Word: blocs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...From the point of view of the Italian Fascist, parliamentary government is on its last legs, for neither in England or France has any party a majority; even in America the insurgents or the farm bloc could put the Senate in an analagous position...
...western Republican officers -Johnson of California among them -were gathered in conclave. The Republican high command had decided that lumber and shingles should go on the free list, abandoned to the enemy. Unwilling that this should happen because of sentiment at home, the Westerners urged formation of a western bloc, talked of getting 13 Republican brigades to defend the wood, hoped to induce six western Democratic brigadiers to yield the ground to them for a division of the spoil. Fearing the result of such fraternizing, the Republican high command looked on alarmed...
Bouillion v. Briand. Stout, excitable Deputy Franklin-Bouillion, who was Minister of Propaganda during the War and now leads the obstreperous Left Unionist Bloc, was last week the first anti-ratifica-tionist to cross a potent sword with M. Briand as the Foreign Minister assumed the Government's defense. With fire and slash M. Franklin-Bouillion sought to destroy by an emotional onslaught the Government's chief logical reason why France must ratify her debt agreement not later than Aug. 1 next. On that date, as M. Poin-caré had incessantly reminded the Chamber, there would fall...
Sweltering Showdown. Though the potent attack of M. Franklin-Bouillion and his Bloc had thus been safely weathered, long hours of sultry word-fencing by M. Briand with at least a dozen orators ensued before the question reached a vote. Fearful that the Deputies would never commit themselves to explicit ratification, the government did not put the issue squarely, as the final showdown came. Instead the Chamber was asked to pass a weasel-Jaw authorizing popular President Gaston ("Gastounet"') Domergue to perform the act of ratification by executive decree. Prior to seeking action on even this weasel...
Multifarious are the grave subjects over which Cabinets fume, cleave, resign. Last week Portugal's Cabinet debated the ringing of churchbells. The honorable Portu-gentlemen grew heated, realized a divergence of opinion, resigned en bloc...