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The flection ^'- i-'iul.cis ttrm i>f cffice having 

 of the expired, the French sought about 



New French to find a man as like their late 

 President. President as possible in order to 

 instal him as M. Loubet's successor. For a moment 

 they were hng-riiden by a horrible fear lest M. 

 Doumer — a kind of Fren;ii Mr. Chamberlain plus 

 Lord Curzon — 

 might be selec- 

 ted as Presi- 

 dent. He was 

 in the running. 

 He was bold, 

 confident, popu- 

 lar with the 

 Jingoes, and he 

 had just been 

 elected as Pre- 

 sident of the 

 Chamber of 



Deputies. But 

 the moment 

 this chance was 

 admitted ruin- 

 ed that chance 

 for ever. What 

 the French na- 

 tion wanted in 

 the Presidential 

 Chair Avas not 

 a prancing Pro- 

 consul from In- 

 dn-China, but a 

 man who would 

 in character and 

 tendencv be the 

 closest possible 

 replica of M. 

 Loubet. .As 



they had such 

 a man ready to 

 hand in M. 

 P\dlieres, of 



peasant origin, 

 and a tchinov- 

 nik of rhe 

 tchinovniks, who 

 had provt'd him- 

 self to bf an 

 tT-minently safe 

 man in var'nus 

 high official 



positions, the 

 combined Sena- 

 tors and Deputies elected him l'rfsi(]fnt on 

 January 17th by 449 votes to 371. We con- 

 gratulate the French upon their choice, and we 

 hope that a twelvemonth will not pass before we 

 -have the pleasure of welcoming President Fallieres 

 to London. J'he entente cordiale surely carries with 



't the duty of an .nteirhange uf visits every year 

 l,c-t\\ ten the Prtsidenl and the King. And th.s duty 

 can least of all Ise neglected \v>\\ that the Republic 

 has just installed a new Head cf th^ State in the 

 Presidential Chair. 



Th Death of King Christ'a 



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rhittiHirtipli l.j/l 



Mr. Winston Ch 



iMrs. Cornw 



!"ii(}nth, 

 full - years 

 and full of hon- 

 ours, the old 

 King Chr'otian 

 o f Denmark 

 passrcl away. He 

 was eighty-eight 

 years of age, 

 and his gre?.t- 

 g r a ndchi dren 

 Hll the Royal 

 a n (1 Imperial 

 ho.sjh - ■ 

 Britain, i^.u^- 

 s i a, Greece, 

 X o r w a y and 

 Cope nhagen. 

 He was par cx- 

 c c 1 1 c II c c the 

 Grand Old Man 

 o f European 

 sovereigns. Dl- 

 sr)it;:' , hi> ad- 

 vanced age Iv' 

 could rid e, 

 walk, dance and 

 convers:^ \\iih 

 the youngi-'St oi 

 his descendants. 

 His decea-: . 

 which throws all 

 th; Courts into 

 mourning, is 1 t 

 as a severe p- r- 

 sonal bereave- 

 ment by our 

 (^ueen ?.nd h r 

 sister, the Dow- 

 ager Empress of 

 R.'ssia. It will 

 make no change 

 in the politics 

 of Europe. He 

 is succeeded by 

 his son, a man 

 as amiable, as 

 unassuming, and as sin.ple-hearted and affectionate 

 as him.self. The Danish Royal Family is as abso- 

 lutelv devoid of the arrogance of Royalty as it is free 

 from those personal feu<ls which so often distract 

 the courts of sovi reigns. 



urchill's Mother. 



allis West.) 



ll.iitdi/ette. 



