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Show ! CLEMENCEAU NEXT ; FRENCH PRESIDENT JOURNALS DECLARE PARIS, Jan. 7. Today's news-papers news-papers agreo that Premier Clem-enceau Clem-enceau will be elected president of I France on January 17, although there has been no official acknowledgment acknowl-edgment of his acceptance of the candidacy. Editorial opinion is, for tre most part, eulogistic although the ex-tremfste ex-tremfste are earcactic. It is pointed point-ed out that this is the second time in the history of the French republic repub-lic that a president has been chosen chos-en from among "outsiders." This refers to the fact that M. Clcmenc-oau Clcmenc-oau on January 1 will be neither a deputy nor a senator. The only Instance of the kind was that of Marshal Mahon, second president of the republic. |