Evening star., 1923-11-24
PO|NCARE SWEEPS
DEPUTIES, 5|b-D
Premier Gets Most Over
Whe|ming Confidence Vote
in History of Body.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 24--The French
parliament, by on of the most
sweeping votes of confidence in it's
history, yesterday approved the
policy of the government of Premier
Poincare in the recent negotiations
In the council of ambassadors with
regard to Germany
The chamber gave the premier
carte blanche to execute his pro-
gram for future forcible action in
inforcing complete execution of the
Versailles treaty for the protection
of Frances national interests and
security in accord with the allies,
if possible. but alone if he must.
The vote was sos to 70.
Premier Poincare in an address to
the chamber did not finch in his
attitude of stern determination to
force the chamber Immediately to
proclaim either its approval or dis
approval Of his policy. His words
seemed to remove the smoulderins
discomfort expressed by deputies in
the Hobbies OF the chamber during the
rast week at what was termed the
premieTS retreat before Great Brit
aims viewpoint with regard to the
demands to be made upon Germany.
The premier put the responsibility
Squarely up to the chamber, deClar
ing that if it was not satisfied with
his government II could get some
other government to continue the
negotiations.
Demands Positive Vote.
NJ Poincare cut short the discus
sion in the chamber. which threat
ened to extend into the small hours
of the morning, by insisting on an
expression of plain confidence N the
order of the day, without restric-
tions of qualifications whatsoever,
either as to his policy of the past
week or his future program as elab-
GRATED. The opposition. with the
elections approaching, wilted: no one
seemed desirous of assuming respon-
sibflity for disappearing the acts OF
the man whose popularity apparently
Is supreme throughout the country.
The premier declared that France
would act against Germany with or
without the allies If her security was
menaced; that France was ready to
face rupture with the entente If
this became necessary to protect her
self.
Germany, he added. would be pun
fshed if she did not enable the inter-
allied military control commission to
watch German armamentS and II she
did not pay indemnity for the attack
sion in Leipzig.
BInmes u. 8. and Britain.
NJ. Poincare declared that the fail
ure of the United States and Great
Britain to ratify the guaranty pact
was at the bottom of the present
trouble with regard to the military
control commission. He placed the
responsibility for the lack of penal
ties in the ambassadors notes to Ger
many upon Great Britain. but de-
clared France would not wait on the
pleasure of the allies before acting
when her security was menaced.
Amid unanimous applause from the
extreme left communists to the ex-
treme, right royalists, NJ. Poincare
served notice on the world that
arms any restoration of the Hohen-
Eollern regime in Germany. An ad-
mission of inability to act with re-
gard to the former German crown
prince, due to lack of allied una
nimity on this subject however,
somewhat chilled the chamber.
Tardieu Takes Issue.
When the premier announced that
he considered the question of mill
tary control threatened the security
of France and that France might be
compelled to act alone in the near
future, thus emphasizing the pre-
cariousneSs of the accord with Great
Britain and the council of ambassa-
dorS. the chamber decided that the
premierS summary disposal of the
two questions called for wider debate
II therefore altered its program so as
to hear Capt. Andre Tardieu. leader
of the nationalist bloc, and to discuss
both questions at once.
Capt. Tardieu declared that nom
enforcement of the treaty was the
cause for the lack of results. He
said NJ Poincare must adopt some
policy, either in connection with the
allies or separately. The premier's
policy in the Ruhr and the orient had
achieved no results. Enforce the
treaty integrally and the difficulties
of allied control will not present
themselves" the speaker asserted.
NJ. Poincare's reply to Capt. Tar
deus criticisms stampeded the cham
Der. In great oratOrical form the
premier demanded of his most severe
critic what policy he would have fol- |
lowed: whether he would have risked
disruption of the entente. He charged
that Capt. Tardieu was acting from
political, not national motives, in at
tacking the government. which he
declared for three years had endeav-
ored to get the maximum out of the
treaty.