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Show FRENCH CHAMBER FURTHER DISCUSSES TREATY OF PEACE PARIS, Sept. 3. Louis Barthou, chairman chair-man of. the peace ratification committee commit-tee of the chamber of deputies, took up the military terms of the treaty with Germany during the debate in the chamber cham-ber of deputies today on ratification. He said moral strength was insufficient to enforce peace; there must be collective collect-ive and organized force. M. Barthou insisted upon the necessity of exacting reparations for German cruelties cru-elties in countries occupied by them during dur-ing the war. He demanded that rigid execution of the treaty be required. lie announced that he would vote for ratification ratifi-cation of the treaty. Deputy Franklin-Bouillon, the fourteenth four-teenth orator in the debate in the chamber cham-ber of deputies on ratification of the German peace treaty, declared today that he would vote against the treaty. Deputy Dep-uty Franklin-Bouillon is the first member mem-ber of the chamber to make known his determination to vote adversely on the document. M. Franklin-Bouillon expressed doubt of the efficacy of America's intervention, saying that such intervention would be subordinate to the approval of congress. "The violation of the neutrality of Belgium," Bel-gium," he continued, "was a most flagrant fla-grant crime against humanity; yet three years were needed before America intervened." in-tervened." He ridiculed France's position in the league of nations "on terms of equality with Panama and Cuba." The deputy said he was deeply concerned con-cerned over France's financial situat ion, as France remained with a debt of 350,-OOO.OOn.OOO 350,-OOO.OOn.OOO francs. "Will America, which profited one hundred hun-dred billions in the first three years of the war," he asked, "leave France crushed under the load of its victory?" |