Proving more successful. than its two predecessors, the newly-formed Government of M. Pierre Laval, sately assed the rock on which the Flandin and Bouisson Cabinets were wrecked, when the Chamber of Deputies polled early this morning a confidence vote of 324 to 160 in the government's favour, after a discussion on M. Laval's bill demanding plenary powers "to ensure the protection of the fang and to fight against specula-
A preamble to the bill pointed out that the powers asked by the new Cabinet do not prejudice the essential prerogatives of Parliament.
'M. Fernand Bouisson M. Laval's predecessor at the head of a short-lived Cabinet, was re-elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday bby 288 out of the 430 votes cast. M. Bouisson resigned from his Chamber post to become Premier—Havas.
'M. Laval's victory in the Senate was' overwhelming, the vote being
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