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...this moment ex-Premier Paul Painlevé, President of the Chambre, put on his hat, thereby signifying that the session was suspended. Later in the same day, le Général Saint Just was censored by a vote of the Chambre...
From the august Presidential seat, M. Painlevé gazed down upon the seething of arms and legs; then...
Last week, he arrived at the Chambre with a squad of men who took possession of the place on instructions from their Chief. "We are here," said the Comte, "to watch over M. Painlevé's [President of the Chambre] safety, which is in grave peril." For three days, he and his brave men protected the person of M. Painlevé. So powerful was he, that Députés obeyed his orders. So meticulous was he in carrying out his duty, that he inspected the food being cooked in the kitchen of the Chambre restaurant...
...candidate for the Presidency, ex-Premier Paul Painlevé, defeated; le Sénateur Gaston Doumergue elected. His candidate for the Presidency of the Senate, le Sénateur Bienvenu-Martin, defeated; le Sénateur Justin de Selves, Poincaréist, elected. His candidate for the Presidency of the Army Committee of the Chamber of Deputies defeated; le Député Maginot, Minister of War under Poincare, elected. His policy of withdrawing the French Embassy to the Vatican (TiME, June 16) and that of granting amnesty to political exiles and prisoners were met with strong opposition...
...afternoon, at one o'clock, the Parties of the Left Bloc (Radical, Unified and Republican Socialists) met in the Hotel du Palais d'Orsay, passed rowdily a unanimous motion calling upon President Millerand to resign, despite the remonstrances of prospective Premier Herriot, elected ex-Premier Painlevé Left Bloc candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber...