The President of France is not expected to voice his opinion on matters of government policy. When he speaks, it is by tradition in the voice of the nation as a whole, united above partisan politics. Last week, at a luncheon in Alsace-Lorraine, France's aging (75) President Rene Coty rose and spoke his mind on a subject that has provoked some of the most bitter partisanship in the history of French politics—Algeria.
"To states that dare to accuse France of colonialism," he asked, "is there not a Frenchman proud to answer, in which...
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