Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-23
NJ. HERR|OTT UPHELD
BY DEPUTIES VOTE.
ON DAWES SCHEME :.
Communist Demonstration
Marks Premiers' Arrival
In Parliament


ment $40 to 209, defeating a motion
to refer the London accord on the
Inauguration of the Dawes plan to a
commission.
When M. Herriott returned from
the senate, Louis Lucien Klotz, dep
uty and former minister. began a
maneuver to have the chamber adj
tourn until the accord is signed, con-
tending that parliament must ratify
the London accord because it is out
side of the treaty of Versailles.
The premier, in answering this
contention, asserted that jurists had
confirmed the governments theory
that the London agreement was
merely an extension of the treaty.
He added that he insisted upon a de-
bate and a vote of confidence since
he would not sign the agreement un
iii his policy had been approved.
Meantime the senate adjourned I'M
til tomorrow and will discuss other
bills until M. Herriott is free to ap-
pear before it.
taken at the London conference
were overshadowed by violent COM
munist demonstrations in the cham
bnr of deputies To-Day when Premier
Ierriot went before the chamber and
senate, read a long declaration en-
bodying the governments case and
asked tor it the approval of the leg
tslature.
The premier was spared mucn of
this violence during the hour it took
to read his statement but before and
after his address the chamber was
mad house and the session had to
be suspended in order tn restore
quiet.
The communists mono oolizeG the
debate and unanswered IN such
fashion that the entire afternoon was
devoted to their motion for an adj
journment III til the senate votes
the amnesty bills. Not a word of dis
cussio natout the work of the Lon
don conference was heard.
The premier received a genuine
ovation from his friends hut the hos
tilu Ctmol strGtion was ulne mark
ed. me communists crvi.tg: Am
Lesty. and hosting tanners.
The communist deputy, Henri
Marty. ed the booing, Lat the cppo
sition subsidized when Il. Harrlot took
the rostrum and began to speak
Before he had launched into J i~
statement however, the tooing be-
gan again and M. Marty held aloft
Banner bearing the phrase: "An-
other Crime
Great enthusiasm was displayed
when M. Herriot declared that the
application of the Dawes plan would
dissipate the war spirit, and when
he told of Frances horror at the
thought of war.
The premier also was applauded
when he said he could not refuse
the Dawes plan which was based on
cooperation, and when he empha-
sized the importance of arbitration
Nile was interrupted by the com
= Rlnists, who cried: Down with
ar" aud Long live peace
= These Interruptions were frequent
but the premier's supporters gave
him rousing cheers when he told Of
the method which had been adopted
for determining when Germany was
In default. This method. he said,
was entirely in accordance with the
treaty of Versailles.
Emphasizes Arbitration
''I, for my part, have chosen said
Herriot to the deputies, but nothing
final has been done, and parliament
In its turn. can choose"
Evacuation of the Ruhr, the pre-.
mier said, had dominated everything
at the international conference in
London and he had had Ito choose
between the establishment of ar
inter-allied entente and the continu
ance of isolated action
M. Herriot emphasized that arbi
tration was the great principle estab
lished at the London conference, and
asserted that France would gain by
It, for lit would need a great deal o.
optimism to believe that France ir
the future could again get the ma
jority of votes which enabled her tC
enter the Ruhr."
The reparation problem. in whict
France was the most interested par
ty. now has been taken from the
political into the economic field. tbs
premier continued, and the very
large role we have given to Ameri
c&n citizens in our organization was
given -enedly."
I'VE can only rejoice" NJ. Herrio
continued, ito have associated witt
us the great American republic
which has witnessed our suffering!
and which has all the authorit,
necessary to supervise the execution
of the program which was due in
large part to its initiative"
French Freedom Defended
Frances freedom of action, NJ
Herriot said. had been defended t
the utmost in London, but the situa
ton had become grave.
Then Prime Minister Macdonald
OF Great Britain, in two letters ha
reminded the French and Belgians @
the declaration that they had mad
when they entered the Ruhr tina
they had done so merely 10 enforc
payment by the Germans.
Nevertheless. Nj. Herriot went or
he had come before the cabinet i
Paris. decided to limit to max
mum of one year the military occl
patton of the Ruhr."
The German delegates at Londol
through the British prime ministe
made ii plain that the relchsta
would not accept the proposed pla
unless the Ruhr were evacuated.
The advantages he had obtaine
at the London conference, the pr
mier insisted, do not strike the in
asination but they are suhstanti,