Premier Poincaré adjourned abruptly the session of the Chamber of Deputies until Jan. 8 after a heated and adversely critical discussion of the Premier's Ruhr policy.
The chief speaker was Deputy Paul Reynaud, a disciple of the Clemenceau faction in the Chamber which is led by M. André Tardieu. He wanted a policy of coöperation with Germany and a share of the profits of the Ruhr. He suggested that private interests were securing capital that the State should acquire. "I think," said he, "that we would be wrong to let pass the occasion for...
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