FRANCE: Chamber Traffic

On the desk of Fernand Bouisson, President of the Chamber of Deputies, is an arrangement of red and white flashing lights, newly installed last week. Fifteen minutes after a speaker obtains the floor, a white flash warns him courteously that his time is almost up. If he does not stop talking when the red flash comes, everyone knows he is out of order. In spite of this innovation, parliamentary business proceeded as slowly as ever in Paris last week.

Debt. Most important problem of the week was France's debt to the U. S....

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