Not "Oh, yeah?" but "ye-ah?" has lately become a favorite expletive among European diplomats, especially the Germans and the French. Occasional English "yeahs" are beginning to be heard but British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon sticks to "indeed?" Decidedly last week was "Yeah Week" in European diplomatic circles.
London & Paris. Did seamy-featured Senator David Aiken Reed of Pennsylvania negotiate in London with Prime Minister MacDonald and later in Paris with Premier Herriot a quid pro quo arrangement last week, whereby Britain and France will join the U. S. in refusing...
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