THE SITUATION IN FRANCE
"MOST CRITICAL PERIOD OF THE WAR"
(Received August 1, 10.10 a.m.) PARIS, 31st July. In the Chamber of Deputies, when an interpellation upon the navy was suggested, M. Ribot (Prime Minister) immediately rose and said : "We have experienced during the past week the most critical period of the war." He promised, despite preoccupations, to carefully consider the naval situation. If decisions were necessary he would take them, but not under pressure from the Chamber. • The interpellation was postponed by 281 votes to 183.
A TRIBUTE TO THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE
(renter's telegram.)
LONDON, 30th July.
' Mr. Lloyd George, in making a presentation to the chairman of the Press Gallery of the House of Commons, said that during his recent visit to Paris he found the spirit of the French better than ever. This was a remarkable thing in view of the horrible sufferings of that country, with the enemy still occupying parts of their .territory, and of the sense of discouragement that might have been expected from the great collapse of the Russian armies. However, he had received information that Russia would recover, and would become as formidable as ever.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1917, Page 7
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