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...Cachin, Communist, berated the Finance Minister because he and noc the Communists had been amnestied. "We ask of you," he pleaded, "not to forget those other unfortunates who await their liberation. With you in power, amnesty ought to be complete...
Notables elected: MM. Poincaré, Herriot, Briand, Painlevé; Communists Marty and Cachin, the former of whom was convicted of treason and later pardoned; ex-Minister of the Interior Malvy, once accused by ex-Premier Clemenceau of treason...
...relief of sufferers from "floods, tidal waves, avalanches, forest fires and other calamities." Communists in Paris decided to hold a Ruhr protest meeting. They secured the Syndicalist Hall. The Syndicalists waited until the Communists (now their hated enemies) arrived and then began to break up the meeting. When Marcel Cachin mounted the platform, a free fight broke out. Chairs, lamps, windows and the platform were broken. Then numerous revolver shots. People fled in panic. Seventeen lay on the floor...
...Marcel Cachin, member of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the French Communist Party, together with M. Vaillant-Couturier, another Communist Deputy, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 francs ($118.40) for inciting soldiers to disobedience. M. Cachin was absent in Russia when he heard that his case was to be brought to trial. He hurried back, doing the last stage of his journey from Berlin to Paris in an aeroplane, but arrived in Court only in time to hear his sentence. Both Deputies declared that they would appeal and if necessary would...
Premier Poincare recently tendered his resignation when the Senate, as High Court of France, declared its incompetency to deal with the charges against Marcel Cachin and his followers. President Millerand, however, refused to accept the Premier's resignation...