FRENCH POLITICS
• ATTITUDE OF SOCIALISTS (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.j tlieuter's Telegram*.; PARIS. Jan .10. The Congress of the Socialist- Party is sitting to re-decide whether to participate in a Government formed with other Left Bloc Parties. Such a Government could only he formed if the Left Bloc made a united assault on the present Ministry over AT. Briand and M. Dounier’s financial proposals. The Mandates Committee of the Congress, which met before Congress to count the votes of the various provincial federations, ascertained that 1769 voted against- participation in the Government. and 1306 for participation. The figures compare wifli 2202 against and 539 for, cast at a similar Congress in August. Parliament will reassemble on Tuesday, wlu-n political interest will centre on the Chamber's finance committee, which will not only consider the Government's proposals, hut a joint rival scheme hv the Left Bloc Parlies, which it is reported will take tlie form of a Socialist capital levy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 12 January 1926, Page 5
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