VIVE LA FRANCE
HYSTERICAL COURT SCENE ENEMIES KISS AND FORGIVE By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright PARIS, Tuesday. A political libel action connected with the Home Rule movement in Alsace ended in a series of sensations only possible in a French court or a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. An abbe named Haegy sued M. Colmar, editor of '“Le Journal," who alleged that the abbe had been a German propagandist. During cross examination the abbe dramatically declared that in serving Alsace he had only wished to serve France. The defending counsel immediately challenged the abbe to cry “Vive la France.” The abbe promptly accepted. Then someone in the court started “The Marseillaise,” with the electrifying result that the whole court joined in. Opposing counsel rushed across the court to shake hands, while the abbe and the editor kissed each other. The jury without leaving the box 'returned a verdict of no libel.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 20, 14 April 1927, Page 13
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