Word: defeatists
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Intransigeant, Paris evening journal: "There is much to be done. . . For instance, why does the Government tolerate the action of the defeatist Frenchmen, having no purchases to make abroad, speculating on the dollar against the franc? Why tolerate that in France, notably Alsace-Lorraine, important contracts are signed between French industrials payable in dollars, as if the franc had ceased to be the only currency having official circulation in France? Whatever way we turn, we find the need for a strong Premier to steer the country through its difficult task. M. Poincaré as Minister of Foreign Affairs has been admirably...