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Colonies-Andre Maginot...
...Third President," M. Ferdinand Buisson; won his election last week by the clean cut vote of 284 to 186. He represents the "Locarnoist" policy of Foreign Minister Briand, and defeated for his new post the onetime "Ruhrist" War Minister of Premier Poincaré, M. André Maginot. Frenchmen were pleased by the elevation of M Buisson last week, for he has held the thankless Vice-Presidency of the Chamber for the past two years with tact, polish, souplesse...
...those die-hard anti-German militarists, the adherents of former Premier Poincaré. They could see nothing in Locarno but a delusive bait to seduce France from seeking the armaments and the great military alliances upon which they consider that true security from German aggression must rest. Cried M. Maginot, a trusted lieutenant of Poincare: "We cannot vote for the Locarno Treaty, for it means the disarmament of France in front of Germany, who does not disarm, and because this treaty rests upon German goodwill, of which the least I can say is that I have never seen any proof...
...Andre Maginot, ex-Minister of War in the Poincaré Cabinet and leader of the Nationalist Opposition, said that the Government's proposal was accept able to his party, but that it could not tolerate M. Caillaux's presence in the Cabinet. "There still is in this country," he asseverated, "too great grief, too many mourners, too many wounded men for us to tolerate that...
...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...