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FRANCE AND THE ARMISTICE. PRESIDENT PCINCARE'S FEARS. M. CLEMENGEAU'S PROTEST. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.), Received February 28, 9.30 a.m. PARIS, February 27. The Revue Universelle states, that during October, 1!>18, M. Poincare decided that the armistice . agreement would not give what France had a right to exact. lie interviewed M. Clemenceau and said thai he feared the Germans had sought a truce only to gain time and to regroup her army, hoping that the French troops, when ordered to march again, would refuse. M. Clemenoeau replied that if America recommended an armistice France would be unable to refuse, because Britain wouli not support a refusal. M. Poincare was not convinced, anc again wrote to M. Clemenceau, who sent n curt note, expressing astonishment that the three years of war had not taught the President that responsible Ministers should be left free to carry on, tl eir task, and threatening to resign it further interfered with.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 28 February 1921, Page 5
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