CHAOS IN FRANCE

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18635, 9 March 1926, Page 9

CHAOS IN FRANCE

! gJABIMTY NEEDED. >'gosG A GOVERNMENT. Sanction in background. 3,1 > ■ ■'- taut-******* ASSOCIATION—COf-YRIGBT.) PI-mSa* ANP S-t- CABLE ASSOCIATIOK ) '"fßecewed March Bth, 7.15 p.m.) PARIS, March 7. It is generally believed that M. will rtfiiain Foreign Minister, STjui rt&ignation from the Premief,a* dots nbt disqualify him from '>\*jti*iinfi aft amicable solution of the /Sjjjmg arising from Germany' b entry fSrt League. >5 «£l ifto names most canvassed for ," are those of M. CailM- Raoul Peret, an ex-Presi-3,tf the Chamber. 1 «J& alleged that M. Caillaux is pre'&M& to orm a Cabinet, and has a Ministers in his pocket, but the difficulty is, not to fihd a Prime but to find a majority in' the Vj liable Left majority is obtain- ; Without the Radicals, who, like j L/gotitlists, Beceded from the Left I \ji'to& whose Party doctrines do not "mm* *^* m *° coa^esce Wl^a *he I $M; Meanwhile- the dissolution of I iphMnW looms in the background j ,%\tit reiert, but the delay involved \ I A general election will be most LffiJAMltal t* France's financial p6si* I ■. gJTtTATION GRAVE. 's' / BEORBX EXPRESSED* .V ■> '. \ I"- OUHrrltt'a WUWSAUSJ- I PARIS, Match 7.' i ; SSif«r*> Vere largely responsible for | 'tta drltnatic political denouement "' : vh&' fte French Cabinet resigned. Stfjybbdy was Worn out by the ell* rjiigklf Mate. Kfriable with, groups on the Right when they demand- '-'$ wo> M. Briand should openly con-! ■ljsoi* Socialist policies embodied in £jsjsjn»nce BUL' M. Briand told that he would stand sffltoi Doumer, Finance Minister, and the conviction that the f«cjtatry ( *hich was opposed to * Cabi-1 !s&jrilts, supported the Government i&ififtal to the Chamber to. sink the I differences in the national interM. Briand concluded by asking rtre overthrown where would a fflent and a majority be found. St recriminations between Min-.j iste and Eight members had not 6d matters, and when the vote ken the Right voted practically s against the Government, jituatlon is now grave, since the and Chamber ate at. logfterand no stable majority is apin the Chamber for any policy. ft is an awful profession," buoyB&tfmed M.- Briand, as.,-; the out from Pans, bearing Viscount ' the Spanish AmbasMtitvMfctife P*i»6 Minister* Sir Joseph &&;%'James Allen, and others hound ite Geneva.* The French dogate, „M. Paul Boncour, who* nearly suttid'the train, was not so Briand. fie , uprMMd the opinion that the situation created by the Chamber's vote was f.disftatroos/and tfith regard to Geneva (|ie'wtt extremely doubtful as to the f po°Mtito tfeateA, for France. > 'The CftWnßt'e fall haa aroused, even £*W t&fl» who* voted against the in the last fateful divi|iiop, feelings of ftegret and anxiety, |nv f tew* of the present external and f jtoattcUl ptdbltms. WANTS A REST. ?*SH\ , / (MQCTB'S IKJKMUMB.) Sfe&l, ." fARIS, March 7. §§l«sa' , by a presßinan whether he ppd consent to form a Cabinet M.. |||and to reported, to have said: no question of it. I m to Claim a rest." Harriot and M. Caillaux are Rt'lcaed as possible successors. 1* Ssignlßcant that the former is now where he will confer with llpittent Doumergue. Be Resolution dissolution of was proposed by / the mpnty, M. Taittiager, the • purpose ijPtjf to seek a fresh mandate from Wk , country, in order to surmount the fipß, *s an alternative to reVolumethods. ®K AIL-ENGROSSING TOPIC. AM »B. CiStX ASSOCIATIOH.) Hi ;" GENEVA,,March 7. li|N B French crisis, on the eve of the .important event in the League's |feyi - i| the topic in ie much speculation on its the question of the enlarged |&§st oOncerning which M. Briand, Chamberlain, M. Vanderand Dr. Stresemanng*tif|toy) confer privately to-day. ,IN , CHAMBER. OPPOSITION. ; '; ;.',; PARIS, March 7, lllll'^; defeat of the Government on point was the upshot, of ||ES£wted discussion on the Finance started yesterday morning until 6.30 this morn- J deliberations on 10 jH^^ii^.. honours fairly evenly Minister, M. of his proposals being BfUgETC'$3 others rejected. the establishmonopoly, on

