STORY OF THE WEEK:
TAMING “THE TIGER.” / At the Peace Conference, Cleagainst R.ouinania’s claims for a big' share in the partition -of Europe, when Queen Marie arrived to. inquire what the trouble was all about. “The old tiger of France snapped at her. ‘I don’t like your Prime Minister/ he bellowed.
“ ‘Perhaps then you’ll iind me more agreeable/ she suggested, Hashing a blue-eyed glance and a brilliant smile. He did!
“The Supreme Council discovered that one nation had quite reversed its policy: here was France as warmly barking' Roumania’s claims as before she had opposed them.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17773, 8 October 1927, Page 9
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96STORY OF THE WEEK: Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17773, 8 October 1927, Page 9
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