Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Slemp's opinions but obviously had bungled in part. On top of this an editorial appeared in The Washington Post ?believed to be from the acrid pen of George Harvey?in which it was intimated that one member of the Presi- dent's official family would resign because of the Cleveland affair. That member was Secretary Slemp...
...more than 20 in the new Parliament, occasioned little surprise. The personal defeat of the Premier at Pretoria West was also not unexpected. He is, however, to stand for reelection at Standerton in the Transvaal, that seat having been offered by a Colonel G. M. Claassen who is to resign...
...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...
...Chamber cannot legally force the President to resign. The Senate is likewise powerless, but, if it should have a two-thirds majority in favor of the President, it can dissolve the Chamber and call for new elections. Even the Senate and the Chamber combined cannot oust Millerand, for he can only be legally turned out of office for high treason. A hostile Parliament would, however, rapidly drive the President to resign voluntarily, for his position would be morally untenable...
...considered likely therefore, that President Millerand would resign if the Senate and Chamber joined forces against...