ALSACE-LORRAINE
SCENES IN FRENCH CHAMBER lAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, November 24. A tumult reigned in the Chamber of Deputies during the discussion of the Alsace-Lorraine budget. An Alsatian Communist, M. Huebert, began to speak in German. The Vice-Pre-sident ruled him out of order. Thereupon another Communist, M. Duclos, attacked M. Poincare, declaring that all he did in war time was to retire to Bordeaux. M. Poincare jumped up and said: “I obeyed the Government’s orders.” A storm of protest drowned M. Duclos’s retort. M. Huebert recommenced his speech in German, only ceasing under the threat of suspension. M. Duclos continued the debate. He was constantly interrupted, especially during his references to the autonomist movement in Alsace, which provoked lively protests. The Alsatian deputies have proposed a private bill, allowing for their speeches being given in German, providing they are translated.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 November 1926, Page 3
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