Into the Chambre des Députés was introduced an amnesty bill, designed to pardon all those persons sentenced to imprisonment or exile for political and military crimes during the War.
It was natural that the bill should create resentment among the Right parties and arouse enthusiasm among the parties of the Left, for the former were the persecutors and the latter the persecuted.
When the bill was introduced, abuse was flung across the Chambre by Left and Right Députés. "Assassins!" cried the Left. "Cowards!" yelled the Communists. "Traitors!" roared the Right.
Then, also quite naturally, reference was made to France's outstanding "traitors": Louis...
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