Word: painlevã
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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Premier Paul Painlev??'s new fiscal measure, intended to balance the French budget by "a levy on all forms of wealth," (TIME, Nov. 9 el seq.) was got through the Finance Committee of the Chamber last week and presented to the deputies en masse...
...Premier Paul Painlev??, followed by his ministers, took his seat on the Government bench, the Right parties of the Chamber arose, yelled: "Amnesty for Lenoir and Bolo Pasha."* The Premier began to read his ministerial policy. He touched upon the War sacrifices made by France. "Caillaux, get up the dead!" cried deputies (the bitter insinuation that the dead were turning in their graves because the hated Caillaux was again Minister of Finance...
...appeal," continued the Premier, "to the patriotism of the country." "Even to that of Caillaux," rejoined Royalist Deputy Ybarnegaray. M. Painlev?? went on. He referred to the rights of the wounded; the latter part of his sentence was drowned in a roar from the extreme Left (Communist) benches of: "Chemin des Dames" (name of a French disaster which happened during the Premier's first term of office...
...Caillaux sat, his fingers nervously tapping the desk, his bald head alternately red and white. Several times he rose to defend himself against the flagellations of his enemies; each time the friendly arm of M. Painlev?? shot out to restrain him. Six times the Premier arose to his defense, twice M. Briand, the Foreign Minister, rose on a similar errand...
...defense of his Minister, Premier Painlev?? said that his keenest impression of M. Caillaux was that, in 1914, just after the Battle of the Marne, he (Caillaux) had urged him to use his to the three great problems confronting the country?Finance, Religion, Security?was set forth...