translate English to French: He generally took the tack of agreeing that a terrible situation prevailed, but maintained that his hands were unfortunately tied by the 1918 Act of Parliament.23 He was obviously greatly relieved that the CSC had lifted the burden from the Government and on this ground alone never considered any move against it.
Déjà, à la lumière du péril que la C.S.C. dépeignait continuellement comme imminent, il n’est pas sans intérêt de se demander si n’importe quel gouvernement eût souhaité cette solution, même s’il n’avait pas eu affaire à un tollé de la population.