The Banque de France's gold arms race with Germany
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- Lords of Finance whole source · open book
In 1897, its incoming governor, Georges Pallain, had gathered his staff to tell them that the Banque’s duty was to prepare for “every eventuality,” his code word for a war of revenge against Germany to reverse the disaster of 1870.
chapter: 5. L’INSPECTEUR DES FINANCES - FRANCE: 1914