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Apropos of the defeat of Premier Poincaré at the elections (TIME, May 19), Anatole France, famed litterateur, said: "I salute this great victory. France has just manifested her will for peace...
...Gare de Lyons, President Millerand and Premier Poincaré and a large attendance of ministers and diplomats awaited the train which bore the future King of Kings of Abyssinia and his suite of Field Marshals. After the arrival of the royal train, Ras got a little mixed over the etiquette of descending to greet the President which, as was pointed out, was not surprising considering that there is only one railway line in Abyssinia. Handshakes over, the Prince, "who is descended from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba," drove with the President through the gay streets of Paris. Parisiens...
...Socialists under Herriot are not Communists and are of much the same tenor as are the British Laborites. Whatever reshuffling of power takes place, Poincaré's foreign policy with regard to Germany and the Dawes report is not likely to suffer appreciably. Poincaré's intransigeance will in all probability be dropped, but the essential points in his policy such as payment of reparations, guarantees, etc., are certain to be retained. The real divergence of policy is in religious matters. The new Chamber is anti-clericalist in complexion and opposed to Bloc National's policy...
Notables elected: MM. Poincaré, Herriot, Briand, Painlevé; Communists Marty and Cachin, the former of whom was convicted of treason and later pardoned; ex-Minister of the Interior Malvy, once accused by ex-Premier Clemenceau of treason...
...think M. Poincaré will win?" naively queried the reporter...