SINGING IN PARLIAMENT.
SCENES IN THE FRENCH
CHAMBER
CCMSTSED BY THE POSTAL
DEBATE,
(COIbfFIDENCE VOTED
[PBESS ASSOCIATION.] ((ißieceivea May 14, 11.45 p.m.). PARIS, May 14
■During the postal debate in the: -Chamber t>'f Deputies the Socialists! jstaarted ismgrng the revolutionary aiirj ■"LTaitenaationale," commencing ceMebout les Dam-nes de la Terre" ("Arise, the damned of the earth.")
A great upspoar jensuefl. The Republicans raised "La Marseillaise," and the Royalists "La Sfondenne."
The President (M. Briseon) adjouraat four. -Otherwise the debate was ■uneventful. ■
M. Barthou, Minister for Public Works, stated that.2375 of the 24,115 postal officials were now on strike.
M. Clemenceau, the Prime Minis--fcer, called upon the CJhamher to choose between a regime ,6i legaili^y under and disorganisation, of ifche Republic, . ..
A "vote of confidence in the Governjment was carried by 365 votes to 159.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 117, 15 May 1909, Page 5
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133SINGING IN PARLIAMENT. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 117, 15 May 1909, Page 5
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