The Archive · 1930

French Deputies Pass Young Plan

Paris, Mar. 27.

Tumilltuous scenes marked the tne Azhe and Let? parties attempting to force its postpone From the Right benches M, Marin argued that the consequences and repercussions of the Young Plan cannot at present be fathomed and that, therefore, it should be shelved! indefinitely, From the Left, deputies Meyer, Guernut and Herriot chat acterised the Government's attempt to.rush the Bill through the Chamber as "an insult to Parliament," demanding that deputies should be given suffelont time to stady the All the attacks resultted in violent] controversies with the Premier and cries of derision from various parts of the House which grew into al veritable storm when M, Herriot] asserted that the majority behind the Premier had always opposed a.policy of peace and reconciliation. At this juncture the disorder assum-such proportions that it threaten ed to culminate in an outbreak of fisticuffs. The Speaker, therefore, adjourned the session for fifteen minutes.

Another storm centre grew up around he absence of the Foreign Minister, M. Briand, which rumour had ascribed to dissensions between! the Foreign Minister and the Promier. M. Tardieu, however, took great pains to deny this rumour, declaring M. Briand was held in London by the Naval Conference and not as had been asserted, by aversion to introducing the Young in the Chamber. Furthermore, Tardieu declared, there existed!

Ye most complete harmony himself and M. Briand, who 1 himself, demanded speedy ratific tion of the Young Plan by the Chamber to make possible the mobilization of the first instalment of the International Reparation Loan, Finally the Chamber, by 319 votes to 262, rejected a motion to postpone the debate on the Young Pls Wireless through Reuter.

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