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M. Briand himself is much less apprehensive than many other

Frenchmen. but he would not be the deft Parliamentarian he is—

he would not, let us say, be like Mr. Lloyd George—if he did not profit in a Parliamentary sense by what he knows to be the popular sentiments of the hour. The right way of dealing with France, then, was either to speak through the usual dip/omatio channels to M. Briand before the debate in the French Chamber or to have a public exchange of opinions after the debate. As it is, Mr. Lloyd George's message with its lecturing of the French Press is likely to excite passion. He has said the right thing, but ho has said it in a style that will provoke, and he bas said it at the wrong moment.

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