The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-14
ANCL0-FRENCH
TREATY PRO-
TECTS FRANCE
Premier BRAND Will
Present T e x t Of
Treaty to Chamber
Of Deputies For Ap-
proval

Cannes. Jan. II (By the Asso-
ciatcd Press The situation in
Paris. to which city the French
premier is speeding TO meet the
cabinet and parliament. has Il
greater interest tonight in supreme
council circles than the work Of
the council itself but it is intended
| that the councils work shall pro-
! cecd as far as possible during NJ.
Brands absence.
The council will sit tomorrow at
I II o'clock in the morning with Mr..
Lloyd George presiding, and NJ.
Loucheur replacing BRAND. In the
meantime the German delegation is
+: meeting the reparatlon commits
sion. which has asked for an answer
to its previous demands for infor-
nation regarding Germany's an
nounccment that the January in
stallment would not be paid. :
\ subcommittee this afternoon
/ adopted the general outline Of the
program for the Genoa conference,
the program beginning with the
comprehensive word, peace" fcl-
f; lowing tho preamble in which it is
once again strongly emphasized
that the complete tranquility OF
Europe is essential if the Genoa
conference is 20 amount to any
thing.
Besides peace. the other subjects
include financial conditions that
impede the revival Of trade: for
eisn credits and the economic sit
luation generally: the tariff and
restrictions of trade that have
! been practiced since the armisticc,
transportation and the internation-
al regulation bills of lading.
The Italian delegation explains
that it's negotiations with Mr..
LLOYD George regarding the pro-
posed Franco British pact have
been confined to the request that
any agreement Of this sort be un-
derstood rs not changing the rela-
tons Of either party with third
party.
Italy recognizes. chat. not having
a frontier with Germany she could
mot logically become 4 party to an
alliance designed to secure France
on her eastern frontier.
Paris, Jan. II (By tho -tssoci.:t,-
ed Press PREMIER BRAND, bear
ing the text of the Iong sought
| British alliance. w, face the
! French parliament morrow
which, although hostile tonight,
may nevertheless. in the opinion Of
! many observers. give Ain vote
of confidence because it dare not
refuse a concrete ract owing to diff
ferences Of opinion concerning some
of the clauses and concessions.
Both senate and chamber party
caucuses have sent messages Of pro-
test to N. BRAND, and there is
much talk Of overthrowing the gov
ernmcnt, rs has Frequent been the
case in the past year. BRAND $
supporters. however. expect him to
win
CASTOR Vidal. under secretary of
state. commenting on the alliance,
said: We are brincin to the coun-
try the security which it has been
demanding since the Versailles
peace treaty. How can the cham
Der refuse TO indorse what it has
been anXiously calling for the last
three yearS?''
The cabinet held three long scs-
Sions yesterday and today. and
parliament makes 10 secret of the
fact that the ministers disapprovc
Of the Eriand bargain. and also
that the cabinet is badly split The
fate of the French cabinet and also
the future oricntation of the for
cign policy Of France hangs upon
! tomorrow'S vote.