Word: governors
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...Tardieu's lectures have covered the subject of France and her international politics. He is particularly fitted to speak on these topics as he is not only the foreign editor of the Paris "Temps," but was at one time the Governor of the French colonies in Africa...
Beside President Eliot the speakers will be President Gasson, of Boston University; F. A. Vanderlip, of the National City Bank, New York; and J. L. Richards, president of the Boston Consolidated Gas Company. Governor Guild and Mayor Hibbard will be among the guests...
...first of the series on Wednesday, February 5. The general subject will be "La France et les Alliances." M. Tardieu is the foreign editor of the Paris "Temps" and an acknowledged authority on French and international politics. He has held an important office under the French government as Governor of the French colonies in Africa...
...recounted much of the history of the convention of the States General of 1789, and told the story of the burning of the toll-gates, the closing of the Opera, the sack of the Hotel des Invalides, and finally the storming of the Bastille. The murder of Delaunay, the governor of the fortress, caused the latent bloodthirstiness of the Paris mob, whose excesses have become so famous, to break forth in all its fury...
...auspices of the Cercle Francais, but the dates and subjects of the separate lectures have not yet been announced. Mr. Tardieu is well known throughout Europe as a writer of books and articles on international politics. He has also held an important office under the French government as Governor of the French colonies in Africa...