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Meanwhile in his Paris cell Russian Dr. Paul Gorgulov, who killed President Paul Doumer three weeks ago, tried to explain away the crime that is expected to send him to the guillotine...
Told that this explanation made no difference, Dr. Gorgulov tried again. "A mystic force armed my hand," said he. "I had no reason at all to kill President Doumer. On the train from Monte Carlo to Paris I struggled against my idea of committing the crime. I prayed, even on the train. When I reached Paris I went to pray at Notre Dame. I begged God to rid me of this obsession. My struggle with myself lasted for two whole days. Then I drank an entire bottle of cognac. I was too intoxicated to remember what...
Deputy Edouard Herriot, leader of the Radical Socialists who won most seats in the new Chamber of Deputies directly after President Doumer's death, remained coy to all correspondents last week, hinted that he may not try to become Premier when the Chamber reconvenes June 1, may prefer to become a second Aristide Briand, holding the Foreign Ministry and supporting as Premier his good friend Senator Paul Painlevé, a Republican Socialist. That M. Herriot is the power behind the political throne in France was shown when he and President Lebrun jointly received the Corps Diplomatique last week...
...mentioned in the encyclical were three events of the past three weeks which doubtless contributed to the Pope's dismay at the state of the world-the assassinations of President Doumer of France and Premier Inukai of Japan and the finding of the murdered Lindbergh baby. But last week the Vatican's daily Osservatore Romano, commenting on Inukai's death, observed that recent criminal acts were enough "to make the world blush ... [a] most execrable offense to civilization...
Said Premier Tardieu, who as acting President had invested President Lebrun: "The post of President is one of honor and danger, as is shown by the odious assassination of President Doumer...