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" THE KING OF DARKNESS."
FRENCH PREMIER'S INGENUITY. THREAT THAT COULD NOT BE CARRIED OUT. United Press Association—Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright, Received December 28, 9 a.m. PARIS, December 27. In consequence of the activities of Pataud, the Labour leader, who is popularly termed "the King of Darkness," M. Briand, the Prime Minister, had all the electric light stations m Paris secretly connected with the generators driving the tube trains. Pataud called on M, Briand on Christmas Eve and threatened to * throw Paris into darkness unless the electricians were granted increased pay. M. Briand refused, and Pataud found himself helpless. The newspapeis are rejoicing at M. Briand's ingenuity.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9677, 29 December 1909, Page 5
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106FOILED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9677, 29 December 1909, Page 5
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