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Show mm m IS HIKED, Further Collapse Noted in j French and Italian Remittances. j i NHY YORK, Sept. 10. Peiaoral:.ation j prevailed in the foreign exchange market mar-ket today on the further co'lap.ve of French and Italian remit t a noes. Fai ls checks fell to a fraction o er 1 francs to ihe American dollar, and lives were quoted at 10.17 to tho nollar; the latter representing a depreciation of virtually vir-tually f0 per cent. Hills on Germany and Austria also were offered at new discounts, and Ihe London rate fell to a level not much above Us minimum of a few weeks a;;o. PARIS, Sept. 10. (Hy the Associated Fress.) In the chamber of deputies today during discussion of the peace, treaty with Cernianj', J. L. Harthou, tornier foreign minister, and 1. J. 1'ueoh, former minister minis-ter of public works, demanded a statement from I jouis Klotz, finance minister, on what they termed tiie extremely proeari- ! ous condition of exchange. This demand l was supported by numerous other' depu- I ties. I M. Klotz said the exchauare situation was due to France permitting free itn-portatlons. itn-portatlons. "T!ie on'y remedy," lie said, "is to show America and ('.real Hritaiu that v.e can irn to other countries with a -crowing volume vol-ume of colonial and national r-rodtn-tion. Otherwise exehanire will comiuue to r:se." Rene Yiiiani, former minister nf for-"teu for-"teu affairs, asked ralif ica t iiu of the t re-It y. Failure to ratify, he deelard. would rcjiudhite the proposed concert of nations and Icace France isolated to laee (crmany. |