"FRANCE is determined to maintain the integrity of her Empire," said the French Foreign Minister (M. Bonnet) in an important declaration of foreign policy in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. M. Bonnet said that France would ...
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Article : 124 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "Daily News" confirms the Paris report that France is negotiating for the largest order of fighting aeroplanes ever ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 28 Jan 1939, Page 15
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