The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
FRENCH CHAMBER
GETS FIRST PRIZE
FOR ROUGH STUFF
Puts on More Fist Fights
Than Any
I. Other.

ffAhlb, aug. t-Ihe French
chamber Of deputies is maintaining
its record as the most tumultuous
legislative chamber in Europe. Next
to a ring-side seat at the Dempsey
Carpenter affair, a seat in the
French chamber fs probably the
best place to be certain of some
lively action.
Nere is the record OF one day;
One challenge to q duel tunac-
cepted).
One rough snd-tumbie fight. 3
Three men called liars.
Scarcely a day passes but that the
Journal Ofhciel" chronicles an @in-
cident" or two-sometimes only dts
orderly Interruptions Of shouting.
sometimes the passing Of the lie" ("
and frequently sallies at fisticuffs
During any important debate
nearly every sentence Is punctuated
with '1ively applause" continued
Interruptions" ':exclamations," pro
longer tumult," noises from vari-
Gus benches" as the Journal styles
them. The Socialist side of the
chamber is the most productive OF
disorder and whenever the Social
lists start something the Center and
Right parties take a voice and a fist
in the PROCEEDINGS. The result is
always enlivening and sometimes
amusing.
RattliaE ReyaIist.
Leon Dauet, the hery Royalist
deputy. holds the light. welter and
heavyweight championship Of Eu-
rope as the pugfiistic deputy at
catch-ss-catch-ean style. Dsudet
believes France should be ruled by
king and is always ready and fire.
ouently does defend or assert his
beliefs with his fists.
In q recent session Daudet un-
burdened himself on the subject in
the Chamber as follows: Damn
the republic. i am here TO destroy
the republic IL possible. That's
what ! was elected for"
The net result was three ist
fights in the ensuing week wherein
enraged supporters OF the republic
sought to convince Daudet of the
desirability Of that form of govern
ment.
A Wicked Typewriter Teo.
Daudet is the editor OF "L'Action
Franchise" and wields a vitriolic
pen as well as q mean left hook.
His articles generally produce at
least one or two fights per month
with Daudet In the role OF hghtee.
In his most recent bout Daudet
was attacked on the street near the
chamber by a political opponent
who ambushed him with an um-
brella- Daudet polished him of in
one round. Only a short time previ-
ousiy another opponent sneaked up
behind him in the chamber corridors
and administered several vigorous
old-fashioned kicks upon the seat OF
Daudet's Prince Albert. He was
particularly incensed by this un-
Royalistic method OF attack and
won by the "KO" route.
Among other European parlia-
ments, the French chamber holds
the belt for LIVELY effervescent de-
bate Except the italian chamber.
which runs the French q close
second, the other European parlia-
ments are comparatively sedate.
British Polite.
The debates in the British parlia-
ment are usually almost monot-
onous. enlivened only now and then
with a solemn hear, hear" Of zp-
proval.
The smooth gutteral course of
Legislation in the German ReichstaR
is occasionally interrupted by a
throaty ia wohl." but the Germans
evidently had enough fighting in the
late war.
The Spanish and Portuguese par
Iiaments occasionally manage &C
stir up a pretty little row. but
usually confine their interchange
to vicious sounding Latin adjectives
IN the italian parliament the So
cialists' favorite form Of argument
is the heavy glass ink-stand with
which each desk is furnished.
Taken altogether. the continental
parlIaments makes the House anC
senate in Washington look like &
Sunday School class.