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Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1921, Page 5

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REASON FOR DEFEAT* < * MOUTHPIECE pF THE PRESIDENT. A VARIETY QF'CAUSES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Jan. 17, 735 p m. London, Jan. 17. The Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent states the downfall of M. Leygues was not so much a repudiation of hia or AL Millerand’s reparation policy, as a protest against the Premier being a mere mouthpiece of M. Miller* and without his own policy. The selection of M. Briand satisfies such protesters, but a powerful section of both Houses, especially the Conservatives, will not be satisfied until M. Poincaire is Premier. They believe France’s full demand will be safe in his hands.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, Jan. 15. The overthrow of M Leygues is as- , scribed to a variety of causes. He was always regarded as a sort of buffer between two strong men, M. Millerand and M. Briand. Moreover, M. Leygues was condemned as being too acquiescent in the British standpoint and insufficiently insistent on French interests, especially concerning a strict execution of the provisions in the Treaty of Versailles. The majority of the Chamber are very dissatisfied with the postponement of German reparations, which they consider necessary to repair the French finances. The future must decide whether the new Cabinet with a so-called strong and firm policy, will promote or detract from the Anglo-French entente. -—Reuter. Paris, Jan. 16. The new Ministry includes MM Doumer (Finance) and Sarrout (Colo* Dies.); SATISFACTION WITH NEW CABINET. Paris, Jan. 16Besides- the premiership, M. Briand assumes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The newspapers greet M. Br land’s seventh Ministry with lively satisfaction, and comment on the fact that he has remained silent since 1917. The Matin, after remarking that the crisis would have been serious had it been prolonged, refers to the co-operation of M. Briand and AL Lloyd George in 1916 in connection with the economic agreements which served as the basis of the political understanding between France and Britain.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITY. INDUSTRIES AFFECTED! SINN FEINERS DRILL AT GLASGOW. By Telegraph .—Press Assn.—Copyrlfht. London, Jan. 15. The Times publishes the first of a series of articles by Dr. Arthur Shadwell written after a tour of the industrial areas. He closely analyses the revolutionary movement in Britain and finds that there is a maze of activity but little cohesion. Individualism is rampant among the Communistic societies. Although London is the headquarters, the chief stronghold is Clyde, where there is explosive material and a prodigious circulation of literature. The moderates think that acute unemployment may prove a match to a powder magazine. Moreover 60,000 Sinn Feiners drill regularly in Glasgow in their own halls. Dr. Shadwell does not find much of the extremist tendency among genuine unionists; indeed, Bolshevik stock has , fallen heavily in Britain and on the Continent. He welcomes the activities of the Labor colleges, with their full-time tutors and strong propaganda influence, because he is convinced that only passion stands for bloody revolution, while reason makes for reform. Dr. Shadwell is convinced that the trend of :vents amongst all, excepting the paslionate extreme left, may be entrusted .o the Labor Party in Parliament. — limes.