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Show PREMIER AND CABINET II BIGJCTd Head of French Office Puts Down Criticism in Address Before Cham ber of Deputies By 0 r BEETILLI p Cab e by Arrng.tnn w h London Da 7 Talag apt) and In e na ona B f P4BIS ug 8 Pren er Viv ani and h cab net won a gtt&l v ctory in the chamber of deputies tolaj After a brill ant speech by tl e j rem er the imruber debated the go eminent s rec ord There were one or two host le criticisms but the oppos Hon soon friz zlecl out and the appropr at on for two new undersecretar es recently apj ointed tb the war office was oted by a large naiority By the vote the tab net sa cured a majority of 539 to 1 The chamber then adjourned to Sep tember 16 without nsist ng on the pro posed secret meet ng of tho chamLer the idea of wh ch now seems to have dro pad under the shower of ridicule Challenge Is Issued With the; (.hallenge e ther to sup port us or overt rn us ivia i in his address repl ed to the cr t cs of the rmy admin strat on and the Social st leput es who had resol ed to dem-and tbe secret session It had been proposed pro-posed at th s secret meet ng to perm t the mln ster to fully oxrla n the con duct of the war In h s speech today Trem er Viviani sa d The errors we have made have been repa red and we m st banish this depressing pess n sm Thanks to the cord al co operation of all and the criticism necessarj to gov eminent, France is equal to her tasl The government can gi e absolutely no more informat on to a secret meeting of the chamber than t has already furn shed to the pari amentary coram ons Vor fort) five jears France has borno a horrible wound n her s de The republ has prov ded her with a cans of self defense and I b i jou to ren en ber General Joffre s words the reubl c can be proud of her am las She s prepared Image of Progiess In truth France has tah oned her ar v to the image of n odern prog lees ''he has k en the army the aterial strength of numbers and the noral strength of eq al ty jus tlce and hatred of oppress on The German newspapers a e al rea ly talk ng about di is ons m Trance b t these are only d Tergences of thought 'which are erel tl e natural result of 1 berty and a sequence of the tradit ons of the Trench e ol t on There wouli be a fa al d s on f in some cor ner of France there sprang up a sect on of ou people fo peace Our enen les ha e p ctured France as uu lerm ned by rrecone lable d i ons They hove seen men of all part es and rel g ons accompl h the r mil tary and human d t es, co enng ts are y w th respect and purro ud ng t W th ol tude from sold ers to the s preme ch efs who must and w 1 remi n outs de of polit c Show Confidence t th s ho r pari ament must .how confilence o the government not bj a, s mple resolnt on b t by pern anent support of heart ana n nd Pari an eut m st keep us or tu n us o t There must be no half measures I beg of tou to show the cone 1 at on necessary to lead the country to victory The whole chan ber applauded the preu er del riously and voted the pla card ng of the speech throughout France The princ pal attack on tbe go ern n ent was made bj Dep t Accambray Kad cal oo al st who sa d that M n ster M llerand of the portfol o of war had lost the confidence of the people and onlv rema ned n power b un scrupulously explo t ng the reser e lm posed upon the chamber |