Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Poincare Is Exhausted and
BRAND Takes His Place in
Long Struggle to Prevent
Reservations to Treaty.
MEASURE OF APPROVAL
STILL TO GO TO SENATE
Government Had Agreed to Stand
or Fall on Cabinet Decision on
Policy Demanding Promise to
Pay Sixty-Two Annuities to
Meet Expense of War.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 81 (Sunday).-The
President of France early today
was authorized by the Chamber of
Deputies to ratify disagreement
for payment of war debts to the
United States.
The ratification vote was car
ried by the slim margin of eight
votes. The count was 800 in favor
and 292 against.
The measure must now come
before the Senate, but the ma
jority of the government has
generally been much stronger In
that body 1t thus appeared Ger
tain that the agreement con-
cluded in Washington in July,
1926, would take effect.
The text of the bill, which the gov
ernment of Premier Raymond Poincare
had made a question Of confidence,
read:
The President of the republic is au-
thorized to ratify the agreement con-
cluded at Washington on July 20. 1925,
between the Government Of the United
States of America and the government
of the French Republic for the con-
solidation and repayment in 81 annuities
Of the debts contracted by France with
the United States Of America"
Ends Long Debate.
The balloting brought to an end II
days of stormy discussion In the Cham
Der, In the course of which the premier
himself, until completely exhausted, had
spoken for total Of 81 hours.
Foreign Minister Aristide BRAND had
picked up the challenge of the opposi-
ton where the premier had dropped 1t.
He appealed to the gratitude of the
deputies for the tremendous assistance
the American Armies had given France
in the World War and had declared
that these fresh forces reached her
shores barely in time to prevent her
destruction.
America, because she was an ally, should
not receive less consideration than any
creditor of France.
The government had won a major
skirmish preceding the final battle for
ratification last evening. BY vote of
301 to 275 the Chamber agreed that any
reservations it might have to the ratifi-
cation bill would be limited to mere sug-
gestions from the Chamber to the gov
ernment. There had been strong ef-
fort, in which the usual party lines were
forgotten, to attach to the ratification
bill condition that payment Of the
war debts should Only be with monies
received from Germany in reparation
for war damages.
The chamber went into its final
session at 10 o'clock last night. faced
with the determination Of the govern
ment that in that session it should
make known its will. Premier Poin-
care was still without the strength to
appear again in favor of the measure
He has weathered many political
storms, but never felt the strain so
much. His government was often close
to defeat as sudden waves of emotion
swept parliament. The final vote was
made at about l am.
Approve English Pact.
No such dificulty was encountered
in obtaining a vote for ratification of
the Caillaux-Churchill agreement for
the payment to Great Britain over a
period Of 81 years of 1858, ,l27 900. A
similar bill was voted by the deputies
by show of hands after the American
agreement had been disposed Of
Although three years have elapsed
without ratification since Ambassador
Berenger concluded with Secretary Of
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