POLITICS IN FRANCE.
SOCIALIST PARTY CONGRESS. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. PARIS, January 11. A congress of the Socialist party is sitting in Paris to decide whether to participate in a Government formed with other Left bloc parties to make a united assault on the present Ministry in connection with the financial proposals of the Premier (M.< Briand) and the Minister of Finance (M. Doumer). The Mandates Committee of the congress, which met before the congress sat, in' order to count the vote's from the I various provincial federations, ascertained tliat 1769 had voted against participation in the Government, and 1306 for participation- These figures compare with 2201 against and 539 for participation cast at a similar congress in August. Parliament will reassemble on Tuesday, when political interest will centre on the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Denuties, which will not only consider" the proposals of the Government, but also the joint rival scheme submitted by the Left bloc parties. This, \i is reported, will take tlie form of a Socialist capital levy.— (Renter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 12 January 1926, Page 7
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