FRENCH PRESIDENCY.
PREMIER'S ELECTION CONFIRMED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Sept. 22. M. Millerand has been elected Presi-dent.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (M. Millerand, who has had a distinguished political career, is 61 years of age. He has held portfolios in differe*! French Cabinets and succeeded to tho Premiership on the retirement of M. Clemenceau. The part M. Millerand has played in dealing with post-war problems has marked him as one of France's foremost statesmen.) EXIT M. DESCHANEL. PATHETIC FAREWELL SCENE. Received Sept. 24, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Sept. 23. M. Deschanel's departure from the Presidential residence at Rambouillet was marked by pathetic scenes, and children wept when he entered his motor-car. The ex-President is sadly wasted, and is obviously in a state of great weakness. He passed between tiles of weeping domestics, on the arm of liia wife and father-in-law, and he cast a long farewell look on the scene as his car drove off towards Paris, where he is living in an hotel,. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19200925.2.39
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1920, Page 5
Word Count
164FRENCH PRESIDENCY. Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in