In the Chamber of Deputies one Louis Marin, Deputy, made a five-hour speech. Some of the things he said in urging that France had a counterclaim against her creditors:
"Must we pay now for the tunics and rifles of the 350,000 men who fell between the time of America's declaration of war and the first entry of her troops into action? . . . .
"Are lives and limbs lost on the battlefield of less value than money loaned? ....
"Are the terms of the peace treaty insisted on by America and never ratified not...
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