When he was 33, he obtained his first Cabinet post as Minister of Unswerving Patriot Paris, Oct. 15.
'Throvghout his life, the' welfare of France, was his one consuming Bre When, in 1912, German colonial! ambitions threatened France's alms in Morocco, it was Poincare, as Prime Minister, who achieved prodigies of negotiation, and made France's claim carry the day.
'When the war came, it was Poincare, then. President, who wrote a personal letter to' King George, Urging an unoualifed declaration that Great Britain would stand by France.
When, after the war, France' finances seemed to be on' the verge of chaos, it was Poineare who doubled the value of the franc with reference to the pound—and then stabilized it 80 firmly that it became one of the world's soundest currencies And finally when, in 1923, it a peared necessary to press for German reparations payments, it was Poincare who, unhesitatingly, and in the teeth of fierce criticism, sent French troops to seize the Rubi 'Yet, while his public actions were those' of an unswerving patriot. his private life revealed many human and sympathetic traits.
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