FRANCE: Immortal

In company of ex-Deputy Andre Tardieu, quondam French High Commissioner to the U. S., went U. S. Financier Bernard M. Baruch to sunny Vendee to take a "peek" at the "Tiger," ex-Premier Georges Clemenceau, in his lair. Said "Barney":

"France is the home of the leading citizen of the world and its greatest democrat, for M. Clemenceau is not only the father of victory, as the world will ever know him, but he is the last surviving full successor to the immortals who liberated the French people...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!