Savior-hero of Alsace-Lorraine is dry, statistical old Raymond Poincaré, War-time president of France. When he went a-visiting last week with Mme Poincare to Kayserberg, Alsatians were happy, thronged Kayserberg's Hotel de Ville. A pretty girl with flaxen hair stepped from their midst and spoke with plain dignity.
"This occasion gives us the greatest joy," she said. "We have such confidence in you. We love you. And we understand why the occasion gives us such great pleasure."
Mme Poincaré kissed the child. The unemotional old man stood still. His lips moved. His face was...
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