News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-02
BRAND COMES TO
Defend FRANCE
Premier Wins Greatest Victory OF
His Career by Big Majority
in Paris Chamber.
4. PROBLEM OF SECURITY
Given Guarantees Says Country WIZ
Dsarm on Land and Sea'-GIves
Him Confidence Vote, 3s1 TO 1856,
After He Demands Majority.

Paris.-Premier BRAND will 90 to
the Washington conference armed with
vote of confidence amounting to 381
out of total Of SAT Deputies who
voted 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
cleverness as a politician.
Although Premier BRAND lost many
votes among President Millerand's Bloc
National, he made up for these losses
by skillfully acquiring the votes of the
entire block Of radical Socialists, as
we'll as individual Deputies on the Ex-
IRENE Left.
The attempt of the opponents, led by
Andre Tardieu and NJ. Maniel, to de-
feat him on the question of interior
rather than exterior policy failed chief
ly because Premier BRAND, by his
striking eloquenCe kept the importance
of the Washington conference always
before the Chamber of Deputies as the
principal issue.
Thus the vote is a direct mandate
to him to defend Frances interests
at the Washington conference, with the
assurance that he will represent his
entire country at the conference.
Turning on this issue the vote Is
likely to protract Premier Brands
stay in Washington unless something
unexpected happens
Responding to certain {, 'eS'f9nS Pre-
mier BRAND was more spr 'tic dian
heretofore as in 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 it
is largely a problem of our security
to be obtained by moderation and with
out any arriere pensee. The minute
France is given anything more than
verbal accord which will guarantee
that security, she will be ready to unite
with the rest of the world in disarma-
ment. both on land and sea-"
However, this guarantee VIII have TO
be along lines satisfactory to Frances
war allies, as Premier Brands man
date insists that he is, with the ace
cord of the Allies" to assure a realiZa-
ton of Frances rights TO continue to-
defend her prestige abro0G while main
tanning a strict policy OF peace and
exterior and interior order by broad
policy of republicans
Mr.. Herriot, leader Of the new Lnion.
of Left groups which rallied to Pre-
mier Brands support, declared that
the treaty of Versailles, contrary to
Mr.. 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, as well as the unsi,ned FIancO~
guaranty.
Premier BRAND, in closing, reiterated
his intention to safeguard Frances in
terests and recalled his sevc-ity in con-
section with the Rohr incident and
when Germany threatened to cross the
Polish frontiers
81 have been accused of Carrying on
a dead dog policy of inertness," said
the Premier, "but We're Duisburg and
dead dog policies? When the
Germans professcd their intention to
cross the frontier and maintain order
that same dead dog told the world
through the newspapers that if Ger
many crossed the frontier it would
mean war. The following day Ger
many halted-and England remained
n accord with US"
Premier BRAND takes PASSAGE for
New York on his way to attend the
conference at v ashington, with the
prestige Of one of the greatest vic
cries of his political career, in which
le has already fallen from power and
,een recalled as head Of the cabinet
TX times.