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That Sir John of all Britons should handshake Herr Hitler was what most infuriated Frenchmen. They are resigned to "perfidious Albion" in the traditional role of Justice, upholding Europe's balance of power-with the British Lion couchant on the fulcrum. But even by his closest friends Sir John has long been considered a sincere friend of France, sincerely appalled by Nazidom. In London, as well as in Paris last week, an unflattering impression prevailed that Sir John saw his mission to Berlin in a light so dazzling that out of it he might emerge with the Order...
Aroused & United. With the French Senate at white heat Premier Flandin, recognizing that historic French individualism is menaced as never before by historic German capacity to goosestep behind a leader, launched a paradoxical appeal to Frenchmen to do as the Germans...
...Vegetable soups," continued Mr. Reeves-Smith, "form an important part of the French working class dietary. Millions of Frenchmen lead a healthy and active existence on nothing but vegetable soup, bread and wine. The omission of these appetizing, nourishing and easily prepared soups is the most serious-I might almost say fatal-omission from the dietary of the English working class. There is no reason why they should not be introduced into England...
...only English landladies spoke French, and if only their English cooks knew something of haute cuisine, Frenchmen with gold francs would be tempted in droves across the Channel. Last week, with this in mind, the progressive Mayor of Blackpool had drummed up 28 landladies, was having them taught French, with French cooking to follow. First question and answer memorized by Blackpool's pucker-browed landladies...
...have risen so high that French goods in quantity cannot now compete in the world market. Premier Flandin's solution is to say that France is a quality-producer (TIME, Feb. 4). France's solution is to produce less. Last week there were nearly half a million Frenchmen on relief (alltime high), many times that number living out of the sacred family stocking. Also last week the leader of the Peasant Front, Henry Dorgeres, was telling the farmers of Normandy and Brittany...