Word: painlev
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...foreign policies of Poincaré and Briand are, re- spectively, as flaming war-oil and quenching peace-water. Briand has just fought and been defeated by Herriot in a political death grapple which Briand described on the floor of the Chamber as a "per- sonal duel." MM. Briand, Herriot, Painlevé and Sarraut are of the Left; MM. Poincaré, Tardieu and Bokanowski are of the Right...
...little tug from Tennessee. M. Doty's father had persuaded Senators Tyson and McKellar of that state to intervene at the State Department in Washington. The Department had instructed Ambassador Herrick, friend of the French, to intercede with Premier Briand. The Premier had negotiated with War Minister Painlevé. The Minister had telegraphed to Damascus. Iron must give a little under pressure. Of course M. Doty had on occasion been brave, had received the Croix de Guerre. So, although he had sacrificed his citizenship and the U. S. Government had no recourse against any decision it might render...
...Foreign Minister, assumed the nominal generalship and resumed his long standing control of the Foreign Office. Caillaux, in the especially-created role of Vice Premier and Minister of Finance, took upon himself the fiscal rehabilitation of France-a task at which he failed notoriously, as Finance Minister under M. Painlevé(TIME, Nov. 9). The New Cabinet...
...Doumergue once more designated Aristide Briand as the one man in France who could and must form a Cabinet. M. Briand wired for Raymond Poincaré who had left Paris, presuming his presence redundant. The debacle of Herriot suggested that M. Painlevé or some third outstanding Left politician would be called upon to balance a Briand Right-and-Left Cabinet...
...Painlevé Definite. War Minister Paul Painlevé announced late in the week that the Riffian pourparlers in Paris (see "In the Riff") had resulted in an agreement to hold formal peace negotiations between representatives of France and of Abd-el-Krim at Outdhjda, Morocco. M. Painlevé stated that the Outdhjda conference would assemble "as soon as possible, probably within a fortnight." He let it be made known that France does not recognize Abd-el-Krim as "Sultan" but merely as caĩd of the Beni Ouriaghel tribe. The French will accordingly invite...