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Acting upon the formal advice of MM. Doumergue and Painleve, respectively Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, President Alexandre Millerand sent for M. Edouard Herriot, Socialist Mayor of Lyons and leader of the Left Bloc...
...exchange of views took place between President and Mayor. According to the Elysee communique, no 'disagreement was expressed upon questions of policy. But when the President asked M. Herriot to form a Cabinet the latter raised the question of the President's resignation. M. Millerand declared he could not discuss the question?he had been elected President of France for seven years and he intended to remain President for that period and to defend to the last the French Constitution which had fixed at seven years the Presidential mandate...
...political situation remained obscure throughout interminable party controversy." But there was no doubt at all that the Socialists were out for President Millerand's scalp. He, however, is not responsible to Parliament but to the people. At the same time he cannot make law any act which has been passed by Parliament, unless it has been signed by a Minister of the Government. Thus, it is apparent that the Ministers control the President as much as the President controls the Ministers...
...Chamber cannot legally force the President to resign. The Senate is likewise powerless, but, if it should have a two-thirds majority in favor of the President, it can dissolve the Chamber and call for new elections. Even the Senate and the Chamber combined cannot oust Millerand, for he can only be legally turned out of office for high treason. A hostile Parliament would, however, rapidly drive the President to resign voluntarily, for his position would be morally untenable...
...considered likely therefore, that President Millerand would resign if the Senate and Chamber joined forces against...