¶ The French Parliament reassembled after the New Year's vacation. Premier Herriot was in his place on the Government bench. It was his first public appearance since his illness (TIME, Dec. 22, et seq.), and he attended the session, as he said, to prove his protesting doctors false prophets. To his friends, he said that he was feeling perfectly able to stand the strain of debate.
¶ Ex-Premier Paul Painlevé was re-elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by 313 votes to 25. The Right Opposition abstained from voting.
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