Word: communist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Deputy Prince Joachim Murat, a descendant of one Joachim Murat, King of Naples and Napoleon's "playmate," was set upon by "hoodlums" who obviously did not like him. The Prince was kicked, scratched, poked, spat upon and hurled from the platform from which he was speaking at Souillac, Communist stronghold, home of the notorious Louis Malvy...
...election seemed to cause not the least apprehension. Able observers prophesied that Premier Poincare would win an easy victory and that the new Chamber would be considerably easier to manage than was the old. It seemed certain that the extreme Left would lose heavily, partly on account of Communist capers with M. André Tardieu (TIME, May 5) and Prince Murat (see under). The Moderate Left, under the able leadership of Edouard Herriot, Socialist Mayor of Lyons, was considered likely to strengthen its position. The Extreme Right, led by Royalist Leon Daudet, was expected to lose many seats...
Andre Tardieu, Clemenceau disciple, in an article to The New York World, painted a red picture of French Communist demands as set forth in their election literature. He stated that the Communists get wilder and wilder every day in every way, but that he did not think that they would get more than 20 out of the 600 seats in the Chamber of Deputies...
Near Paris Andre Tardieu arose to address a meeting. When he was well under way, a Communist interrupted, said he wanted to address the meeting. Andre refused to permit this and continued to speak. Thereupon up jumped the Communist and threw Andre off the platform. After a struggle, in which Andre lost some of his clothing, he was replaced upon the platform by the strong hands of his supporters. Up sprang Andre Marty, notorious Communist. Andre II laid heavy hands upon Andre I, who was kicked, scratched, bitten and "generally beaten up." The meeting then broke up, Andre I retiring...
...proclamation issued by the Communist Internationale said in part...