Evening star., 1924-08-22
Long Debate Seen Before Final
Confidence Is Voted.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 22-Premier Her
riot. without much difficulty. won the
first party battle in the Chamber of
Deputies on the London reparation
agreement and, barring the unex-
pected development always possible
in politics, he may be fairly expected
to win the second after submitting
to the interpretations. the total Of
which has now reached IA.
His first victory came last evening
when the chamber defeated, $40 votes
to 2O9. a motion to refer the London
accord on the Dawes plan to a COM
mission, with the understanding that
the premier sign the agreement be-
fore parliament debated the question
of ratification. on the theory that the
accord constituted new treaty out
side the Versailles pact.
Debate May BE LonE.
The vote was taken after the
premier had read a long declaration
defending his negotiations at the
London conference. Although NJ.
Herriot has come off victorious in the
first tilt it is possible that the debate
may take longer than was originally
calculated. yesterdays motion and
vote having delayed the opening of
the discussion.
In the Senate also things will not
go so rapidly as expected. Senators
Millies-Lacroix and Bienvenu Martin.
in accordance with arrangement. sub
mitted their motion of confidence and
the president under the rules sent 1t
to the foreign relations committee.
Former Premier Poincare, however.
said he desired to ask the premier a
number of questions.
The latter, who was Immediately
apprised. declared he would be
ready to reply. but at a public ses-
sion instead of before a committee.
NJ Millies-Lacroix and Martin there
upon withdrew their motion and it
was agreed there should be an open
debate at which the premier, as In
the chamber, would answer any ques-
tions the members wished to put to
him.
Final Success Predicted.
There will undoubtedly be a stern
fight, as M. Herriot's critics include
some Of the most able parliamentary
tacticians. There may also be con-
sidrable noise and interruption from
the extremists, who persist in drag
ging in their demands for full am
nesty for all prisoners except COM
mon law offenders.
There may even be considerable de-
lays and the debate may be spun out
into the small hours, but political OBJ
servers are, agreed that NJ. Herriot
will get the vote Of confidence he re-
quires before signing the London
agreement, by an adequate, IL not
overwhelming, majority.
Owen D. Young. who served as one
of the American advisers at the Lon
don conference, spent the morning
comforting with James A. Logan, jr.,
American observer with the repara
tion commission.
Mr.. Young has not decided how
long he will stay in Paris, but he will
be occupied for several days in re-
newing his acquaintances with the
members of the raparation commits
sion and the French and other ex-
perts, with whom he collaborated on
the Dawes plan.
Mr.. Young will not confirm the re-
port that he has sent for Rufus
Dawes, brother Of Gen. Dawes, and
Henry NJ. Robinson, who served on
one of the expert committees in Paris,
to collaborate in aiding the repara-
tion commission. 1t is understood,
however, that he will place himself
at the disposal Of the commission as
long as needed to put the Dawes plan
into working order.
He refused to issue a statement
until he had conferred with Mr.. Bar
thou as head of the body which ap-
the experts committee.