OFFENCE NOT INTENDED
RESENTMENT BY SHAH PARIS TRESS REFERENCE (Elec. Tol. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 31, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 30. The Paris correspondent of The Times says that the severance of diplomatic relations between Iran and France, as announced to-day in a message from Teheran, was due to French newspapers using phrases such as "His Majesty the cat," and "When the cat is king" in describing a cat show.
Owing to the identical sound of the French words for shah and cat the shah took offence where none was intended.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19827, 3 January 1939, Page 7
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93OFFENCE NOT INTENDED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19827, 3 January 1939, Page 7
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