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CABINET RESIGNS

FRENCH DEFEAT

CIVIL SERVANTS WAGE ISSUE.

(United Press Association—By F’.ectrio

Telegraph—Copyright;

PARIS, November 2-1. The French Government of M. Sarraut has, been defeated. The defeat of the Government raises grave issues, of ■ perilous . suspense, I French, not less than foreign, opinion, I has stressed the danger 'to France if her budget is, unbalanced and her monetary position is left insecure. •It ,appears that M. Sarraut agreed to compromise on the amendment on which he was defeated, offering to make the limit of the civil servants exemption * eleven thousand francs a year.,. This news had astounded the Moderates, who voted with the Government on the first division. They now saw. M. Sarraut going the way of •the Socialists. This they resented. The Government, in spite of a warn- . ing, protested and put'the question to a vote of the Chamber, . which was takph ;'iji; tense excitement. / ! Before the division, the Chamber of < Deputies was packed with tense ) sil- i ent deputies, all of them realising that i the,fate of the Government was at f stake in the debate on the finance proposals. When the debate began, M. 1 Sarraut announced that the Govern- i ment accepted Article 88, dealing f with the imposition of Civil Service c cuts as, an amendment by the Finance < Commission. He accordingly put the C resolution as one of confidence. M. r Sarraut proceeded, wittily, to taunt c the Socialists with phrases, saying:— o “This is my last cigarette before I i am guillotined ! I .am a politician, not ii a cinema actor! lf‘ the Government d falls, it will fall as a whole—it will a not be torn to bits!”

M. Herriot followed, and lie demanded that the House should vote for the measure with all of its defects. He said: “We must not compromise with the vital minimum. WJien a country’s cashbox is; empty, it is no longer free.” M. Flandin, who had purposely flown from London, where he was attending a business conference, announced that he and his friends would support the Government. Deputy Bedounce said that the Socialists’, view waSj .that, the Government could secure the necessary economics . without taxing the ciyil. servants’ salaries. An impression that the Government was safe seemed ,to be confirmed , when a Rightist Party .motion -for the suppression of Article 6B . was defeated by 326 votes to 237. ' iVi> , Then the change occurred. The Socialists moved an amendment that proposed to raise the. limit of the exemption" below which the civil service cuts are not to be operative from fen thousand to twelve thousand francs a year. This amendment was carried by 321 vo+es to 247. . ■> ; Thus the former majority' of 89 In favour of the Government was turned to a majority of 74 against them. The Cabinet then decided to. resign. M. Sarraut’9 successor will possibly be M. Chautemps, M. Herriot, or M. Daladier.

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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1933, Page 5

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479

CABINET RESIGNS Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1933, Page 5

CABINET RESIGNS Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1933, Page 5

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