The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
French Chamber Dozes
While Tardieu Raps
Stand of Premier.
RUHR EXPLANATION
DENIED TO BRITAIN
Message to Government
Reminds of Promise
At San Reno.
Especial Gable TO The Washington HERALD
and Chicago Tribune.)
BY HENRY WALES.

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PARIS. May 10 Parliamentary
experts this evening prophesied a
big vote of confidence in Premier
BRAND when the premier outlines
his foreign policy. following NJ
Forgeort's interpretations tomorrow.
The expected hostile attitude In
the chamber of deputies failed to
materislize this afternoon, It being
lulled into drowsiness by Andre
Tardieu's long harangue bristling
with figures wherein gold and paper
francs and marks were intermingled
so confusingly that NJ. Loucheur
stopped taking notes, NJ. BRAND
nodded in his seat. the deputies
drowsed, and the spectators in the
galleries famed themselves and
c6nversed on other subjects.
Tardieu Disliked.
1t was known that il NJ. Tardieu
opened the debate 1t would end In
NJ. Brands triumph, as Clemeu-
ceau's lieutenant and former hign
commissioner to the United States
is cordially disliked by his col
leagues. After the recess following
NJ Tardieu's speech, only a hapdful
of deputies returned to listen to the
Marquis De Baudry Dasson's speechs
and the spectators. including Miss
Anne Morgan, Col. House, Ambas-
sador Wallace, Lord Derby, Cecile
Sorel and Elsie Janis, left the
chamber.
Quai D'Orsay announced today
that NJ. BRAND has refused to tell
the prime minister whether Fra nee
will occupy the Ruhr basin IL Ger
man troops enter Upper Silesia be-
fore Monday. In the absence of
Lord Hardinge. the British charge
d'affaires yesterday carried a mes
sage from Earl Curzon to NJ Ber-
thelet at the lfareign ONCE remind
ing the French government of III.
MtIlerand's promise at San Reno last
April, following the isolated French
occupation of Frankfort. that there
after no ally would take independ-
ent military measures against Ger
many.
Demands Answer.
Great Britain demanded to know
whether France contemplated seiz-
ing the Ruhr basin alone IL Ger
man Reichswehr sought Ito protect
German nationals against the Po-
NJ. Bertholet replied that he could
not answer such a hypothetical
question ofrhand and when an an
swer was insisted on he stated that
Premier BRAND could not commit
himself until the chamber gave him
a vote of confidence. He postponed
giving a reply until Monday. 1t is
expected the French will delay
again on Monday. promising a re-
ply at the meeting of the supreme
before June 1.
Talks With Mayer.
Afterward German Ambassador
Mayer called on Premier BRAND and
although an official statement sayA
the conversation was perfunctory
am informed reliably that the en-
tire Upper Silesian problem sSas
discussed and DR.. Mayer gave as
surances on behalf of the German
government that no Reichswehr
troops would enter Upper Silesia.
Alarming 1ews was received from
Upper Silesia today to the effect
that Polish insurgents had seized
eighteen locomotives at Kattowitz
and eighteen at Beuthen for the
purpose of hauling armored trains
across the Korfanty frontier. Re-
Inducements for the insurgents, all
heavily armed, are reported to be
crossing the Polish frontier.
Copyright, 1879