The Guilbert Express organisation first appeared in the very earliest years of the 20th century. This was in 1905, at the very heart of what was still Belle Époque Paris.
The international news was then dominated by the Russo-Japanese war and the Russian capitulation at Port-Arthur.
In France, Emile Loubet was the President of the Republic. The separation of the Church and State was still stirring the consciences of the French nation, and providing fuel for discussion amongst both the pro-Dreyfus and anti-Dreyfus parties in French society.
The story moves on…
