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Show i; Tiger of France Gives 'Red Tape' a Decided Jolt i )AKIS, March ' ' Wlillo clothes !; . nre so expensive, I am not go- i ins tf liuliiliso in tho luxury of a 5 ; new overcoat just beeauso a fool ! phot a few holes in my old coat," ; ; rroniior Clomencean is reported to ; ; have said. ! I The Tu;crV jacket and over- v ; coat, both showing holes, were pieces M ; of evidence that had to ho produced at the trial of his would-he murderer, ; Emilo Cottin. M. Clemenceau, how- ; ; ever, is particularly fond of those-;! those-;! garments, and ho asked HI. Ignaco, ; undersecretary of state for war, to ', ; let him have them back quickly. ;l M. Ignace replied that tho articles ;' were in the hands of the justiciary ; and that under tho rules it would be ;! quite impossible to part with them I !' until tho case has passed the appeal stage. Then, M. Clemenceau, who is : an enemy of redtape, did what ai French is described as an "effica- '', cious act," the nature of which is not : specified, but may be surmised. His r garments came back the same day. ; 1 The bullet holes can be "stopped" so as to defy detection and tho coat ' ! will be as good as ever. That is ; M. Clemenceau 's opinion. ', |