L’Écho d’Alger
- After the Thoiry meeting — A clarification
- New York–Paris
- Renewing Marseille’s old districts
The Thoiry clarification separates Loucheur’s travel from an official German mission. A New York–Paris aviation heading and a Marseille demolition report show contrasting projects of the day.
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Translation
After the Thoiry meeting — A clarification
Geneva, September 19.—It is incorrect that the government has entrusted Mr Loucheur with any mission in Germany relating to the conversations begun at Thoiry.
He is simply going to Berlin and Vienna in October to present to the Chamber of Commerce his own proposal for an international economic conference.
New York–Paris
Great long-distance flights
NEW YORK–PARIS
Renewing Marseille’s old districts
Marseille, September 19 (from our own correspondent).—Tomorrow will mark a new stage in the execution of the vast plan to renew Marseille’s old districts. As is known, the project involves demolishing the whole neighbourhood on a fairly steep slope between rue Colbert, rue de la République and the Bourse.
Context
Economic contacts alongside Franco-German diplomacy
The possibility of a German visit attracted attention because Briand and Stresemann were pursuing rapprochement after Locarno. That treaty, in force from September 14, guaranteed Germany’s western borders and provided machinery for peaceful dispute settlement. Loucheur’s proposed economic conference belonged to a different channel of contact. The correction shows how commercial initiatives and negotiations between governments could become entangled in the public expectations surrounding reconciliation.
Why New York–Paris was an aviation prize
A direct flight linking these two cities had become a conspicuous test of long-distance aviation. The Orteig Prize offered $25,000 for the first nonstop flight between them. The achievement now most associated with the route still lay ahead: Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris on May 20–21, 1927. The September 1926 heading belongs to the period of anticipation and competing attempts that preceded that success.
Urban renewal through the removal of a neighbourhood
The Marseille plan meant demolition on the scale of a whole district, not repairs to individual buildings. Naming its three boundaries and steep slope turns an abstract promise of renewal into a change to a specific urban landscape. The correspondent celebrates another stage in a vast project; from the description, readers can also see that the old street environment within those boundaries was itself what the redevelopment would remove.
Original
Après l’entrevue de Thoiry — Une mise au point
Genève, 19 septembre. — Il est inexact que M. Loucheur soit chargé par le Gouvernement d’une mission quelconque en Allemagne, relative aux conversations engagées à Thoiry.
Il va seulement, en octobre, à Berlin et à Vienne, pour exposer à la Chambre de commerce un projet de conférence économique internationale dont il est l’auteur.
New-York–Paris
Les grands raids aériens
NEW-YORK–PARIS
La rénovation des vieux quartiers de Marseille
Marseille, 19 septembre (de notre correspondant particulier). — La journée de demain marquera une nouvelle étape dans l’exécution du plan gigantesque de la rénovation des vieux quartiers de Marseille. On sait qu’il s’agit de la démolition de tout le quartier situé sur une pente assez abrupte, entre la rue Colbert, la rue de la République et la Bourse.