Paris, Aug. 24, The motion of confidence in the \Government passed by the Chamber of Deputies this morning congratu-Intes the Government "on securing recognition of the principle of ar-bit ration in the London Agreement, thereby enabling the negotiators to arrive at a practical and peaceful! solution of the reparations problem in a wide spirit of international cooperation and concord." The Cham. ber trusts that the Government will "pursue in the course of the coming conference of inter-Allied debts and also at the League of Nations the working of justice and peace which must assure simultaneously the security of France and the restoration of Europe."
French Duty on German Imports Paris, Aug. 25, 'M. Herriot announced in the Chamber. of Deputies to-day that a plan for subjecting German imports into France to a levy of 26 per cent. similar to the British Tew was under consideration. A German merchant would receive 74 per cent. of the price from the French importer and the remainder from the Agent for Reparations. Reuter.
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