Foreign News: Andre v. Andre

Speeches in the French general election campaign are now bubbling up as hot as boiling beeswax. Last week, at ancient, sleepy Belfort, Pugnacious Deputy André Miellet bubbled and stormed in debate against famed André Tardieu, Minister of Public Works, and Wartime French High Commissioner to the U. S.

When Minister Tardieu's turn came, he adjusted his pince-nez and pierced the blatancies of his opponent with icy logic. Thereupon André Miellet smote André Tardieu squarely upon the nose, shattering his pince-nez, drawing spouts of crimson blood.

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