22 NOVEMBER 1924, Page 2

Much excitement has been caused in France by the publication

in the (Euvre of extracts which are said to have been taken from the note-books of the late M. Georges Louis. M. Louis was French Ambassador at St. Petersburg from 1909 to 1913, and according to his note-book M. Poincare had a great deal to do with the outbreak of the War. M. Poincare is said to have stirred up the Russians to a point of anger against Germany which they would not have reached unaided. The evidence offered is conversations with M. Pichon and M. Jules Cambon. We suspect that it will be discovered in due course that these " revelations " reveal little that is new.

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