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Show FRENCH STUFF A BALLOT BOX Opponents of Clemenceau Jubilant for Few Moments Until Trick Is Discovered. PARIS, Oct. 1. Opponents of Premier Pre-mier Clemenceau were jubllaut for a few moments in the session of the chamber of deputies last evening when an unofficial count on the vote of confidence con-fidence he had asked showed 301 votes against tho government arid only 262 in Its favor. The checking up. however, how-ever, revealed that Ihere had been a stuffing of tho ballot box, the official count showing the adverse vote really to have been only 188 so that the government's gov-ernment's majority, although relatively slight, seemed satisfactory to the min-! min-! Istry bench. The chief argument of Deputy Le-Fevre. Le-Fevre. in presenting his resolution, was that he was not proposing an amendment to the peace treaty, but that it was a motion that was proposed pro-posed on the American senate and I ; II I which was voted by the British parliament parlia-ment His resolution would instruct the government to seek the addition of a rider to the Versailles treaty calling for the further disarmament of Germany. He disclaimed any intention inten-tion of playing politics, but government govern-ment supporters expressed the opinion that his motion was a mere tactful move in the "general offenslvo" against the Clemenceau cabinet. It was plain that an active lobby campaign was in progress before the opening of tho session. When the final figures were proclaimed the opposition op-position found solace in the fact that there were 37 absentees which, according accord-ing to the French usage, counted against the government and made M Clemenceau's majority exactly 37. Debate on the treaty now has been going 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. nn |