At the present time on© would imagine to
hear some people talk that, with the coming
of fine weather, the whole Nation is delivering
itself up to a festival of sport and that we are
all going to be very happy and Jolly if we can
rush away from the drudgery of work to watch
professional or semi-professional athletes per
form for our entertainment.
It gives a false impression to foreign na
tions, who imagine we don’t take life seriously
and that all our talk about unemployment, bad
trade and high taxation is mere propaganda
with but little basis of reality. This sport is a
kind of dope to prevent us from thinking and
facing hard facts. It ts a myth carefully cul
tivated as a soothing balm to the mind of the
people. It is also pandering to national vanity,
encouraged to think that there can be nothing
wrong with us, as long as there are great
crowds at the Derby, beautiful women at Ascot,
lovely frocks on a sunny day at Maidenhead
and jolly good sportsmen everywhere.
converted by the bank Into francs and
as francs to be issued to the treasury
for current needs. The bill was
rushed through Parliament, saving
the treasury from bankruptcy, as its
remaining credit was only $150,000
francs and of course redemption de
mands were brisk.
On Friday Poincare announced suc
cess. His cabinet is as follows: Pre
mier and minister of finance, Poin
care; foreign affairs, Briand; justice,
Barthou; war, Painleve; marine, Ley
gues; public instruction, Herrlot;
labor, Andre Fallieres; the interior,
Sarraut; public works, Tardieu; com
merce, Bokanowski; agriculture, Que
uille; colonies, Leon Perrier; pensions,
Louis Marin.
