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Show Poincare Puzzles Europe With His Poker Face , - , ' Artit Yetee' lmpreeeeene ef premier P si nee re 'ia aeiieej. ..,-. ' , .".. t "A I Bv MILTON BRONNER. PARIS. - Sent. X- Who s ths most Important person la the world T All Kureve wakes the aasae aaswer -emillnglv or frownlnjrlv. proudly or : srefaoeiy. as the case mav bs: . "Raymond Poincare'" J'wrn tills little Oeyearold bearded rTrm-hriMn whoae beard seeme Oueerlv to drooo and brlade at the time! -world eyes sre focused. home say he will be Kurope's salvation: salva-tion: others say be will be Europe's damnation. But they all agree that be the man to be reckoned with, the man who sits In ths world s greatest great-est gambUne: game with a "pat haod and a "poker face.". Lawyer, writer and maater politician, politi-cian, this prime minister of France by virtue of Franre'e atrateelca! po-sttion. po-sttion. its army and ita air fleet governs gov-erns Europe, ... "If Poiroaro rims Ins. la off.cn,, they tell yea In Parts, "every government In Em ope and America, too! win have to reckon with him. ' If h a-alia, fnat power hie fail will have the ef-fect ef-fect of a quiet revolution in France that will have echoes all over Europo-Thy Europo-Thy hate him in Uermaay, and taey hate hton In England." v . ' j What next from Potaearef " This Is the wsy an croeervsr la Lea- don ana were the question; - , lf Europe Is a pewdsr barrel. Porn- care la the man whe ts playing with a lighted match. If Germany Is full; of open wounds. It' Is Poincare who is , rtking them to keep them open. If1 ngLand ts really try log to bring peace On the continent. It is Poincare who bare the way. If Prance actually has the only practicable plan. 1t ta Poincare Who la ax pee ted te pelai Cbe . i j - Poincare whose r policies are the deepalr uf the rest of Europe snd bis whiekers the delight 'of eaj-ftoet aetata here ead ebroad is 'highly esptoetve both aa sn orator and a writer. - He S roved It when he was trying to bring wa the Briaad cabinet. Then, called to power, hs bad to act or swallow bia words. Hi acted. He took FTence Into the Ruhr. And be baa Just announced be. won't get out. ' ' He fa the moat nicknamed person In - Prenck politics.. Ctemenceau is simply the Tlger." But the list for Poincare beglne with the well-known "I'olncare-liuarre" Potncare-the-war. MeaiiThc of "course, that be helped bring about the war which bessn in U14. Only the other day owe of the pobtleatiene bKterly op-peed op-peed to him raited him: "Hotnrara,. Peutcaxgf. rtacaruhr. Psincartt." The 'roff refers to bis bringing about the etoee poiittwal and military a il la ncs bet ween Prance and Rueeuv of the caara. "Ruhr." of course, refers re-fers ro bis taking; the French amy Into the Ruhr. "Rir" refers to a charge that not bong age, arnen making mak-ing one of hie numerous speeches In a war gravevsrd. he laughed. Friends explained that U wasn't really a laugh, that uxm sun got In hie. esa and caused him te grimace 1 HbptJ In tasO, ' sow ef a government ofrKial educated for the bar. poincare had a long and distinguished career I in the chamber of deputies and after-1 after-1 wards in the Preach aen&te. Me was preetdent of the republic during the i war and Is new premier. Supported In the main by the bulk of the Pa-rtatan Pa-rtatan preee. he ts nevertkeleae the obleict of sharp at tack a He haa been dacrlbed aa "mads for wax, aaade by war- i - . .. , ' |