Feb. 18.
The newspapers congratulate M. Briand on forcing the issue at Inst night's debate. They emphasize that og a result a new majority has appeared from which the Socialists have been excluded. and a way has been opened to urgent solutions, although the "Figzro" expresses the opinion that the Government's troubles are about to begin and the main difficulty will be to_persuade the Chamber to give a positive vote to fresh taxation clauses and then to secure a working majority.
"L'Aveni" similarly thinks that, While the vote has demonstrated that the Cartel cannot operate, it has not strengthened the Government.
The "Mgtin" declares that as three main' clauses of the Cartel's financial scheme have been rejected the whole scheme. may be regarded washed out.
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