DECISION AT ONCE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 9

DECISION AT ONCE

POINCARE^S DEMAND ; CHALLENGE TO DEPUTIES "Times" C»ble«. "* ■ LONDON, 10th January. "The Times' " Paris correspondent states that bearding the lion: in his den, M. Poincare rose before the opportunity came to move a motion of noconfidence, and told Deputies that he wanted a decision forthwith. "It is a question of knowing' if : tho Government really existsj and, what is still more important, if it will exist tomorrow. We intend to exist and go on existing." . : There was applause from the Eight and Centre Parties and a portion of the Left, where waverers . are usually found. The approval was so vigorous that it could be regarded in the light of promising a show of hands for M. Poincare. .!'■'■ '. The Prime Minister realises that he has won previous successes because divisions will not bo taken on party lines. He now demands a straight vote in order to know if he can continue unhampered by continual Socialist throats. ... M. Poincare again "intervened with dramatic effect when the Socialist, M. Meyer, accused > him of allowing reactionaries to attack the Republic and not moving a finger to protect it. M. Meyer asked why M. Poincare had not ascended tho tribune to denounce the anti-Bepublicans. M. Poincare jumped up and asked Deputies if they did not remember how ho was foremost in defending/Parliament against the reactionaries. He mentioned his share in defeating Boulauger and saving Dreyfus. Almost the entire chamber was stirred by the dramatic allusion to historic incidents and burst into applause. M. Meyer's speech faded out.