POINCARE’S BIG VICTORY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17945, 2 May 1928, Page 13

POINCARE’S BIG VICTORY.

Backed by Solid Party.

COMMUNISTS LOSE HEAVILY.

(United Press * Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received May 1, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, April, 30. . M. Sarraut, in a statement,' s'ays that 460 t 0,612 elected Dpputips .have declared themsehies as general l supporters of M. Poincare, who can continnally depend on a solid body of at least 370. It is not yet possible to estimate < accurqtely,, ,the grouping of the new mote Deputies than -last, but tho Centre^and Right arc? ' apparently 333 strong, * compared , with- .269 after last election, to which- id added a good proportion -pf Radical f (> Socialists who support Poincare. . , ,M.. Ppihoacq’,s,-?jchiefr.-.diffieulty-'in- -the near future may be resisting pressure from his Right wing., ./.The'- hotoriqus /'Redj-/ girdle/.- jefy the Parisian Conimuhists' will ’rio 'Tonger -be .vociferous, as only nine have been .elected, instead of seventeen. -Those defeated moreover comprise prominent militants, such as Marty, Garchery, and Renaud Jean. f : largely in the first ballot. The chief reason for their, defeat ,is,their refusal tbrtd-operate’wTth’ thb'Socialists. Certainly M. Poincare will be.able to contimxg the financial restoration which-,.isytlje subjecteoftcongratulation 0n,., (-he - and!/, in business quarters. tjj;