Heated Debate in French Chamber of Deputies.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6965, 21 January 1918, Page 3

Heated Debate in French Chamber of Deputies.

Australian and N Z Cable Assoc. , Rec Jan 21, 9 25 a in \ Paris, Jan 20 * Tfce Chamber of Depties voted; confidence in M. Clenunceau (Fre-; mier) after one cf the most heated debates e\nt heard* ia the Chawbtv of Deputies. De Saebar.el was compelled to suspend tha session in order to reestablish calm. The traubla arose after a Socialist interpellation against the Royalist papers Action and Francahe. To thh members on the right \ delivered a counter-attack. M. Puglie9?cor,ti accused nineteen Deputies of collaborating in the r;«ws- • paper Limoge9, founded with German \ money, in which Dr Ltebknecht and; Herr Bernstein were interested He? further accused M. Longuet, who is? Karl Marx's grandson, of writing for German and Swi9B papers. Finally, the Chamber, by 368 vct«s to 118, adopted an order of the day Jtating that the GaverntEent should chsck all Royalist and other movements attempting to create civil war, aud expressing confidence in the Government to act. During the debate a Socialist member, named M. Mayeras, struck M. Pugliesaconti, who subsequently sent hia second to M. Mayeras, who declined to admit himself wrong as M. Pugelieseconti had produced a revolver. M. Pugliesscouti ttieu sent hia second to M. Lorgutt.