Briand’s Foreign Policy Gambit Foiled by Sleepy Deputies

Paris, May 19, 1921 – In a stunning display of parliamentary lethargy, the French deputies failed to muster the expected hostility towards Premier Briand’s foreign policy. Instead, they were lulled into a deep slumber by Andre Tardieu’s marathon speech, replete with convoluted figures and financial jargon. The premier himself nodded in approval, seemingly pleased that his opponents had surrendered to the onslaught of numbers and statistics.