Marshal Lyautey takes charge of the Colonial Exhibition.
"I don't think I should be congratulated – it was impossible for me to shirk my responsibilities."
300€
"I don't think I should be congratulated – it was impossible for me to shirk my responsibilities."
300€
Hubert LYAUTEY (1854-1934) Marshal of France.
Autographed letter signed to Adrien Fauchier-Magnan.
Two octavo pages on blue paper addressed to him.
[Thorey]. July 30, 1927.
“…it was impossible for me to escape…”
Marshal Lyautey has just accepted the post of Commissioner General of the International Colonial Exhibition scheduled for Paris in 1931.
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“Dear Sir and friend, Your letter touches me deeply. I don’t think I should be congratulated – it was impossible for me to refuse given the circumstances under which the position was offered and presented to me – but I don’t deny that it is a high, very high office, full of difficulties and troubles.Well, we shall see…”
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Marshal Hubert Lyautey officially accepted the post of Commissioner General of the International Colonial Exhibition on July 27, 1927, following an appointment by the President of the Council Raymond Poincaré.
The International Colonial Exhibition in Paris was held from May 6 to November 15, 1931 in the Bois de Vincennes. It was inaugurated on May 6, 1931 by the President of the Republic Gaston Doumergue in the presence of Marshal Lyautey.