OUR PARIS LETTER
A GIFT TO THE PRESIDENT
TROUBLE WITH THE CUSTOMS
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
PARIS, 14th July.
Even M. Doumcrgue has his little trouble with the Customs. Some time ago, says the "Figaro," the President of the Republic accepted the gift of a piano from America —in a large measure out of politeness, and with the thought that he may be succeeded at the term of his office by a President having young folk about him. But the gift, which was unsolicited, turns out to bo one of mixed pleasure, for the other clay he received, with the intimation of the arrival of the piano at Havre, a demand for 6000 francs as duty on it. M. Doumergue protested, explaining the circumstances, and he added in his letter to the Customs authorities that it was not a personal transaction, as he intended leaving the piano at the Elysee. The Customs remained obdurate, and so M. Raoul Pertt,' the late Minister of Finance, took the matter in hand. No solution had been reached when the resignation of the Cabinet took place, and the piano is, still held up at Havre. ;
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 7
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191OUR PARIS LETTER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 7
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