Word: maginot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yells of defiance were hurled by the Right upon the advancing Left. The collision shook the Chambre. Fists shot out to eyes, noses and ears. Yells of hate and screams of pain deafened the onlookers. In one corner was ex-Minister of War André Maginot, defending his person against the assaults of the enemy. Wallops were given, wallops were taken. M. Maginot proved himself a true warrior, fighting in torn clothes, giving as good as he received. Somewhere there was a sound of torn linen, followed by a big bump ; le marquis de Ludre had been picked...
...Gaston Doumergue elected. His candidate for the Presidency of the Senate, le Sénateur Bienvenu-Martin, defeated; le Sénateur Justin de Selves, Poincaréist, elected. His candidate for the Presidency of the Army Committee of the Chamber of Deputies defeated; le Député Maginot, Minister of War under Poincare, elected. His policy of withdrawing the French Embassy to the Vatican (TiME, June 16) and that of granting amnesty to political exiles and prisoners were met with strong opposition in the Senate. Finally, ex-Premier Poincaré gained a point of vantage by being unanimously...
...Pensions?Andre Maginot...
...André Maginot...
...French Army. Under stress of arguments urging that France must be ready for "the next war," full power was given the Government to order mobilization by decree, without immediate ratification, demanded in a Socialist amendment. The Socialists insisted that the authorization should apply only to national external security. M. Maginot, Minister of War, replied: "We must also be prepared against the possibility of internal insurrection." The amendment was defeated, 380 to 190. The Army will consist of 68 infantry regiments, 5 Foreign Legion regiments, 208 air squadrons, 19 companies of captive balloons. Colonial and Algerian troops were not included. Numbers...