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...Premier Herriot and his colleagues is by all odds more conciliatory than any that has been shown in France since the days of Premier Briand (1921). In so far as this spirit of conciliation is concerned, the Herriot policies diverge considerably from those of M. Poincare: France's complexion is besmeared with refreshing cosmetics instead of the old war paint...
...Story. Percy Bysshe Shelley, scion of a rich Whig family, first went to Eton. He was "exceptionally beautiful, with brilliant blue eyes, dark curling hair and a delicate complexion." The brutal Vita Etonica shocked his sensitive mind and he was glad to move on to the freedom of Oxford...
...suffer appreciably. Poincaré's intransigeance will in all probability be dropped, but the essential points in his policy such as payment of reparations, guarantees, etc., are certain to be retained. The real divergence of policy is in religious matters. The new Chamber is anti-clericalist in complexion and opposed to Bloc National's policy of happiness with the Vatican...
...German Reichstag elections. As the attitude of the French electorate will largely depend on events in Germany, the eleventh will be most advantageous to Poincaré. A lapse of more than a week would allow a careful analysis of German returns. In a week much propaganda of alarmist complexion could be used to advantage by the Bloc National, of which M. Poincaré is the head. The date-Jeanne d'Arc Day-is also calculated to play upon the national pride of the French people...
...significance of the appearance of the Yellow Book at the present time is profound. It is undoubtedly designed to influence the reparation settlement and the coming meeting between Premiers Poincare and MacDonald. The press in England, for example, has hailed it as putting a new complexion on France's Ruhr occupation...