The Programme of the new majority in France

Painlevé declared to the correspondent of the "Nene Frnie Presze" that the new majority in parliament and the new government will strive for an international settlement of the Ruhr question. They will accept the proposals of the commission of experts, and economic unity will be restored to Germany; the customs border in the Ruhr region and the French administration of the railways will likewise be abolished. It is not yet possible to fix the time of the evacuation of French troops from the Ruhr, because for that an agreement must first be reached with other states.

The new government intends to make great changes in financial management, first of all by repealing the law on a 20% increase in taxes.

Finally, the new government will strive to establish relations with the U.S.S.R. in the same form as England did, that is, without any reservation.