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...visit by airplane to Morocco of Premier Paul Painlevé, who is also Minister of War, and who was accompanied by M. Laurent Eynac, Under Secretary for Air, and General Jacquemont, chief of the Premier's military staff, overshadowed to a great extent the war news from the Riffian front (TIME, May 11, et seq.). Several Riffian attacks, one along a 60-mile front, were reported, but seem to have been relatively abortive in their effects. A certain amount of concern was felt by the French over the continued infiltrations of Riffian "missionaries" who, behind the French lines, preach...
...announced that the Conference Francaise will hold its first meeting for the year Wednesday evening. Dr. P. B. Marcou, the new instructor in the French Department, will speak on Victor Jacquemont, a writer of the early part of this century, whose literary talent and adventurous career entitle him to a wider renown than posterity has granted him. He travelled extensively in the Orient and once had an opportunity to become viceroy of Cashmere. Among those who have promised to address the Conference later in the year are Professor Van Daell, of the Institute of Technology; Professor C. H. Grandgent, superintendent...
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