Startling Statement by French Premier: Equipment and Training of Men Paris, Jan, 29.
The Chamber of Deputies to-day passed a resolution by 541 votes to 82 in favour of placarding throughout France M. Herriot's speech expounding the Government's policy regarding Germany and warning the Allies that Germany was preparing assault.
Inthe course of the speech in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, Which created so mud closures regarding German arma: ments, He said that students were recruited for periods weapons were far in tablishment permitted by the Treaty of Versuilles, that. the so-called police foreex were a properly trained modern army with cadres and all the necessary material, that arms factories and arsenals had resumed work and were increasing their daily production and that the Krupp Works had not. restricted their machinery for turn-ug out heavy artillery. With the Reichswehr and reserves, M. Herriot said, Germany had re-established the army which had started the great war.
Herriot said in conclusion that he wanted to work for the peace of Europe and the world, but that as the first guarantee for that peace wanted security for France.
The big majority accorded by the Chamber of Deputies to the resolution in favour of placarding M. Herriot's speech throughout France was only secured after a stormy debate which once had to be suspended. Excitement arose owing toa threat by a section of Socialists to abstain from voting in order to show their disapproval of the alleged reactionary tone of a part of M. Herriot's speech yesterday. Nevertheless -M.- Herriot to-day succeeded in taking sufficient edge off hix speech to conciliate the recalcitrant Socialists without alienating the Right Parties and the Centre Parties. The Premier explained that being obliged to, attend a dinner last evening he had cut out passages from his, speech in which he appealed to the consciences of free and peaceful peoples, especially Germany, in order that through the League of Nations agreement might be reached providing an outlet from the present tragic situation, thus enabling all to work freely and peacefully Reuter. jimht has made a sensation in political u 4 official circles Profound disappointment pressed at the "aggressive" of a statesman hitherto regarded as an advocate of conciliation and Newspaper speech are very bitter. stance, the "Boersen Zeitw article headed "End of the jconeiliation era," says that the
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