies? When the
Germans profcssed their intention C
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