eign Minister, in the Chamber of Deputies, and M. Barthou, in the Senate, to-day read the Ministerial declaration, Tt appeals for a party truce for three months to enable the Gove ment to defend the rights and me terests of France in the forthcoming Reparations Conference to be held at The Hague on August 5. Tt adds: "Such a defence constitutes our real raison d'étre and is: our sole programme. We need all your idence to help us to face the heaviest responsibilities which have weighed against any Government since the end of the War."
The Chamber, by 825 votes ty 186, parsed a vote of confidence in the Briand Government. The Soci and Communists voted against the Government, which had the support of the Right and Contre portion. The Radicals abstained from vot
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