The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-08
DOUMERGUE IS
NEW PREMIER;
RIOT SUBSIDIES
Beloved Former President
Cheered; II Killed in
Disorder.
Copyright, 1884, BY united Press


PARIS, Feb. 9.-All France, hor-
rified by the bloodstained streets
of its capital, looked today to
former President CASTOR Doumer-
que, standard bearer of the republic,
to form its salvation government"
The 71year-old Doumergue, known
as the smiling president, and loved
and trusted throughout the coun-
try, was looked to as a political
savior, almost alone of Frenchmen
capable of liquidating crisis that
was threatening the life of the re-
public itself
Arriving at Paris this morning
from his retirement in southern
France Mr.. Doumergue, to the hys-
terical cheers of great crowds, went
at once to the Elysee palace, the
French White House. He conferred
for an hour with President Albert
Lebrun, promised formally to I'M
oertake the task of forming a gov
eminent, and went to work.
Mr.. Doumergue's entrance into
Paris was happy and triumphant.
AS the Toulouse Express roared
into the Care D'Orsay and he
stepped from his car, 5000 persons
broke through the lines formed by
a regiment of dragons sent as a
guard of honor and held him pris-
oner for fifteen minutes.
Little CASTOR Is Cheered
They cheered "Gastounet" Qittle
Gaston), as he is called because of
his stature and his ever present
smile, and finally sent him to the
Elysee with an escort that ran be-
side his motor car shouting news
of his arrival. Crowds along the
way took up the shout of welcome.
Mr.. Doumergue, flushed with pleas
ure, smiled and waved.
But it was business first. The
Uttered streets of the capital, ashes
of last nights bonfireS hardly
ceased from smoldering, the up
rooted trees, burned newspaper and
flower kiosks, wrecked motor cars,
shattered shop windows, heavy pa
trolls of armed police and soldiers,
graphically gave the picture of what
had happened and what might hap
pen without the strong government
he wants.
When yesterday statesman after
statesman, all leaders of the main
political parties, begged him by
telephone to come to Paris and save
the republic, he insisted:
/. That he must have complete
loyal, unquestioning support under
broad powers from former premierS
and party leaders.
Political Truce Demanded
2. That there must be political
truce until Dec. 81.
3. That the chamber of deputies
must spontaneously register its ap-
proval of his demands.
All these were promised.
Hence, he went to work assured of
$50 of the o05 votes in the chamber
with only socialists and communists
against him.
For aids re had nine former pre-
mierS, pledged to cooperate.
mer premiers whose names were be-
fore him. Pierre Etienne Flandin
and Henri Cheron. political leaders,
were considered tentatively for the
posts of commerce and agriculture
respectively.
The city was completely calm as
Domergue worked.
Anxiety gave way to hope after
two days of bloody rioting in which
seventeen persons were killed and
nearly 1900 injured severely enough
to need hospital treatment.
One man was killed and 200 in
jured in riots that started at II
a. m. yesterday and ended at las
a. m. today.
There was threat of more trouble
Communists issued & cali for a
demonstration in the Place de la
Concorde, riot center, tonight.