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When votes were counted, last week, it was seen at first blush that not a single Communist had been returned and that the country had swung toward supporters of the Sacred Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré, savior of the Franc. The second blush would come seven days later, when Frenchmen will vote again in those constituencies where no candidate obtained a majority last week...
France goes to the polls, this week, to elect the 14th Chamber of Deputies of her present Third Republic. As happened in 1924, when the 13th Chamber was chosen, the Prime Minister who now faces the country is again M. Raymond Poincaré, 67, brisk, snowy haired, charming of manner, firm of mind, sagacious. Last time this paladin of politics lost the election (1924) and went out of power for two years. Then the collapse of the franc resulted in his being recalled to the Prime Ministry to restore the shattered finances of France (TIME, Aug. 2, 1926). That task...
...anti-socialist ranks include Prime Minister Poincaré, erudite Minister of Justice Louis Barthou, and smart, facile Minister of Public Works André Tardieu. A swing by the electorate to these men and their supporters would mean the definite retention in office of M. Poincaré and the consecration of his policies...
...leftward swing by the voters to pre-ponderately support this group of groups would very probably result in the eventual replacement of Prime Minister Poincaré by some outstanding member of the Cartel des Gauches and would lead to less orthodox handling of State finance. As may be seen from the above summary, it is a curious fact that the leaders of both the large rival groupings are now members of the present Sacred Union Cabinet which was assembled during the franc crisis from leaders of all parties. Thus no matter which way the election swings, a considerable proportion...
Malcontents. While Premier Poincaré returned to Paris, last week, observers scanned Alsace-Lorraine for the jailed malcontents and plotters against whom he had fulminated...