¹ The four were Louis Loucheur, François Marsal, Henry de Jouvenal, and Daniel Vincent.

² He would admit Germany to the League provided she accepted the Dawes plan as modified by the Allied governments.

³ The legal electoral period in France is twenty days.

⁴ New York Times. May 29, 1924.

⁵ Cf. his article on “The Socialists and the French Elections,” quoted in Littell's Living Age, May 3, 1924.

⁶ Le Temps, May 10, 1924.

⁷ Seventy-five per cent of the British electorate voted in December, 1923. Cf. Morgan, W. T., Note on the British Elections, Amer. Pol. Sc. Rev., May, 1924.Google Scholar

⁸ These figures account for only 569 deputies: the results of ten seats in the colonies had not yet been received; ballottage was necessary for four seats in Belfort and Alger; one seat in the department of the Nord was still doubtful.

⁹ This list is given in Le Temps for May 15.

¹⁰ These figures are based on the unofficial returns published in Le Temps, May 13, with a few districts either missing or incomplete.

¹¹ M. Georges Lachapelle estimates that the gain of the Left Bloc by the premium thus given to absolute majorities was forty-two seats. Cf. Pinon, Réné, “Chronique politique,” Revue des Deux Mondes, June 1, 1924.Google Scholar

¹² In the elections of November, 1919, twenty departments elected candi dates by absolute majority, or thirty-five per cent of the whole Chamber. Cf. Esmein, A., Eléments de Droit constitutionnel (7th edition, Paris, 1921) II, 317.Google Scholar

¹³ The proportional principle operated more effectively in urban than in rural districts.

¹⁴ Pinon, , Revue des Deux Mondes, June 1, 1924.Google Scholar