Word: factional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...military junta made up of officers of de Rivera's victorious faction...
...emergency M. le Président naturally turned first to M. Briand, the national hero among active politicians, "the man of Locarno," already seven times Premier of France. M. Briand accepted the task of forming a cabinet with reluctance, but moved toward that end adroitly. He offered the Blum faction two or three cabinet posts under him; few enough so that they could not dictate or obstruct the policy of the cabinet, yet a sufficient number to make them "responsible" for Government acts and force them to support the cabinet in the Chamber...
This offer did not appeal to M. Blum. He felt that with a little more obstruction he might force President Doumergue to ask him to form a cabinet. He announced that he would support M. Briand only if seven members of his faction were given practically all the important cabinet posts. M. Briand majestically refused so absurd a demand, refused to continue to form a cabinet at all, washed his hands publicly of the whole affair...
...Doumergue called upon him once more to try to form a cabinet he was ready. After two days of dickering he got together a government, representing a slight swing to the Right from that of M. Painlevé, which it is hoped can command a majority without the Blum faction...
Next day Chancellor Luther folded his arms while Foreign Minister Stresemann parried attacks by the Communists, the Nationalists and the ultra-reactionary Voelkische, stubborn faction of famed die-hard General von Ludendorff. At the conclusion of these forensic games an actual vote was hailed with relief by most of those present...