Word: tricolors
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...natives of Quebec Province and of Montreal speak a provincial French patois, su perficially proud that their French forefathers established the white race's dominion over Canada. But last week, straight from modern France, the null sloop Villa d'Ys slipped into Montreal under the tricolor, bringing its complement of 103 true-speaking French. Purpose: to help the patois-speakers to celebrate le quatorze Juillet, the French Day of Independence. Purpose behind the purpose: to cultivate French-Canadian feeling for things French so that they wall prefer French exports and travel to France by Compagnie...
...late great Gustav Stresemann as its patron saint, and two of Stresemann's biographers on the list of its organizers,* the Staatspartei "stands on the ground of the Federal Constitution and honors the national flag;" i.e. it is opposed to the restoration of the black, white, red, tricolor of Imperial Germany. All this is understandable and praiseworthy. What is surprising is the man who was chosen leader of the new party, champion of constitutional democracy...
...drapeau!" he commanded. Rifles slapped to the salute. Buglers twirled their trumpets in the air, blew a fanfare, anti as the band crashed into "La Marseillaise" the French tricolor that had flown over German Mainz for nearly twelve years slipped slowly down the flagstaff. With as little commotion as possible the 8th Infantry scurried clanking through the streets, quickly entrained for Cherbourg. At the station a sudden irrepressible storm of boos and catcalls from the German populace sped them on their...
...miles from the teeming seaport of Bombay. Not until 1,000 soldiers of the Royal Ulster Rifles had in effect recaptured Sholapur for the Crown, last week, was it made known that for several days the city had flown the flag of Indian Nationalism (white, green and red tricolor), had been under swaraj or "self rule" St. Gandhi's famed ideal...
When President Gaston Doumergue and Prime Minister Andre Tardieu, both looking rather dour, returned to Paris last week after a flying trip to southwestern France, they could well appreciate why the tricolor banners flying from the walls of the gayest city were tied with black bands. For in, the region whence they had come new torrents of rain had followed thg tragic deluge of last fortnight (TIME, March 17), impeding rescue work, causing new catastrophes. Whole villages had been vacated, and in the city of Bordeaux the populace watched fearfully the rise of the mighty River Garonne, swollen by downpours...