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ALICE IN WONDERLAND Germans'

CRISIS SETTLED

Parts, Mif. 22

The four-day political storm which threatened to tear open France's coalition government ap- peared to have been settled tonight and ́a period of political calm was expected until the end of the Moscow Conference. Prime Minister Paul Ramadier's Cabinet met this evening to review the situation following the Assembly confidence vote this morning in which the elderly Socialist received a 411 to 0 endorsement with only rank-and-file Com- munists and various small Communist satel- lite groups abstaining..

Although Ramadier previously kovernment while backbenchers thrightened to quit if the Com- saved face for the party by con- qurists stained, live Commun-} tinuing to abstain as they had ist-ministers-vated-with-the-gov-promised to-do-for: the past two erument thus maintaining a sur-days. fice

"Cabinet appearance of solidarity for which Ramadier held out and apparently ironed out the erlais ut à eruclal moment frequently happens in French politles.

Face Saving

to

Then, when the main crisis op. peared to have blown over, the Left Republican Union spreng & sec: ndary one by deciding Flu nal windup of the crisis walk out of the government oş a this morning was marked by protest against the Communists' sarvension of Alice in Wonderlandjatiflude.

without parallel in partimentary history,

First the Communists worked

a deal under which

their ministers would vote, with

the

situations

NOBEL PRIZES

Stockholm, Mar. 22. Nobel prizes are to be increas ed from 28.800 to £10,536 be cause the Swedish Government

It won only then that former Finance Minister, Rene Pleven. leading member of the Loft Re- who faycured their publicane, walking out, potrited out to his fellow member the absence of the left Republlean Cabinet ministers whose vete probably would have, resulted in 29.

The Left Republicans thereupon romptly right about foced an decided to stay in after all.

One outstanding feature of the four-day crisis was that no one

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Zurich, Mar. 22. ing, drinking and black market- Zurich-on London 17.53, New York 3.6z. ITunnel D.BT. ing activities. He said the Army 480. Paris would not tolerate officers main-Amsterdam 142.31, 1.labon 16.88, Mueno- Air 106,00, Stockholm $19.00, Marki taining native mistresses.

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Last Chance?

The Pope, Gandhi and Sir John Byd Orr. the British chairman of the United Nations food and agriculture organisation, are It pointed out at the same time g those proposed fr 1947 the constantly deepening rift be-

the Anal tween the Communists, and ant Nobel Peper Awards; dreision on which is to be nude | Communists France which mony teared night lead to elvil disorder it the present govern- ment. perhaps the last chance of operation between the Left and Right in France, should fall.

Some political observers here belleved that this rift was accen- tuated by President Truman's re- on .ald for Greece cent sprech

was bitterly and Turkey which

Communist news- lambasted by papers in France and, may have! prodded the Communiste, into a stronger stand than they ther wise would have taken.-United

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