The Archive · 1921

Mistakes by the Government

—A Famous Breeder of Horses From Our Own Correspondent, Paris. Dee, 12.

Expression has just been given in the Chamber to the very general feeling of dissatisfaction over the failure to cope with war profiteers. There must be many thousands of people in France who. when they read in the newspapers that some big business man has been given the Legion of Honour, reflect bitterly that their own sons gave their lives on the field of battle in a vain attempt to gain the—still coveted decoration.

The Government, of course, cannot deny the existence of profiteers but maintains that the law has taken its course freely whenever clear evidence of a breach of the Jaw has been obtained. The

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