Word: rightist
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...week went on it became apparent that a good part of the fear was generated no less by the actual victory of the Popular Front than by the uproarious Rightist press, whose dire predictions on the future of France could be compared in the U. S., perhaps, to a session of the National Association of Manufacturers under the New Deal. In France, however, these die-hard fulminations were taken seriously, with the result that the Paris Bourse was in a near-panic...
...from Russia on one side, from Germany on the other. Out of semiretirement, the Right ists lured Marshal Henri Phillippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain, Hero of Verdun, to give his benediction to the Fascist Croix de Feu which, though it had no candidates of its own, backed all the Rightist groups...
With the Communists alone having won as many seats in the new Chamber as the whole Rightist coalition put together, the reaction of Frenchmen to the siren song of Fascism has formed the most violent political gesture of any recent election. For the victory of the Left can be explained only by the fact that the French have made up their minds once and for all that the propositions of the Croix de Feu and the parties of the "interests" hold no lure any longer. In holding the fort against the attacks of the reactionaries during the trying days...
...general the Socialists and other Leftist parties believe in friendship with Germany, strict adherence to the League of Nations, reduced taxes and extended credit (i. e. modified inflation). Rightist parties clamor for French security maintained by force of arms, the League as a tool of French foreign policy, less government interference in business, and the gold standard forever...
Last week Premier Azaña ordered José jailed for prosecution on charges of inciting armed rebellion. The Phalanx was outlawed, all its clubhouses closed and many of its leaders locked up. The police, given this official support, went merrily into the streets and began cracking Rightist and Leftist skulls without fear or favor...