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Show PRESIDENT POiNCARE A REMARKABLE MAN M. Poincare, France's new president, presi-dent, is a remarkable man. He has held cabinet office on four occasions. Besides this his efforts in behalf of international world peace have been recognized by all the powers. It ia admitted that he is a statesman, because be-cause he abandoned a lucrative law practice to accept the position of a cabinet minister at a salary of $10,000 a year. He is an eloquent speaker, is recognized as a man of sterling character, has a keen sense of humor, and all these qualities combine to make him the one man who could head the present cabinet of former prime ministers. Every Parisian knows the story of the 25 centimes nickel piece, which is equivalent to the American 5 cent coin. It was extremely unpopular and no government had been able to support it. When Poincare went into office the story about this piece was brought before him and he said: "Just leave it to me." This same nickel piece is now one of the most popular money pieces In France. Soma one got out a story that "Rothschild" had been engraved in tiny letters on several of the coins and that the first one who presented one at the Rothschild bank would receive $5,000 Of course there was no truth' in the story. No one has ever accused M. Poincare of having circulated the story, but nevertheless this simple little circumstance made the premier extremely ex-tremely popular. |