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Show , I FRANCE IS TO iffl'1 STAND FIRM. Qi By a voto of 484 to 100. the cbam-Hj cbam-Hj ber or depu'icp of France gave i rots - of confidence to Premier Poincare jand Indorsed the action taken in Genoa. Ge-noa. More than that, the government Jmj ! was given a free h:tnl lo deal with Germany in case of a flagrant Eolation Eola-tion of the Versailles treaty. ''Mfcir Thl ,r,pnns lDR' FnCf ls reads io RJ proceed with great flrmnesa In deal-ling deal-ling with the question of reparations or .In maintaining the military prestige of the nation. Lloyd George, representing Great ""' ' Britain, for some lime lias been disposed dis-posed to force France to yield to the . British point of view. At first the French were disposed to concede much In opder to retain England's support Then the French discovered that the diplomacy being imposed on them was more a "trade getter" than a broad policy of making secure the victory won on the battlefield. French public pub-lic men openly accused Lloyd George of courting German and Russian good MUF will in an effort to pain an edi antage In the reopening of commerce with Germany and Russia, and the French resented this attitude, and decided to depend on their own militar strength to safeguard them from a possible re turn of the Germans to power This policy, which was adopted by Premier Poincare, has received the support of the legislative body of France and from now on the stale? men of France may be expected to proceed with firmness in dealing with toy of the foreign relations growing out of the treaty of Versailles. oo |