Word: nord
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thousands of Royalists stood massed in the great square before the Gare du Nord, some prosperous, more poor, nearly all bearing bouquets of flowers. Stalwart youths of Les Camelots du Roi, or Royalist League, formed a guard of honor, drawn up in double file, eyes front, facing a lane which extended from the railway platform to a waiting taxicab-a very special cab. With sheepish smiles and shrugs policemen representing the majesty of the French Republic kept at a respectful distance. They would have been mobbed if they had interfered. "Vive la France!" roared the crowd. "La France royale...