Three Ministers Returned on First Day's Balloting Paris, Apr. 22.
The first ballot in the elections, the polling for which was brisk and peaceful throughout the day, resulted in the return of M. Briand, th Foreign Minister, M. Herriot, Mi inister of Public Instruction and of Fine Arts, and M. Tardieu, Minister of Public Works, all of whom are members of the Chamber of Deputies.
The recond ballot will take place on April 29, of the thirteen Ministers in the Cabinet are among. the dates, the other Ministers, amon whom is M. Poincaré, the Premier, did not secure sulficfent, re-election but will stand in final ballot on April 29.
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The parliamentary election re-which have been received from all _constitutencies except Corsica and candidates for 176 seats have been returned.
'A notable feature of the is the rout of the Commun though 27 of them had seats in the last Chamber.
7 ill be a second ballot on April 29 in 427 constituencies, Apr. 2 Although no Communixt was returned in yesterday's elections the Communists polled more votes than, ever before. Many of their cand dates are in a favourable position for the second ballot, which takes place next Sunday.—Ieuter,
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