Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
FRANCE WILL
DEFAULT HER
|NSTALLMENT 7
Payment OF $2O,OOO,OOO Due
United States Tomorrow Not
To Be Forwarded.
HERRIOT IS OVERTHROW
Hostile Chamber OF Deputies
Votes Out Premier And Cabi-
net Who Favored Paying.
BY RICHARD d. MCMILLAN


on the $2O,000,O0O war debt pay
ment due the United States tomor-
row was assured early today when
hostile, roaring chamber of dep
uties overthrew the Herriot govern
ment on the debts question.
Premier Edouard Herriot and his
cabinet resigned. President Lebrun
started conferences Immediately to
form new cabinet.
Herriot asked for a vote of con-
fidence on q counter-r resolution to
the resolution framed by the fin
ance and foreign affairs commits
Sions of the chamber of deputies
opposing payment. The counter
resolution was really the govern
ment's project for payment of the
debt installment with reservations.
1t was rejected, 402 to 1877.
Although Herriot remained in Of
flee pending formation of new
government, his powers are limited
because he is disowned by parlia-
ment. No interim government can
be formed before the payment is
due
Naturally, we are not paying
Thursday Herriot said after his
resignation.
The chamber was virtually under
state of siege during the debate.
Soldiers and foot and mounted po-
lice were deployed around the par
lament buildings. Their lines eX-
tended to the opposite bank of the
Seine.
Throngs OF student roaiists and
young Patriots" marched down
the boulevards. There was brisk
fight in the Boulevard st. Germain
in which saplings were torn up
and placed on street car tracks and
shop windows were broken. Police
reported 234 arrests during the
night. z
AS Herriot rose YEARLY after IA
hours of debate and motioned for
his ministers to follow him into
the ministers salon to write the
governments resignation, victorious
opposition deputies cheered Wild
they had spent the night in cold
rain, ormed an impron1ptu victory
parade.
you are overthrowing me-" Her
riot shouted to the defiant cham
Der as the trend of the confidence
vote against the government be-
came obvious. 80 be it! I accept
,x,,y oto Jofa,, Ji,,U tIa it,taract nj
m ycountry to honor its signature!"
Even before Herriot and his min
listers had written their resignation,
the chamber made its opposition
to debt payment doubly sure. The
deputies ceased their cheering long
enough to approve resolution pre-
sented by the two chamber COM
missions refusing all debt pay
ments until the United States
meets debtors to discuss revision.
The vote was $50 to 81.
Herriot went down fighting after
a brilliant plea for France to main
tain the sanctity of her contract.
Victorious opposition deputies, un-
mindful of anything except their
cheered wildly and waved their
arms as Herriot and his cabinet
walked from the chamber.
When news of Herriot's over
throw reached war veterans out
side, they shouted and cheered, en-
braced one another and organ
ized a spontaneous cheering pa
rade. Police herded the veterans
into line, but allowed them to pa
rade and shout as much as they
pleased.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. U.P)-
The Belgian government served
formal notice on the United States
today that it would not meet its
war debt installment Of $2,125,000
due tomorrow. A similar notice
from France was expected later.
Small, dapper Paul May, Bel
eian ambassador, presented his
governments decision in note to
Secretary of State Stimson. 1t
was his mission to bring news of
the first war debt default.
ROME, Dec. IA. U.P)-The gov
ernment today directed payment
of the December Is war debt in
stallment to the United States to-
falling $1,245, ,437 in accordance with
a resolution adopted by the Fascist
grand council.