Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-24

Paris. Nov. % (By A. P.)-The
French parliament, by one Of the
most sweeping votes of confidence in
its history, today approved the policy
OF the government Of Premier Pom
| cire in the recent negotiations in the
council of ambassadors in regard to
| Germany.
The chamber gave the premier
carte blanche to execute his pro-
gramme for future forcible action in
| enforcing complete execution of the
Versailles treaty for the protection
of Frances national interests and Sc
cutrity in accord with the allies, If
| possible, but alone if he must. The
vote was sos to 20.
Premier Poincare in an address to
the chamber today did not finch in
his attitude of stern determination
| tc force the chamber Immediately to
proclaim either its approval or dis
approval of his policy. His words
| seemed to remove the smouldering
diScontent expressed by deputies in
! the Hobbies of the chamber during
the past week that was termed the
premier's retreat before Great Brit
aims viewpoint with regard to the
demands to be made upon Germany.
The premier put tho responsibility
squarely up to the chamber, de-
| clarinS that il it was not satisfied
with his government it could get
| some other government TO continue
| the negotiations.
NJ. Poincare cut short the discus
sion in the chamber, which threaten
n "a n int. fhn -
the morning, by insisting on an eX-
preston of plain confidence in the
| order of the day. without restricts
ions or 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 DESTROYS of assuming re-
sponsibility for disappearing the
facts 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 g. rupture with the entente if
this became necessary to protect her
self. Germany he added, would be
inter-allied military control COM
mission to watch German arma-
ments and il she. did not pay indem-
| nifty for the attack on members of
the control commission in Leipzig.
NJ. IOincare declared that the fall
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. lie 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.
kmid unanimous applause from the
Extreme Left Communists to the
Extreme Right Royalists, NJ. Pom
care served notice on the world that
France would oppose by, force of
arms any restoration of the Hohen-
zollern regime in Germany. An adj
mission of inability to act with re-
gard to the former German crown
prince due to a lack CT allied unani
nimity on this subject, however,
somewhat chilled tho chamber.
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-
seriousness of the accord with Great
Britain and the council of ambas-
sailors. the chamber ciced that the
premier's summary disposal of the
two questions called for wider de-
bate 1t therefore altered its pro-
gram so as to hear Captain Andre
Tardicu, leader of he Nationalist
Bloc, and to discuss both questions at
once.
Captain Tardieu declared that
non enforcement of the treaty was
the cause of lack of results. He said
n. Poincare must adopt some policy,
either in connection with the allies or
separately. The premier's policy in
the Ruhr and the Orient had achiev-
ed no results. Enforce the treaty
integrally and the difficulties of al
lied control will not present them
selves" the speaker asserted.
Nj Poincare's reply 20 Captain Tar
deus criticisms stampeded the
chamber. In great oratorical form
the premier demand of his most Sc
we're critic that policy>he would have
followed, whether he would have
risked disruption of the entente. He
charged that Captain Tardieu was
acting from political. not national
motives, in attacking the govern
ment, which he declared for three
years has endeavored to get the
maximum out of the treaty.