Jaurès

[ zhaw-res ]

noun

1. Jean Lé·on [zhah, n, ley-, awn], 1859–1914, French socialist and writer.

Jaurès

/ ʒɔrɛs /

noun

1. JaurèsJean Léon18591914MFrenchPOLITICS: politicianWRITING: writer Jean Léon (ʒɑ̃ leɔ̃). 1859–1914, French politician and writer, who founded the socialist paper l'Humanité (1904), and united the French socialist movement into a single party (1905); assassinated

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Within a month Jaures was shot and Socialists the world over became blood-blinded.

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Jaures had just been shot, the syndicalists were wrecking German milk shops, and at night the streets had noisy mobs.

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The Russian, who was well up in advanced politics, was just explaining the plans advanced by Jaures.

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The slayer of Jaures was recklessly acquitted: the would-be slayer of M. Clemenceau was carefully found guilty.

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The greatest Socialist statesman in Europe, Jaures, was shot and killed by a gentleman who resented his efforts to avert the war.

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