Word: frenchmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Frenchmen wondered if he was such a bad wizard after...
...Caillaux. The French temperament exploded into many lurid headlines and wild words, such as: "France, with a knife at her throat is being offered up to a God more detestable than the God of War!" But two questions were asked everywhere that summed up the tenor of thinking Frenchmen's worries: 1) How can France keep up her prestige in Europe for another five years, without knowing what her total obligations will eventually be? 2) Can M. Caillaux actually secure ratification by France of an agreement that would force her to pay out over 800,000,000 francs...
...friends of the retiring commander hold that the personality of Lyautey has set its stamp indelibly upon Moroccan minds and hearts. To them any future rapprochement between Frenchmen and Moroccans must redound directly to their idol's credit...
...Stern Frenchmen opined that the Druses would heed permanently such a warning that they must not murder Christians, pillage caravans, or continue to ambush French regiments. The Druses replied by engaging the French in battle with what weapons they can command for three entire days. At the end of that the French forces evacuated Suedia after an occupation of 36 hours, "on account of lack of water," according to French communiques, and took up a position at Messei Frey...
Professor Merriman, who has been teaching history at the University since 1902, is not a novice at teaching Frenchmen. In 1914 and 1915 he was the Harvard lecturer at the provincial universities of France. He was again absent from the University during the war, when he served as Captain in the United States Army...