THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1923, Page 2

THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.

Coy.i KitMNo Poinj auk. "M. Poincare is an entirely honest and rigid man. That is the core of the tragedy, and what lias threatened to make it hopeless. He has less understanding of Britain that any man who lias ever been at the head of affairs under the Third Republic since the Entente. was founded. He lias less understanding of us than Waldeck-Kous-eau, Dolciksse, or Millerand—for less than Gambotta, ('lemenceau, or Briand. lie is absolutely convinced that lie embodies all tlie light and reason of the matter. . . Three British Prime Ministers in succession—men of tlu* most contrasting characters and differing methods— have found it almost impossible to deal w ith AT. Poincare. He lias been much inclined to end tlie Kntonte rather than vary his formulas. He does not shrink from being remembered in French history as tlie man who ended the Plutonic. When he has a logical notion in his head h 0 dees not shrink from anything. As was said, la* is an entirely lione-t, ligid man. and that* iat* the heart* of the tragedy."-—Mr J. 1.. (4ai viu in the London Observer.