In 1013, following many long years devoted to public service, M. Bar-thou became Premier of France.
Not long after, he assumed the foremost post in the French Government, Barthou lost his son, who was iiled at the beginning of the war. The statesman at this time withdrew from his oficial duties, but, later, M. Painleve appointed him state Minister of the War Committee.
History shows that, among his many athar achievements, M, Bar-that compiled a report which was directly responsible for the Chamber fof Deputies approving the Treaty of Versailles.
Continuing the tradition of a tite devoted to public service by holding, without interruption, the port folios of various ministries, -M. Barthou Played a Jeading role in all import ant discussions of national interest, Including those concerning the 1804 pensions, funds, and the legislation passed in 1907 calling for a workers' retirement fund.
In later years, he endeavoured to strengthen the position of his country in the Balkans by ever closer ce-operation with the other two members of the Little Entente, Rumania and Czechoslovakia, and the Sinaia pourparleys of September, 1053, were considered to have been an important move towards this end.
In addition, M. Barthou was one of the most' active bartizans of a three-year-term of military service up to the time of the World War.
An orator and writer of great teleut, he was elected to the Academie Francaise in 1918, and was well-known for several authoritative works on law and history—Havas.
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