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...their plaudits acknowledged by even the most autocratic of rulers, but Ras and his gorgeously clad Marshals "batted not an eyelid" which quite intrigued the people and caused them to "vive" him more than ever. While in Paris the Prince occupied the royal suite at the Quai d'Orsay; the Marshals-Ras Hailov, Viceroy Godjam, Ras Seyoum, Ras Nado and Governor Ilubador-were housed elsewhere...
...Quai d'Orsay, French Foreign Office, said: "It is a long time since the feudal laws under which such principalities were administered were abolished. We are no more concerned with this sale than with any real estate transaction on the boulevards...
...road's management, and the Russo-Asiatic Bank, the institution which, under an agreement made in 1920, represents Russia's interest in the railway. A proposal to displace the Bank with regard to the railway called forth a protest from Paris. The Quai d'Orsay (French Foreign Office) reminded China that French citizens owned 60% of the bank stock. Japan also viewed with alarm the decision of China to recognize the red republics federated at Moscow...
...QUAI D'ORSAY, French Foreign Office, in an official communique: "The French Government reserves its reply to the allegations of Mr. Lloyd George until it is in possession of the exact text." ... There was concluded no secret compact between M. Clemenceau and Mr. Wilson, and if there were conversations between them during the absence of Mr. Lloyd George, the latter knew of the result as soon as he returned...
...Princes of Wales, who may one day be Edward VIII, is also sympathique. Paris was flattered by his visit, which was taken everywhere to have been "a wise political move." It was hoped that the volume of chilled air between Downing Street in London and the Quai d'Orsay in Paris would be considerably warmed by the Prince's manifest friendship for France...