Word: henry
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Also, on p. 16 of the same issue you head an article about Henri de Jouvenel, Henry est Arrive. Could any mixture of French and English schoolboy jargon be more ridiculous...
...grey rat is black. Henry de Jouvenel was not christened Henri. See p. 408, French Qui Etes-Vous...
Upon reaching Paris, the General was met at the train by Senator Henri de Jouvenel, who will shortly go out to Syria, succeeding both General Sarrail and General Duport (TIME, Nov. 16) in inaugurating a French civilian regime in Syria. The meeting was not cordial. Snapped M. Sarrail, "You should not have troubled to come to meet me." Replied M. de Jouvenel, "As you like, but I have thought it my duty to seek information everywhere, and have sought the advice of Generals Gouraud and Weygand, your predecessors." Barked the ungracious General, "That should be enough!" Later he consented...
...French Government announced officially that General Duport was being despatched to Syria to act as High Commander temporarily. Later cables reported the appointment of Senator Henri de Jouvenal to succeed General Duport...
Since these two diverse views indicated something like a split in the Caillaux Commission, the dictum of M. Henri Franklin-Bouillon, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber, upon the whole matter was marked well. Said he: "It was absurd to send a whole committee to America. One man could have done better. . . . I shall vote against this temporary agreement because it is a mere effort to gain time . . . . Parliament problems which can be put off, and if a five year limit is set on the debt question you can be sure Parliament will take four years...