The new Ambassador was born on April- 3. 1885, and after concluding law studies, was appointed an Attache in the Cabinet of the Resident General in Tunis on May 1, 1907. His next appointment, which was dated May 15, 1912, was as attache at the French Embassy in Athens and on January 27, 1914, he was promoted to Attache 3rd. Class in Vienna, becoming Embassy Secretary on September 3, 1915.
During the Great War his brilliant services caused him to be cited in ut hostilities, both have undergone and properties been lost in the zone of hoswho have been the calamities of Army Orders and he was decorated with the Medaille Militaire on March 21, 1916. M. Cosme then occupied Several posts in the Near East and in the Balkan peninsula before his appointment to Prague as Secretary of the French Legation on May 1, 1922.
In 1925 he occupied the position of Assistant Director of the Bureau of Central Administration and.he was appointed an Embassy Counsellor on December 31, 1926. M. Cosme first country would be strewn with heaps of dead will be brought about. visited China in 1927 when, following his appointment on March 25 as Counsellor of the French Legation, he remained in the country for two veers before proceeding to Paris in 1929 as Chief of the Press Information Section at the Quai d'Orsay.
For several months in 1990 he was Mistaken Ideas Japanese believed that China fight. in Japan went so far as to Chinese resistance out with a, single ese, on the other of the opinion that Jasystem would crumble some quarters going so far as that a revolution would out in Japan.
low, two years after the outbreak Conflict, both sides know that lo China will not win, Japan win conquer China. Yet, in spite of realization the peoples of both ins are being sacrificed. If this not stupidity, it ignores the principles of humanity. If this is to be allowed to continue, East Asiatic civilization will be wiped out, while the two peoples will cease to exist. m I firmly believe that warfare between an-japan and China is detrimental to botha were "The views I expressed in my cir-the cular telegram were dictated by my d he wished ers regard- 3 of "good citizen- "There were ample opportunities he declar- for Japan and China to reach a "start; but it|peaceful solution of their dispute be-when fore the incident of Marco Polo Bridge. The reason why both countries failed to reach an understanding is because both lacked sincerity and a sense of responsibility.
"There was no reason why the Japanese Government was unable to suppress the demands of its military officers on the spot. Its failure to do so was because it lacked a sense of responsibility. China, on the other hand, should have realized her own strength and acted accordingly. The failure of the authorities concerned to do so was due to their lack of good faith and sense of responsibility.
Door To Peace Slammed "Most deplorable of all is the fact that the door to peace was slammed shut at the time of the Sian Incident. Whose fault was this? The blame should rest upon those who were involved in the incident and who surrendered to the outcome of it.
"I am known at home and abroad for my anti-Communist views. But more than being anti-Communist, I cherish the hope for peace between China and Japan.
"For the above reasons, I expect that the Japanese authorities, aware of the real circumstances, will attend to the negotiations for peace with sincerity so that China shall remain a state vested with complete territorial sovereignty. Thus alone can an effective contribution be made to the peace of East Asia and that of the world. The above is the third of the points I wish to emphasize for the sake of the people.
"I wish to repeat anew: All my in charge of the French Legation at Rival and subsequently he became Resident Minister in Lima. On October 1, 1931 he was appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Assistant Director for America.
On December 26, 1931, he was made Minister Plenipotentiary 2nd. Class following which he was appointed Assistant Director for Asia in Paris.
Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary Ist. Class on May 13. 1936 M. Cosme was appointed Minister for France at Athens on August 26, 1037 and last November he was promoted to the rank of Ambassador, succeeding M. P. Naggiar as French Ambassador to China. M. Cosme is an officer of the Legion of Honour.
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