30 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 3

M. Clemeneeau stated last week that a General Election in

France must be held as soon as possible, without any attempt to reform or extend the existing franchise. He declared, however, that the present Chamber, elected in 1914, ought to have the honour of voting on the Treaty of Peace. Elections have been suspended France during the war. The Senate should have been renewed by a third in 1915 and again this year, and the Chamber's mandate has expired. But the intention is to proceed methodically to a revision of the Register during the coming year, and then to hold the elections, in which Alsace-Lorraine will doubtless participate. M. Clemenoeau does not seek to obtain a party or personal advantage by a hasty appeal to the country.