FRENCH POLITICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19205, 23 June 1924, Page 7

FRENCH POLITICS

M. HERRIOT LEAVES FOR LONDON. A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, June 19. Prior to M. Heniot’s departure for London the Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 313 votes to 234. The attitude of the Socialists to five Harriot Government is defined in a statement by INI. Paulfare in the Chamber—namely, that the Socialists will retain their independence, but will support the Government so long as the latter remains true to its own principles. M. Hcrriot foreshadowed stringent financial retrenchment and the rigorous collection of the income tax. He declared that at the present there was no question of a capital levy. M. Do Selves (a supporter of M. Poincare) was elected President of the Senate by 151 votes to 134 against M. Herriot’s candidate (M. Boinven-Martin). —Reuter, UPROAR IN THE CHAMBER. DEPUTIES COME TO BLOWS. PARTS, June 20. There was an uproar in the Chamber of Deputies last mght, and the sitting was twice suspended—first, owing to a battlo of expletives between the Rights and Lefts ; secondly, owing to a fight with fists between, the Communists and the Socialists at midnight. Socialists assaulted a Communist deputy who declared that the Socialists were traitors to the working classes because they supported the Government. The Lommumsts rushed to the support of their colleague, and a meleo ensued. A Communist deputy standing on a bench ° P £i ah S nS i- whirling a belt around tv. ‘li u T l ° , RafJl “ls stood aghast while duties cheered ironically.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ARRIVAL IN LONDON. CONFIDENCE IN THE ENTENTE. „ T CONDON, June 21. (Received June 22, at 11.35 p.m.) M. Hcrriot. accompanied by the Permanent Secretary for f oreign Affairs, has amved in London for a conference with jli AlacDonald «it Checjuers. Thoro are high hopes that it will prove a first step towards the settlement of Europe’s outstanding problems. 31. Harriot, in an interview, expressed the greatest faith in the Entente. Ho declared that close Franco-British relations woro essential both now and in the future for the peace of Die World.—Reuter,