Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23
Poincare Triumph Declared
Feature of French Loan Vote

Ratification Of the agreement for pay
ment of the war debt TO the United
States voted in the French Chamber of
Deputies, follows action which practi-
cally assured this development, In which
Premier Raymond Poincare received a
vote of confidence. That turn Of events
is hailed in this country as triumph
for the statesman who upheld the pro-
posed agreement, which has been pend
ing since 1926. Foreign Minister
BRAND. who stepped into the debate
when Poincare was nearly exhausted
by his heroic efforts, shares In the VIC
tory, according to Americans.
Fully as significant as this vote was
the applause which greeted Poincare as
he finished his four-day speech in sup
port of his policy" says the New York
Evening Post. The victory he won was
largely personal. Just as in 1926, when
he was fighting the battle Of the franc,
he has proved to be the man of the
hour. No one else in France could
have done what he has done in the face
of such strong opposition to ratification.
His calm, reasoned and logical presen-
tation of his case, his ceaseless reitera-
ton that any reservation to ratification
must be made separately, have won the
day because of the confidence he has
inspired in his countrymen. Even the
French Chamber could not contem-
plate the consequences Of ignoring his
advice and overthrowing his govern
ment."
Prom the standpoint of eloquence
and dramatic appeal" in the opinion of
the Manchester Union, "the premier's
studied argument and his sharp re-
buttals of the fault-findings of his OPP
ponentS, effective as they were, were
eclipsed by the brilliant and unexpected
assistance rendered him at the last
moment by Aristide BRAND. The brief
but pointed statements of the foreign
minister we're we'll suited to disarm
opposition, and 1t is not surprising that
when he finished the entire Chamber
rose to its feet and cheered, and that
the motion to postpone ratification until
the Young plan was officially accepted
and put into operation was readily
withdrawn"
"Poincare and BRAND did as much
for international good will as for their
own government and world economics"
declares the New York Times, when
they steered the American war debt
debate into the channel of ratification.
AS he lies abed, resting from his mighty
parliamentary labor, the premier may
feel that he has managed again one of
those rare internal political campaigns
which contain the essence of statesman
ship and world peace. To his eminent
foreign minister, himself IL times the
head of the cabinet of the republic, M.
Poincare can turn gratefully for the
magnificent skill with which he played
on the soundest and best emotions of
an emotional Chamber and said the
word which America was longing to
| hear. This foremost among the orators
of Europe has had many triumphs with
| the Deputies and in conference with
the ablest men of other nations, but
not often has his eloquence proved so
refreshing to the public of two hemi-
| spheres"
On the Poincare analysis of the
American position the Terre Haute
Star comments: "It is comforting to
hear these plain facts told In the French
Chamber by a man who must be lis
tened to as an authority and whose
Frenchman makes any charge of weak
ness impossible. So much Of rhetoric
has been spilled on this issue; SO many
| things have been said that were con-
trary to the record and unfair to Amer
lea, that we welcome this acknowledg-
nent of the soundness Of our position
and Of the liberality Of the terms IN
which we have defined it. The air will
be cleared by the Poincare speech"
1.-TWO cool-headed statesmen" &C.
cording to the Charlotte Observer
"have brought France to its senses
|" 1t was an appeal to the graft
tude of the French government that put
! the French people once more in the
mind to cheer for America with pretty
good will" The Louisville Courier
Journal recognizes in the incident evil
deuce that the time for dallying Is nov