Reflecting the opinion of the local French community, the following red in the "Journal de Shange long and brilliant career, in which the most exacting could not find the slightest to complain about nor the smallest error, his rain which had enabled "him, son of the people, to attain the highest summit of' the State, his cremplary domestic Tite and the mel leases which he suffered in the Great War, all these made, of Paul Doumer the member of the State the man who was most qualified to preside over the Republic. Worthiige, experience, good will, qualities essential for "the ideal leader of a democracy, he Possessed to a degree and) a thoroughness which are rarely al= tained. in addi age, which had whitened and his beard, also conferred on "him natural majesty which accorded well With his position as Chief of the eeBerybody will the words which the President of, the Council, M. Tardieuy addressed on Saturday to the. french nation? twe "muse "render to. the great Frenchman wha has fust loft Justo quiet and dignified homage,
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