UNCONDITIONAL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 9

UNCONDITIONAL

ANNUITIES IN YOUNG PLAN

RELIANCE ON GOVERNMENT

PARIS, 27th June.

In the course of the debate, M. Laval, the Prime Minister, expressed his satisfaction with the result of the conversations with the United States.

M, Dubo-is, ex-president of the Beparations Commission, urged that France should insist on guarantees. Ho suggested that the United States had intervened in European affairs to suit her own convenience.

He depicted Germany as aiming at the destruction of the Versailles Treaty, and referred to the pan-Gorman inenaeo French Ambassadors whom the events had caught napping should be changed, ho added.

M.Briand retorted: '.'Don't export me to be cowardly enough to sacrifice my officials." M. Flandin declared that it was never intended to upset the Young Plan, under which Germany sought a moratorium a few days bcforo President Hoover's proposal. The latter, he conaidorod, would be more economical to Prance. EXHAUSTING DEBATE. After a long, exhausting debate, the Chamber at 6.45 a.m. adopted M. Fougere's motion approving of the Government's reply, adding that the Chamber relies on the Government to maintain intact the unconditional contract signed iv The Hague agreement. All night long spoakor after speaker expressed his views, and at ono time it looked likely that all the Left groups would voto against tho ratification of the reply, in which event the Government wight havo been narrowly defeated.

At 4 a.m., when tho Deputies were almost worn out by the length of the debate and the excitement;, there came a briof interval, after which M. Harriot vigorously voiced tho viows of the Kndical-Socialists, declaring that his party would not support any motion which did not assure respo«t for contracts.

Just before the vote M. Tilum announced that the Socialist Party, would vote with the Government.