Not since Léon Gambetta battled with Marshal MacMahon to prevent the restitution of the Monarchy in 1879 has France witnessed such a sensational political struggle as that which ended during the past week.
In the Senate. To the Senate was read by Minister of Justice André Ratier a message from President Millerand. The President affirmed his right to wield the presidential power "sheltered from political fluctuations" and called upon both houses of Parliament to respect the Constitution by declining to countenance "a revolutionary act" which...
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