Evening star., 1925-11-21
PA|NLEVE RETAINS
PRECAR|OUS HOLD
IN FINANCIAL ROW
Coalition Near Sunderin1
Many Times in AH-Night
Session in Chamber.
$50 AMENDMENTS ASKED
TO MINISTRIES PROGRAM
December 8 Approaches With No
= Agreement to Meet 2,500,000,-
900 Francs in Bonds.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 91.-The Cham
her of Deputies sat from 10 o'clock
last night until 7:3O o'clock today
dealing with the program Premier
Painleve has formulated 10 rehabili-
tate the financial status of France.
The net result achieved aside from
preCarious repairing OF the political
fences of the Left groups and flow
Of oratory, was the voting of article l
of NJ. Painleve's plan. This article
deals with the creation of a national
amortization fund of the public debt.
So many amendments and counter.
proposals were advanced that it was
7:l5 am. when a counter-proposal vas
finally passed.
NJ. Painleve's bill comprises - ar
ticles. and if one-half the time i
spent on each that was spent Oh
No. there is little likelihood thai
the bill will be ready to so before the
Senate in time to be passed DeCe.n-
her s. The chamber meets again this
afternoon.
Coalition Is Fragile.
The extreme fragi!;ty of the coali-
tion on which the government de-
pends for its means of existence once
more was demonstrated. When At
s o'clock last night NJ. Blum. Social
list. dema nded q pledge from the gov
ernment that there should be no more
imitation. but forced consolidation of
the national defense bonds, and got
an emphatic refusal. every one
thought the coalition was split for
good and that the government was
doomed.
However. by 10 o'clock all was
mended again. as the situation had
heen mended several times before, but
this time the crack remained apparent
to ALL The sum total of NJ. Blum s
outburst was to afford NJ. Painleve an
opportunity TO appear to an advan-
tage, which he could have dispensed
with and taste time which he could
III afford to spare. for every day spent
IN debate brings him nearer December
g. the day on which 25O0.0OO,O 900
franc short-term bonds will have to
be met. - -.s.-,--=- -
The bin of the premier provides for
their consolidation. but unless it Is
passed by them there will be abso-
lutely no alternative but to print more
notes.
$50 Amendments Offered.
Consequently when the Socialist re-
lenteQ ana the SleIHl CiouuS lcIlpo-
rsrily melted, NJ. Painleve insisted on
keeping the noses of the deputies to
the grindstone all night in discussing
the bill article by article. There are
M less than four complete alternate
plans for financial salvation which
have been put forward for discussion,
besides $50 amendments.
The debate was opened for consider
ing the plan of the Communist Deputy
Garchery TO restore the country's
finances by Matchmaking everything.
This was rejected by a vote OF 499 to
Sc Next NJ. Bonnefou's plan for the
creation of a national lottery was
taken up, but this. together with an
other project sponsored by Edmond
Boyer, and the original Socialist capital
levy plan, revised and put forward by
the Communists. was disposed of ad-
versely is quickly as possible.
The ministry of finance today
issued formal denial of a report that
the government was preparing to ask
the chamber Immediately to vote the
emission of $500 900 900 francs more
Of paper money.