TUMULT IN CHAMBER
ALSATIAN COMMUNIS'Io. ATTEMPTED SPEECH IN GERMAN. (Free* Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) PARIS, November 24. (Received Nov. 25, at 5.5 p.m.) Tumult reigned in the Chamber during the discussion of the Alsace-Lorraine Budget. An Alsation Communist, M. Huebert, began to speak in German. The VicePresident ruled him out of order, and upon this the Communists, M. Duclos, attacked M. Poincare, declaring that all he did in wartime was to retire to Bordeaux. M. Poincare jumped up and said: “I obeyed the Government’s orders.” A storm of protests drowned M. Duclos’s retort. M. Huebert recommenced his speech in German, only ceasing under 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 proposed a private Bill allowing speeches in German, provided that they are translated. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19957, 26 November 1926, Page 9
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