FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1919, Page 5

FRANCE.

AN APPEAL TO THE MASSES. NECESSITY FOR POPULATION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 13, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Oct. 12. The Senate unanimously ratified the Peace Treaty. M. Clemenceau, in a memorable speech, evidently inspired by his coming retirement, said in turn the nobility and the bourgeoisie had formed a ruling class in France. As these thought everything was permitted to them so the masses believed to-day they could overthrow society, because they possessed the means to do so. But no class could arrest the economic life of the country without gravely damaging itself. Every Frenchman must be ready to sacrifice part of his private sentiments. M. Clemenceau concluded: "To be really effective the Treaty requires a clause reading Trance undertakes to have many children.' Without that condition all restrictions on Germany's armaments were in vain" M. Clemenceau received an ovation. GERMAN ECONOMIC DOMINATION. Received Oct. 13, 7.25 p.m. Paris, Oct. 12. During the discussion of the Peace Treaty in the Senate, M. Clemenceau declared that he feared German economic domination more than military domination. Germany had a larger organisation as a means of action. Guns and fortresses | granted to Germany in the East were given because it was Germany's interest to defend herself. It was not to France's' I interest to see a Bolshevik Germany. France had nothing to fear from Germany.—Reuter. A STATE LOTTERY LOAN. Received Oct. 13, 9 p.m. Paris, Oct. 13. The Parliamentary Committee on the French Budget adopted M. Lefevre's proposal for a State Lottery Loan without interest, totalling two thousand million franca, and redeemable in twenty years. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. METAL WORKERS' RIOT. Received Oct. 14, 1.15 a.m. Paris, Oct. 13. Six thousand metal workers rioted on Saturday night, battering in shops. Troops charged the rioters, who cried: "Vive la revolution, vivent les Soviets." Similar troubles are reported at Marseilles.—Reuter.