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...group of Deputies surrounded M. Briand and slyly reminded him that the power of M. Herriot's Cartel des Gauches* has allegedly been resurrected. They twitted the Premier with adroit insinuations that the Cartellist Ministers???Chautemps (Interior), Deladier (Education), Durafour (Labor), Renoult (Justice)?were about to resign from the Cabinet, thereby discrediting the Briand Government and paving the way for a purely Cartel Ministry. For the benefit of everyone within hearing the Briand throat was cleared. His luxuriant tufted jungle of hair seemed to dilate as he cast a swift piercing glance about...
...elections when he became Chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party and Leader of His Majesty's Opposition. Now he is Prime Minister, nearer Conservatism than Radicalism, such is the metamorphosis of Macdonald. The Times of London, says he is one of the most noteworthy of British Prime Ministers???an idealist and a pacifist guiding the country when idealism and pacifism are not the ruling passion of the world. Henry William Massingham, famed Liberal editor of London, summed up Macdonald thus: "Not eloquent, but a statesman. A man of principle, but not a fanatic. Elastic without being supple. A character...
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