Evening star., 1925-07-19

PARIS, July 3.
~ OMMUNISTS in France are
the extreme Socialists who
L work even with Russian Boil
~ sheviks. Through. their labor
unions they have managed to
elect between 25 and 80 members of
Parliament, whereas there are about
so of the more moderate Socialist
members.
AS a French government, to keep in
office, must have majority in Parlia-
ment. these 105 votes out of the total
5S4 members are enough, at times, to
swing the policy Of the French re-
public-that is, the 25 Communists
can swell the Socialist vote. but taken
by themselves, they can only make
noise and become IAN awful nuisance"
at home and abroad.
They are doing 1t. When Prime
Minister Painleve returned from his
sensational airplane trip to Morocco,
the five principal Parliament commit
tees foreign affairs, army, finance,
navy and colonies) assembled to hear
him. But, first. he demanded the
word of honor of all to keep secret
what he would tell them-how things
were going in Morocco.
Up jumps Communist Renaud-Jean
and reads a formal refusal of all the
Communist members to keep secret
anything the prime minister might
say.
Deputy Franklin -Bouillon, presiding
over the united meeting IA great Of
fice), begged the prime minister to
withdraw a few minutes until we
can settle this matter among our
selves"
This done, and ascertaining that
the Communist members were deter
mined to make trouble by refusing
the promise, he formally invited them
to withdraw. They refused. and sat
tight. All the other committee mem
bers, of all parties, having promised
to the last man, they rose at a ges-
ture of Franklin-Bouillon and march
to a private hall reserved to commit
tee MISUNDERSTANDING the Com
munist members sitting alone. But
not for long. The new meeting was
scarcely seated, when the Communists
came running to it.
Franklin Bouillon held the door
| against them. He Is not big, but he
| is thick set, and studied at Oxford,
wherA athletics count He filled the
door and repeated the word of Yer
dun-''They'll not pass" Behind him
the committee members formed a
solid barrage.
Forward. comrades." shouted
Marty, Communist fighting leader.
He was that officer implicated in a
mutiny on a French ship in Russian
waters during the war and remained
behind with the Russian revolution
| lists. Returning to France after the
| war, he was tried, condemned, SEN
fenced, swept free in one of the politi-
| cal amnesties and elected to Parlia-
ment as a Communist.
( The Oxford man was ready for
! Marty, who is neither boxer nor
wrestler. He grabbed Marty, used
| him as a club against oncoming Com
munists-and, bang- the door was
closed The Communist members
tried to batter it down. The ushers
/ (kind of ergeants-at-arms) arrived in
force and backed the Communists
| away to the public halls.
| franklin -Bouillon's father it should
be known, was political exile along
with Victor Hugo when Louis Napo-
leon made himself emperor. Obliged
| to live abroad, he chose the Channel
Islands, British possessions. This ac-
| counts for the strong English tinge
| of his three sons education-one
named Socrates one Voltaire and the
fother Benjamin Franklin Bouillon.
/ All three are too much philosophers
to put up with Communists or Boil
sheviks.
Next day Renaud-Jean questioned
the government in Parliament about
"the exclusion Of Communists at yes
terday's joint committee meeting"
He Is a dour, wiry, uncomfortable,
dark man with a rasping voice. He
had right to five minutes, but, as
take sides openly with Abd-el-Krim
in Morocco against their own country