Only the First Step Towards Real Peace, but the Beginning of a New Era: The Ruhr Policy: Inter-Allied Dbts: Communist, Demonstration on th Subject Amnesties Aug. 21. of Deputies was Herriot made b's on the London Confer wy. He enid Conferenen wer only the towards real pence, The agreement miurked the beetnning of a new ort undiminished guarantee and security and ensured Franco the Treaty of Versailles. The Prime Minister said that the consequences would be grave if the agiooment were repudiated and a policy 0" isolated action preferred. The policy in the Ruhr had dominated the negotiations, though he had refused to allow the Rube to be in cluded in the Conference. It hat incen impossible for him to eliminate the problem all the more because he had had very strong reasons fo thinking that if France remained the Ruhr she would remain absolute-alone. It was a choice between re-establishment of the inter-Allied Entente or maintenance of isolated action.
'M. Herviot said that the Frene Government had neglected no portunity to bring up the question of inter-Allied debts, but it was impossible ty join discussion of the debts to the execution of the Dawes. plan. He said that the debts and the question of seoul discussed at a special later, but the evacuation of the Cologne zone would not be cone templated until Germany had satisfied her treaty obligations, in-eluding disarmament. The Conver fentee had reached & dexllock July 26 and its failure dil rot a impossible. Mi, Herriot elainted that France saved the Confersuer by tration ax a volution M. Herriot's speech was applaud ed by the Left and was received with Tnughter and protests. by the Noisy interruption by the sta, srbaequently violently demonstrated on the question of annesties, compelled the President to suspend the sitting. Later, MIN. Herviot strongly opposed motion of M. Bokanowski to a Jjourn the discussion until the committees reported on the plans. The motion was rejected by 320 votes to 209. A Communist motion was rejected by 369 votes to 26.
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