■■ ' ' ' L " '', 'i the importation and sale of qil an?l sugar. The Chamber, by 202 to 251, refused to shelve the project in accordance with the Government Finance Committee's request, but finally rejected it by 219 to 159, after M. Doufne r had Opposed the creation of the monopoly on oil, which, he pointed out, was solely a foreign commodity. The evening sitting of the Chamber rejected M\ DoUrner'e recomhiencratiou for an increase in alcohol taxes, and also decided on the increased tax embodied in a Bpeeia) Bill by Which the Government is expected to derive 300,000,000 francs from oil and sugar tas increases. Later, the Chamber rejected the proposed increase in the price of tobacco from one and a-half to two and a*quarter francs, whereupon M. Briand intervened and drelafed that he *irould not go to Geneva with such Parliamentary opinion behind him manifesting itself. Consequently the Chamber, by 250 to 165, agreed to the tobacco increase to two francs 10 centimes. . The opposition to the tax on payments was led by a Socialist, who pointed out that France had never been- so flourishing since the war. This brought up M. Doume r who threatened to resign if the Chamber refused the funds demanded. GERMANY SURPRISED. ; ■■■>-a.: —— (BEUTBB'S TSLIOBAJIB.) LONDON, March 7. The. unexpected resignation of the French Government has confused the international situation. Besponaiblo quarters in London believe that Germany's admission to the League Will not be jeopardised by the French crisis. According to Eeuter's Berlin correspondent, M. Briand's defeat intensely surprised both Government attd diplomatic Circles. Certain apprehensicn is expressed lest the meeting fixed for Geneva to-morrow should not be held, j ■ According to Reuter 's Paris correspondent the French capital is in a strange position, lacking both President and Prime Minister to-night, as President Doumergue has departed to open the Lyons Fair, according to programme, and M. Briand, who saw him Off, is going to Geneva. It is semi-officially stated that M. Briand is going to Geneva only in response to the repeated requests of M. Doumergue, with the object of expressing his views on the consequences of the admission of Germany to membership of the League. After accomplishing this duty he will return, j leaving M. Boncour and M. Loucheur the task of representing France in the Official deliberations of the League. M. Doumergue will not begin consultations with other political leaders till he returns from Lyons on Monday. COST TO FRANCE. I (AOStBAttAKT AJTD X.Z. CABtl A*S6OIAtI6».) LONDON, March 7. The "Observer" says: "We are bound to regret M. Briand's failure, chiefly owing to the cost to France. Tho bill mounts proportionately to the delay in collecting revenue. France will have to pay more for tho settlement of her finances, but we are confident there will be no collapse. The Budget eventually will be A final summons to .French patriotism has arrived." LOSS OE INFLUENCE. TM£GSA»JS.) i PAEIS, March 7. With the exception of the "Petit Journal," which claims it foresaw that M. Briand Would stumble over the unpopular payments tax, the morning newspapers confess that the crisiß took France and the world by surprise. Its dramatic suddenness succeeded in forcr ing the Geneva meeting into the background as a topic of comment, though misgiving is felt that France's Case at Geneva will lose much of its strength now that M. Briand has gone. Consequently Poland's chances of securing a permanent seat on the League Council have receded proportionately. While feeling is strong that M. Briand will resume the premiership, it is practically unanimous that he will remain Foreign Minister. It is noteworthy that "Le Matin" says that M. Poincare's name is being canvassed in the Senate in connexion with the Premiership. FRANC FALLS AGAIN. I (AUSmUA* AKD M. "*™ "SOCIAL.) LONDON, March 7 The franc exchange reached 135 to tne £l, and closed at 134.50.