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...Third Republic of France, in 69 years of sturdy life, has had 14 Presidents. Of these only five have served their full seven-year terms-Emile Loubet, Armand Falliéres, Raymond Poincaré, Gaston Dou-mergue. Jules Grévy. Six have resigned. Adolphe Thiers, Marshal MacMahon and Alexandre Millerand quit under political pressure. Jules Grévy tried a second term, left when his son-in-law was caught trafficking in Legion of Honor decorations. Casimir Périer got disgusted with his job. Paul Deschanel went crazy, tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a train...
...President of France that year was a man named Fallières. The premier was a young man of 67 named Georges Clémenceau...
...Schubert, now Assistant Foreign Minister. Came in behalf of France her reputedly richest citizen, M. Louis Loucheur, not long since Finance Minister. (TIME, Dec. 28, 1925). Just prior to leaving Paris last week, M. Loucheur accepted the post of Minister of Labor, replacing unlucky M. André Falliére, who lost his parliamentary seat in the recent French election (TIME, April...
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