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Show BARTHOU AFFIRMS FRENCH SOLIDARITY Policy of New Foreign Minister in Accord Ac-cord With That, of His Predecessors. . WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The " text of the speech made in the French chamber cham-ber of deputies by the new foreign minister, min-ister, M. Barthou, upon his assumption of office, just received here, discloses that he proclaimed a. policy virtually identical with that of his predecessors. The 'minister affirmed the solidarity of France with all of her allies and declared de-clared it would be criminal to abandon Russia. He outlined the aims of the wair ' 1 restitutions; reparations; guarantees." guar-antees." "Restitution,'' he said, "means the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France. Invaded forty years ro, Alsace-Lorraine are in no sense different in status from the departments invaded three years ao. ' ' VThe American expeditionary forces in France, M. Barthou said, would bo a force with which the eneni3- would have to reckon, and the French army ', ,.' . and the . whole of France greeted with devotion this first official confirmation y of the entry in line of the American ) allies. ) The minister ended with an eloquent appeal for the union of all parties to conduct the war until victory was attained. at-tained. The speech was much applauded and was followed by a vote of confidence, but it did not rally the Socialists' support. sup-port. Albert Thomas, the Socialist for-. for-. mer minister of munitions, said he did not. consider the declaration of the minister as precise enough upon the subject o guarantees. |