Word: flandin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stalin. So was French Premier Flandin. So was Mussolini. Any virility, any decisiveness which young Captain Eden has injected into British foreign policy oozed away as his heart faltered and Sir John Simon prepared to represent the Empire at Stresa in his usual "great lawyer" fashion, temporizing and indecisive...
Worse still, in Paris the Cabinet was split. Supple Foreign Minister Pierre Laval who is a disciple of Peace Apostle Aristide Briand, held that negotiation with Germany can still bring peace. Kinetic Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin insisted that Germany must be ringed around with "an alliance cordon of steel...
Before he could get Deputies and Senators to go home for the eight-week Easter recess, Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin had to convince France last week that her money and her frontiers are safe...
Parliament had balked when invited by the Government fortnight ago to go home and enjoy Easter. Strong measures were necessary. They were promptly taken by M. Flandin, youngest Premier in French history, most vigorous since Poincare...
Full six feet, four inches tall, Premier Flandin fairly towered over the Chamber of Deputies as he announced a step no other country in the world dare take. The stamping machines in the French mint had been started and were striking out gold "Louis," 100-franc gold pieces slightly smaller than a U. S. quarter. Not since the War has a Frenchman been able to poke a 100-franc bill at the Treasury cashier and get a "Louis."* All France tingled with pride as Premier Flandin categorically declared: "The coining is being hurried and gold coins will be put into...