FRANCE: Foreign Relations

For important moves, affecting the exterior policy of France, see under CZECHOSLOVAKIA and RUSSIA.

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The Chamber of Deputies will reassemble on Nov. 13.

Totally unexpected, M. Maginot, Minister of War and himself a poilu during the War, swooped down upon the camps to inspect the food of the poilus, who, according to Paris smalltalk, are not properly fed. M. Maginot found the quantity of food sufficient but the quality occasionally bad. He also found that some poilus were getting a beer ration when they preferred wine....

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