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...Castres, near Toulouse in the South, Premier Herriot responded to the Cardinals in an excellent imitation of "Papa" Poincaré's famed Sunday speeches. Stating that he had been described as "the ogre of sectarianism," he continued...
...initials A. S. D. stand for Arbitration, Security and Disarmament -keynotes of French foreign policy. In the Chamber of Deputies was made last week "a speech of Poincaré through the mouth of Herriot." The latter, alarmed at the recent Monarchical doings in Germany, delivered himself of a three hours' oration. He was working for peace- France's actions at Geneva proved that, (TIME, May 5) but he would never give up the security of his country while militarism was fostered on the other side of the Rhine...
...President of the Chamber of Deputies, was mentioned as next Premier. His chances would not appear so good as those of ex-Premier Aristide Briand, who is reputed to have a larger following among the discordant elements from which any new Government must be formed. The Nationalists-Millerand Poincaré & Co.-can be expected to force matters as far toward a general election as is possible...
Today, including the above elections, there are 37 members, among the most important of whom are: Litterateurs: Joseph Bédier, Paul Bourget, Marcel Prevost, Henri de Regnier; Statesmen: Louis Barthou, Georges Clemenceau, Raymond Poincaré, Jules Cambon; Soldiers: Les Maréchals Ferdinand Foch, Joseph Joffre, Louis Lyautey; Artists: Albert Besnard (the only one) ; Journalist: Georges Lecomte; Educator: Emile Picard...
During the past week, the Senate, sitting as a legislative assembly without juridical power, passed the Amnesty Bill (TIME, July 21). A motion to include Louis Malvy within its terms was passed, after ex-Premier Poincaré had expressed his belief in his innocence, by 195 votes to 62. A like motion to include Joseph Caillaux was passed by 176 votes...