A neat little trick in the repertoire of every French Prime Minister is the one by which he picks exactly the right split-second to adjourn Parliament before Mm. Les Députés upset his Cabinet. Always as a session draws to its close French legislators become hyperexcitable, super-suspicious, jealous of their power, ready to shout the Government out of office on any pretext. All last week the Chamber was bedlam.
"Grafter!", shouted some one on the Right, while Socialist Leader Leon Blum was shouting from the Tribune. "Make your charge openly!," he bellowed, and everyone...
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