Again, Daudet

All France laughed au nez ("hee-hawed") when fiery M. Leon Daudet, editor of the hysterically Royalist newspaper L'Action Francaise was recently released from prison (TIME, July 4) by a faked telephone order supposed to have come from a member of the august "Sacred Union Cabinet" of Premier Raymond Poincare. Since that merry escapade every policeman in France has received the order "Arrest M. Leon Daudet on sight"--but Daudet has managed to conceal his whereabouts. Therefore a sensation burst last week, at Paris, when it was announced that Editor Daudet would positively address a Royalist audience at the Salle Builler. Soon police swarmed 'round this innocuous auditorium. When the meeting came to order, its chairman smilingly gestured at empty air and introduced "Our honored leader." A voice was heard. Although sepulchral, it was unmistakably the voice of M. Daudet. Policemen cocked their ears a moment, then strolled disgustedly away. They could not arrest the loudspeaker. M. Daudet was at Brussels, 192 miles away, cheerfully addressing a radio microphone.