M. CLEMENCEAU AT FRONT.
A TIN HAT SCORNED. M. Renoult, President of the Army Commission of the French Chamber of Deputies who spent a day at the .front with. M # Clemcnecau, states that his visit to the French and B'ritish Armies has given him -an impression of absolute confidence. Especially comforting, ho declared, was the feeling of strength and security one got from contract with the British. M. Benoult added that M. Clcr.icnceau at the front was simply extraordinary. In this connection a story is told of his visit to the troches at Montdidier the other day A nicely pciished steel helmet had been prepared for him. "What's this?" M. C.eincneeau exclaimed. ''Very kind of yO'\. but I prefer to my own cady (bibi)," added the Premier, wjho decs not distain Parisian slang. The word was passed down the trenches, whereupon the poilus clamly removed their tin hats and donned their forage caps. The Governor, as the soldiers call him, was obliged to get angry before they would replace their helmets
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Taihape Daily Times, 11 June 1918, Page 3
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