WesWorld

Initial indications are that the elections scheduled in a few weeks will bring the fall of Premier Herriot, and the leader of the present opposition, Raymond Poincar'e, is organizing a government to take its place. French Conservatives are making a great deal of the explosion of PRS Palawan in Saigon four months ago, as part of a general indictment of Premier Herriot and what they view as the excessively conciliatory policy of his Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. While Poincar'e has given no indication that settled questions such as German reparations will be reopened, but it is to be expected that a more vigorous advocacy of the interests of France will follow the election of a Poincar'e government.

This news is not welcomed in India. The Herriot government has shown itself to be fairly progressive in its treatment of French colonies in Asia, and had not been overly intrusive in other matters in the region.

[What's the date of the election again?]

2 October 1927

I'll get to them when I get back.

And yes, the explosion of PRS Palawan has had far-reaching political effects in France.

Although no doubt the Filippino government will be heartened by the fall of a government of the Left...

Cure could be worse than the disease, tho.