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Show OUTLINES PEACE PACT QFFRANCE No Annexation ; Right to Fix Alsace-Lorraine Frontiers. , PARIS, Dec. 29. (By the Associated Press.) The storm which has been threatening in the French chamber for the past four 'days broke this afternoon when Stephen Pichon, minister for foreign for-eign affairs, amid violent interruptions by the Socialists and counter-demonstrations by the government supporters, outlined out-lined France's peace terms. The minister declared that France is absolutely in agreement that full publicity public-ity be given to the proceedings of the peace conference. He announced that intervention in-tervention in Russia was inevitable, but that it would be of a defensive character so far as French troops were concerned, and that if offensive operations were undertaken un-dertaken It must be by Russian troops. Attack on Pichon. It had been evident for the past week that the opponents of Premier Clemen-ceau Clemen-ceau were determined to obstruct in every possible way the voting of the budget of 10,500.000,000 francs for the first three months of 1919, unless the government stated its peace terms, either through Premier Clemcnceau or M. Pichon. But it was not expected the government would do so before Monday. if. Franklin-Bouillon of the committee commit-tee of foreign affaire brought matters to a head, however, by a violent attack on M. Pichon and tho government's foreign for-eign policy. ' Since Thursday the government bench sat In obdurate silence, refusing to reply to any queries; but when M. Ptcnon I ascended the tribune thi3 afternoon he j was ready to answer. He declared; I Conference Publicity. ! "First That the government waa in ! accord that the utmost publicity should I be given to the peace conference, thus replying to the interpellation of the So-rlali'st So-rlali'st deputy, Marcel Cachin. last Friday, when he asked Premier Clemen-ceau Clemen-ceau to state whether secret diplomacy would bo abandoned in the peace conference confer-ence and the discussion given all publicity. pub-licity. "Second That the French government has adopted the principle of a league of nations and is now busy working towards its effective realization, thus replying to I the Interpellation of the .Socialist, M. Kraeke. ! "Third That the government does not ' rleslre any annexation, but reserves the (igbt to fix' the Alsace-Lorraine frontiers, In guard against future attack, thus replying re-plying to M. Franklin-Bouillon. Intervention Inevitable. "Fourth That the government does not think that the question of diplomatic representation rep-resentation of the Vatican arises at the present mom en t. "Klfth That intervention in Russia is Inevitable." , Upon Russian Intervention M. Pichon eyplalned. reading from instructions 1s-suetl 1s-suetl by Premier Clemence:iu to tne gen-' gen-' eral commanding, that such intervention 1 was not offensive for the time being, but defensive, in. order to prevent the Bolshe-vikl Bolshe-vikl from invading Ukraine, tho Caucasus and western Siberia, In tho future an offensive Intcrver.l Ion might be necessary neces-sary In order to destroy Bolshevism. Such fin operation must be carried out by Russian Rus-sian troops, of which J On, Ono wcro at the present time ready nt Odessa. While M. Pichon was reading M. Clem-encoau's Clem-encoau's -instructions, pandemonium broke loose on the Socialist bench. "The war is beginning anew!" they shouted. ! Weathered Storm. ' M. Pe:eh:uicl. president nf the chamber, cham-ber, threatened to have one of the most unruly of the Socialist members ejeeted. M. Pichon weathered the storm calmly. He refused peremptorily to answer whether the French government wa.s prepared pre-pared at the present time to make public pub-lic the names of is delegates to tho pence conference. The chnmber must Ldvrt the government its confidence, he said. The cluiniber was agnin In an uproar, in which it was T.otod tiiat others Joined with the Socialists. The oh-nmh'T la holding a session this evening, as the budget must lie voted before be-fore midnight, I ecenih-r 31. by both t'.u1 chamber and the se.int1. There were thro ssions toeay, and two have been held every dav this week. ?ut only ono vote on strict party lines was taken. This was on Fnoiiv, when the government did nut lose any strength, despite the widely advertised onslaught cf its opponents. PICHON REMOVES OBSCURITY OVER PEACE PARLEYS PAKIS, Pec. "5. The American de1-cnlps de1-cnlps to the peace congress expressed gratification tnnicbt ever the unqualified statement in the chamber of deputies tn-i tn-i day by Stephen Pichcn. the 1-Vor.ch foreign for-eign minister, that Franco had adopted I (Continued on Page Thre.) i 0UTLIRE5 PEACE (Continued from Page Ona.) the piinciples of a league of nations and now was busy worki i ig Iowa rd its effect ef-fect ive r alh'.ation and also that France stands for tin- utmost publicity at the peace confcl rmv. l-'ollowinw President Wilson's sta Lenient in hia speech in Die i Pi i Id ha 11, IoiuIgn, that tne Hriiish leaders had agreed to accept his peace principles, M. J'iohon's declaration was considered to iv-movc e the eionci of obscurit which hitherto had hovered over the proli mi nark s of the peace conference. President Wilson's statement in the ibuhlhall. taken together with the developments devel-opments of the past few days, it is .inserted .in-serted in high quarters in Paris, will result in ;. 1 1. -tin He and speedy d.sposi-ti' d.sposi-ti' ii of the main points of 'the question of a league nl nations. I-'rn life proiia lily will designate her delegates to the pence conference within a leu da a a ;;d t ne A mer , a ,: ep. - -tatives express the hope that the formal M-ssi(,n oi the c"mfeieiice will ne mod shortly a IV r President Wilson's re I urn from lla'y, ptohably about January I'i. Situ e l-'rance has accepted President "Wilson's principles through M. Piehon, and J'inglaiiU a n, -a rent . y ras done 1 1 ie sain.', the :ssmii of Italy t f thein was declared loniubt bv some of the American , delegates to be regarded as assured. i I |