Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-02 | Page 4 | 'Tiger' Enemies Balked in Trick

'TIEEB IllG UUtEDII TBS Stuff Vote in Test of Confidence Con-fidence in Chamber, but Are Discovered. T'APJS, Oct. 1. Opponents ,, Premier Clemrnoe.au were- Jubilant fur a f:v moments mo-ments In tho session of the chamber of deputies last evening when an unofficial count on tho vote of confidence ho hart asked, .showed 201 votes against tho k'V-ernment k'V-ernment and only in Its favor. The chocking up, however, revealed that there had been a stuffing ul the ballot box, tho official count showing the adverse ad-verse voto really to havu been only 1SX, so that tho government's majority, although al-though relatively slight, i.eemed satisfactory satisfac-tory to the ministry bench. The chief argument of I i:puty f.efcvre in presenting his resolution, was that he was not proposing an amendment to the peace treaty, but that il was a motion that was proposed In tho A merit a n sen -ate and which waa voted by the British parliament. His resolution would instruct in-struct the government to seok the addition addi-tion of a rider to the Versailles treaty ch lllug for the f urt her disarmamen t of Germany, He disclaimed any intention of playing polities, hut government supporters sup-porters expressed the opinion that iiis motion was a mere tact ical movement in the "general offensive" against tho Clemeneeau cabinet. Jt was plain that an active lobby campaign cam-paign was In progress before the opening of the session. When, the final figures were proclaimed the opposition found solace in the fact that there were thirty-seven thirty-seven abstentions, which, according to the French usage, counted against the government and made M. Clemenceau's majority exactly 37. Debate on the treaty now has been going go-ing on for six weeks, and minutes of the session cover 700 columns in the official journal, of which only 200 have been used by government orators.