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...suggested to retire Lyautey and allow Albert Sarraut, Minister of the Colonies in the Poincaré Cabinet, to succeed the soldier who has done so much to extend the French North African Empire. Marshall Lyautey has announced his intention of not resigning just yet. But politics are politics and something must be done for Sarraut, who has proclaimed his Intention of renouncing Parliamentary life after the next elections. It was reported that M. Sarraut had been offered the post of Governor-General of French Indo-China and of Ambassador at Washington, "both of-which he refused...
Points from Premier Poincaré's letter...
Meanwhile, Premier Poincaré was noticed to be "strained and nervous"; MM. Daudet and Magne, responsible for the tumult, remained in safety in the upper rows, cool, calm and collected despite the taunts of laches (cowards, cravens) from the crowded galleries...
Paris was dismayed. Poincaré had lost a friend, said the journals. France was isolated. The proposed economic convention was not unfavorable to Belgium. France was to yield 10% on import duties of 140 articles while Belgium was to yield on only a few articles. But it was felt that the convention would bind Belgium to France as against either England or Germany...
...political importance, that was well summed up in 1922, since when it has not changed. Wax figures of certain internationally known people were auctioned in Berlin. The ex-Kaiser fetched 15,000 marks; Poincaré, 10,050 marks; Joffre, 600 marks; Kerensky, 1 paper ruble...