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Show PARUAMENTWILL LISTENTO FOLIC! NEW CABINET TAKES OFFICE WITH PREMIER POINCAIRE IN CHARGE OF CABINET Plan of Action of New Premier to tit Submitted for Approval; Ver-sailles Ver-sailles Treaty is Basis of Action Paris France's new ministry made its official bow to the country Thursday Thurs-day with the reassembling of parliament parlia-ment to hear the statement of policy framed by Premier Foineare and his colleagues in the cabinet recently form, ed to succeed the Briand ministry. A substantial majority for the new government gov-ernment when the question of confidence confi-dence came up, was predicted by experienced ex-perienced parliamentarians. Forecasts of the ministry's statements state-ments declared It would voice the government's gov-ernment's determination to make the treaty of Versailles the basis of its policy, demanding of Germany that she come to a decision to make good the obligations undertaken when she signed that pact. The position to be occupied by former for-mer Premier Briand in the parliamentary parlia-mentary activities of the immediate future was officially settled Thursday when M. Briand was unanimously chosen by his party, the socialist republicans, re-publicans, as a member of the foreign affairs commission of the chamber. "Respect for the treaties that fixed the peace terms," Is the form Premier Poincare decided to present for his cabinet before the chamber of deputies Thursday. The declaration blames "shameless propaganda" for the picture pic-ture drawn abroad of France as "tainted "taint-ed with a Eort of imperialistic madness." mad-ness." Of the Genoa economic conference, the premier's statement says : "We insist that the considerations of the Cannes protocol be accepted or rejected by the delegates prior to any !cussIon, so that none of tins trrtpula-Toa trrtpula-Toa of the treaties can be debated, rven Indirectly. Unless we have pre-"ie pre-"ie guif-antees on this roint we shall 3 eompeTleo. to retain our liberty of action." Dealing with the proposed Anglo-French Anglo-French treaty, the statement declares: "We would be very happy if a pact desTlno1 to consolidate the peace could soon fce signed between England and France, and we do not doubt, that, Inasmuch In-asmuch as both countries will he benefited, bene-fited, that one will be concluded between be-tween them on a blsls of perfect equality. equal-ity. Neither do we doubt that the frnarantees present or future, that the treaties nccord us, will be lntegrally malntalned." The statement refers to the relations between France and the United States In a paragraph reading: "We do not need aid. We seek to maintain the strongest and most friendly relations with nil the peoples who fought on our side for the rights of humanity and especially with the United States, whose cooperation contributed con-tributed so greatly to the common victory, vic-tory, and who has Just given us at the Washington conference such striking proofs of her noble sentiments." |