ing Out of An Election in supporting M. Simounet. This! letter was not written by MAL. Blum Jand. Faure, but they declined treat it as n forgery, as they believed that the local party organization was "discounting their fidelity to the cause" and acting in the belief that the leaders would not repudiate them. In other words, the Socialist' leaders did' not object to being represented as saying, what they never said.
They anda "moral" for-Jeery question for the Chamber.
The only remaining question for the Chamber to decide was whether this "intellectual forgery" influenced the result and induced M. Quen-essen's supporters. to vote for MI. [Simounet. 'The committee which Investigated the matter answered this question in the negative, on the ground hat the scale was' turned 3 the electors who voted for M. Morand-Monteil_ at first -and. then transferred. their allegiance to. [Simounet, M. Morand-Monteil hav ing himself advised them to take this course, although he remained candidate, for some my Feasor. that' the non-political mind would have some difficulty in understanding.
The committee thought that M. Quennesson would have done better rot to throw the first stone. When heard of 'M. Morand-dfontei's advice to his own friends, a friend fof M. Quennesson went to' the office fof a local paper, represented him self as sent by AM. Morand-Monteil, arranged for the insertion of a long]
ide urging the electors to vote for that gentleman, ordered 10,000 loopies of the Paper containing the article and "had" them distributed {throughout the constituency. This manquvre was of course to take Notes away from M. Simounet, who was a dangerous rival, and' give them "to Me Morand-Montell, who had no chance, 'A couple of private members, who spoke dating "the debate in the Chamber, said the election ought. to be declared null and void for dishonest practices, while a Commonist Jsareastically remarked that. the result of this family quarrel was jo matter of indifference, that there was really nothing to choose beween Socialists and Radical-Social-fists, and that some "social-bourgools" was sure to- be elected anyway. Eventually a secret ballot was taken, the committee's report iwas adopted bya majority of nearly 2 to 1, and. M. Simoanet, iwas declared duly. elected. The jooly. conclusion to be drawn is that all's fair_in election cam-signs as in real ones.
Another Expedition 'The French expedition across! Africa with caterpillar ears, carried lout some years ago, will shortly be followed by another, organized and financed, like the first, by M. Andre Citroen,' maker of the type of car bearing his name. Tt will start from Beirut' and: make for Peking vid
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