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 "—Down with war!

"—You are bargaining with the blood of soldiers.

"—I must say to M. Doriot, and to the Assembly, that these words are grave side by side with those already pronounced. If, unluckily, a soldier, in a careless moment was caught, lacking in military duty …

"—Make peace!

"—… was caught under the conditions indicated by M. Doriot, he, Doriot, would suffer no ill effects; the poor soldier would risk his life.

"Prolonged tumult. The deputies on the extreme left rise and sing the International. Applause. Protests. The Presi