Word: denain
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...called by President Lebrun and party leaders who said that civil war was about to break out. . . . Civil war risks bringing a yet more horrible thing-foreign invasion." Civil war is the politician's lookout, but foreign invasion is the army's job. Last week General Denain, new Minister of Air, calmly overrode the objections of diplomats against needlessly annoying Italy. and ordered ground broken for a vast air base at Rosidiano, Corsica. Built on the seashore, the new field will serve both land and seaplanes, will cover about 300 acres and will be heavily fortified. Italian officers...
...Interior; Louis Barthou, now Minister of Foreign Affairs. Republican idealists were more concerned over the fact that for the first time since the founding of the Third Republic the Cabinet contained two generals. Marshal Pétain, defender of Verdun, was the new Minister of War. General Victor Denain, onetime military aide to President Doumergue, is the new Minister for Air. The Cabinet of Premiers' first move was to announce that the plight of Austria was quite as vital to France as anything happening at home. Premier Doumergue and Ministers Herriot, Tardieu, and Barthou formed a sort of Directorate...