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Show SCANDAL OF FRANCO GIVEN AN AIRING Paris, March 15. Far from causing ministerial crisis the debate In tho chamber of deputies on tho scandal in connection with the liquidation of the religious arder today resulted in the adoption of a resalutlon oiu to 79, condemning In severest terms tho manner in which the liquidation was executed, but expressing confidence In the government's promise to fix tho responsibility and punixh the g.iilty This was an overwhelming vindication vindi-cation of premier IJrlnnd, who in a masterly speech made no attempt to plead extenuating circumstances for what had occurred but contended that the government waB not responsible respon-sible for Individual breaches of trust In the greatwork of Reparation of church from state, which he said "had freed the country from ties which tomorrow other countries will be obliged to sever." Tho result in no wise compromises the programmes tho premier has mapped map-ped out. This programme Includes the Institution of appeals to reopen all liquidations that tho state may sate ! what Is possible out of the wreck and Immediate tranference of unad-judlcated unad-judlcated liquidations Into the hands of official administrators, who will examine ex-amine oil accounts and procure testimony testi-mony for the correction of Iddegu-larities Iddegu-larities and the punishment of the guilty. |