The Archive · 1927

THE "GOLDEN BOOK OF FRANCE"

Paris, Aug. 31.

The so-called "Golden Book of France," which is a voluminous synthesis of France past and present, destined for the Britis Museum, was to-day formally presented to Sir Austen Chamberlain, who is on his way to Geneva to attend the meeting of the (Council of the League of Nations.

The presentation was made at ceremonious function. Eminent Frenchmen paid glowing tributes to the entente cordiale and the British Foreign Secretary responded by declaring his affection for France and his conviction of the necessity of 'a Franco-British union for world!

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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