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Show Master -of Many Languages. Qen. Plcquart, French minister of war, Is a sort of Admiral Crlchton, for, besides a wide general cultivation, ho reads, writes and .speaks Russian, Gorman and English and Italian. Such knowledgo of languago is not common with Frenchmen, even those of education, educa-tion, but Qen. Plcquart's facility Is explained,, ex-plained,, perhaps, by tho fact thaat ho Is -an Alsatian. Tho Alsatians havo long been noted In Franco for tho readiness with which they acquire languages. |