M. Briand is not in luck just had only Just returned from the Geneva squabble, which resulted in the postponement of Germany's admission to the League of Nat when he was faced with attack on his new Cabinet—his ninth, The onslaught was not directed 30 much against the Government general as against one of its members, M. Malvy, the Minister of the One of the Opposition speakers, Yharnegaray, asked how the country could possibly be expected to welcome the reappointment of a man who was found guilty, by the highest tribunal in the land (the Senate, sitting a High Court of Justice) of a political offence Was sentenced to five years' banishment, part of which was remitted under a general amnesty voted in favour of political offender Ybarnegaray was quite moderate in comparison with M, Barillet, who charged M. Malvy with being morally responsible for the death of 25 French soldiers who were shot for mutiny in 1917, This brought the excitement to a climax, M. Malvy rushed to the tribune and exclaimed that he had been continually slandered and made responsible for the mistakes of the French high command, without being able to reveal the real facts of the case.
He offered to resign at once, whereupon M. Briand sprang exclaiming "I am not of course, that. he would have considered it coward-fee not to defend a member of his of the Government. M. Leon Blu, the Socialist leader, made this clear Inter when he announced that is party, which had previously de-ided to abstain, would. support vote of confidence'in the Government, "Not because we approve of thi Government's programme" he saicly but merely because the debate has resolved itself into a question of feonfidence in M. Malvy."
The vote of confidence was cartied by a majority of nearly 200, but parliamentary certificates of ' this Kind have a very limited lite, To add to their other perplex! the French people have just had as unpleasant reminder of the eontinually dwindling importance of their country as edmpared with Germany respect of population. According to the German official figures published a few days ago, the poulation of the Reich in. 1922, ex: eluding the Saar territory, was 62, 540,000. "Before he war, the total was 68,000,000, which was reduced to 59,176,000 in 1919 in consequence having been to France under the Treaty of Versailles, Tt thus appears that in three years Germany "(me recovered 3,903,000 units of het loss of population, and that her progress is at the rate of about 850,. 000 every year. During the period in question the surplus of birtha over deaths came to 3,252,000 and the number of emigrants to' 272,000, This would have brought the in: crease down to 2,980,000 had there not been an influx of Germans from Alsace—Loreaine and Poland and considerable immigration by Jews from Eastern Europe. Taking the figures of the last proawar census, 1910, it appears that in German territory ax now bounded, the population has increased by' 4,500,000 in spite of the losses by war and emigration, During the same period the population of France has increas. cet by less than 2,000,000 in. spite of the recovery of Alsnee—Lorraine fand a great amount of immigration.
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