Word: briand
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...Sirs: Quite often, in TIME, I see Foreign Minister Briand referred...
Because Aristide Briand is quite as foxy, perhaps foxier than famed Br'er Fox in the Uncle Remus tales (Author Joel Chandler Harris), TIME terms him "Br'er Briand." French readers may not know that "Br'er" is the negro dialect contraction of "Brother," that its playful application to a foxy statesman is not extinct in U. S. political usage...
...Paris Premier Laval, Foreign Minister Briand and a dozen other French officials and the staff of the German Embassy were all at the Gare du Nord clutching the silk hats of diplomacy. There were a few jeers, a few shouts of Vive La France! Many more cried hopefully, "Vive La Paix...
...press seemed definitely anti-French last week. French editors received a little of the scorn they have heaped on the U. S. these many years, and it stung. Swarthy Premier Pierre Laval, the butcher's son who gave up extreme Socialism to be a disciple of Tardieu and Briand, complained...
Sunday afternoon German Ambassador Dr. Leopold von Hoesch telephoned wildly for an interview with Premier Laval. Premier Laval, having made his gesture, came back to town; so did sleepy-eyed Brer Briand. Hysterically Ambassador von Hoesch begged the Premier to reconsider. Did he really intend to bring about a revolution in Germany?on France's doorstep? Had he considered the possible consequences? Premier Laval was polite. He had considered. . . . Mais non. Without political guarantees from Germany, there was nothing more he could do. Ambassador von Hoesch left and Premier Laval had another, slightly sinister interview with two other gentlemen: Marshals...