Evening star., 1925-12-14
Advisory Body Passes.

The advisory committee to pass on
all financial plans. announcement of
which was made at the time of the
formation of the new BRAND ministry
and which made an excellent impress
sion. has vanished, and nothing more
IS heard of it..
One thing seems certain-that NJ
1oucheurs principal bill-the rev
~nue bill-which is in the hands of
the finance committee of the cham
Der. will not pass as it stands. Con-
sequently it is believed either NJ
IouCheur will withdraw from the
ministry and that there will be a
fresh set of proposals. or the bill will
be remodelled by the finance commit
tee. or NJ. Loucheur himself In
either case. political observers opine
more Importance will be attached to
political considera tions than to the
views of the financial experts.
Senator Victor Henry Berenger,
newly appointed Amba ssador to the
United States, in an address here to-
day intimated that he was going to
Washington to negotiate a new COM
mercial agreement as well as to settle
the war debt
Many problems are up between
the two countries" he told the friends
of France, at whose luncheon he was
the guest of honor. These problems
are colonial maritime and economic
and l am going to Washington to
grapple with them. with the feeling
that / will have backing at home,
rather than having machine guns fir
ing in the rear"
This was taken as a yelled allusion
10 the strings attached by the preced
ing government to the action of its
debt mission in Washington.
1T is a decisive moment for u.s."
Senator Berenger added.
Sees Stability Retarded.
I'm spite of the efforts we have
made and in spite of the prodigious
activities of the country and its
y prodigious production the financial
situation threatens to plunge US into
"a whirlpool of imitation, and financial
stability is impossible until the debt
question is settled.
The French government has not
only recognized its war debts but
has announced its determination to
settle them in spirit of cordial collab-
Grafton"
The American Amba ssadCr Myron
IT. Herrick, who preceded Senator
Berenger, declared: THE eternal re-
lations between the two countries need
not be disturbed by passing difficult
ties"
He assured his hearers that the real
heart of America was not Sordld and
that Senator Berenger would find
more good will in Washington than
the manifestations of certain lndl-
,yidual Americans might indicate.
The present week is likely to prove
n momentous one in French political
history, as extraordinary changes in
the manner in which France has
neen governed for the last 55 years
are regarded as imminent by the
press of all political shades.
Public anxiety is being famed by
extremely daring articles in the news
papers.
Some of these demand and others
plead for changes in the government
tai regime, ranging from the establish
ment of a dictatorship or committee
of public safety" to the more con-
stitutional proposal that Parliament
sit in secret while the financial bills
nre being discussed and voted.
Midi Asks Union.
The Paris Midi, one of Frances
foremost monday papers-of which
FINANCE Minister Loucheur is reported
10 have acquired controlling interest
some months ago-in a leading arti-
Gle today asks for the creation of
y ministry of national union and the
apDointment of a committee in which
all classes of the nation would be rep
resented as well as eminent technical
experts.
The committee would collaborate
with the finance minister in framing
financial DEGREES. These DEGREES
would become effective without rati
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