The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1929, Page 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1929 FRENCH WORLD WAR GENERAL, DEFENDER OF VERDUN, IS DEAD ‘Man Who Bombarded Damas- cus,’ General Sarrail, Gained Fame at Battle of Marne Paris, March 23.—(#)—Reports were received in Paris today that General Maurice Emmanuel Sarrail, one-time “defender of Verdun” and former high commissioner in Syria, died today at the age of 72. General Sarrail, who commanded the Third French army at the first battle of the Marne and was dec- orated with the military medal for his courage and tenacity in holding Verdun and the heights of the Meuse, died this afternoon just three days after his chief, Marshal Foch. The general had been ill for three weeks suffering from liver trouble which became serious on the very day that Marshal Foch died. General Sarrail perhaps was best known as “the man who bombarded Damascus,” and for his share in the Druse rebellion. His record before Verdun at the head of the Third French Army dur- ing the Battle of the Marne and in 1917 as commander-in-chief of the Allied troops in the Balkans was over- shadowed before the world at large by his activities as French High Com- missioner to Syria in 1925. Even in France people spoke of him as “Sar- rail of Damascus.” He acquired a liking for the politi- cal life while military commander of the Chamber of Deputies from 1902 to 1904. Since then he was prom- inent in the councils of the radical Party. A staunch man of the “lefts,” he was twice candidate for parlia- ment and defeated both times. He was placed on the Tetired list as a Seneral of division by thé nationalist government of Clemenceau in 1918, Ordered to Syria When the radical party came into power with Herriot in 1924, Sarrail was appointed High Commissioner to Syria, replacing General Weygand, whose policies were unacceptable to the radicals. The new High Commis- sioner, a free thinker, refused to at- tend the religious ceremony given in his honor at Beirut by the Catholic clergy of Syria and thereby incurred the enmity of that party. Catholics called to high posts and decorated with the cravat of the Le- gion of Honor by Weygand were flung into jail by his successor and in some instances the cravat of the Legion of Honor around their necks aw Te- placed by a rope of hemp they swung from the scaffolds. Syria soon was in turmoil, which developed into rebellion, the bombardment of Da- mascus, and Sarrail’s retirement. Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail was born at Carcassonne, April 6, 1856. At the age of 60 he was mar- tied in Salonica, his bride being a French nurse. They had two chil- dren, Shelled Rebellious City As High Commissioner of . Syria, General Sarrail’s refusal to receive the delegates of the Druses, asking for the removal of the governor of their province, sent that warlike tribe into open rebellion. Then came the disaster to the column of General Michaud marching upon Soueida, when the French lost more than 2,000 killed, and the entire French army dispersed. Sarrail had made his headquarters in Damascus and tried to smooth over the difficulties with the Arabs by diplomacy. When the city went on open rebellion during his absence, the Commissioner upon his return, im- mediately gave orders to shell the quarter held by the rebels. The bom- bardment lasted nearly two days. The rebels claimed more than 500, includ- ing women and children, were killed. Sarrail’s official reports placed the dead at 76. The bombardment created a sensa- tion. Meanwhile Herriot had been overthrown and Premier Briand, who had replaced him, recalled Sarrail. The latter appeared before the mili- tary committee of the Chamber and Presented his own defense. No action Canton May Be Turhed Over to Nanking Body Canton, China, March 23.—(7)— Developments in the military situ- ation here today were taken by ob- servers to mean that those now di- recting the city’s affairs planned to take over the city in favor of the Ni government. Their ‘super- iors, and the city’s nominal officials, are at Nanking attending the Kuo- mintang congress. ‘There were heavy troop move- ments over the city and artillery was i aiaae on the hill within its con- ‘ines. : The situation has resulted in some uneasiness and the money market has zi upset. Business is at a stand- still, MURPHYS ARE BACK FROM MISSISSIPPI Had Great Time Attending Ro- tary Luncheons and Motor- ing Over Gas-Tax Roads Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Murphy have returned from their winter trip to the south. They were gone about three months, five weeks of which they spent at Hot Springs, Arkansas. They motored south and back and had no particular experiences with muddy roads, not even returning. The Murphys visited three states, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. The season was dull at Hot Spring: Mr. Murphy says, due to the infil enza epidemic causing many cance! lations of reservations for rooms at the resort. So they decided to go south and went to visit his brother at West Point, Mississippi, where he is @ railroad official. The Rotary club here received many cards from the Murphys dur- ing their Mississippi sojourn. This was due to attendance at many of the Mississippi club luncheons. None of the cities in that state are large, said Mr. Murphy, so the business and professional men concentrate on club luncheons for pastime. The clubs ————— THEATRE ture of the U.S. Naval Academy. Laurel Hardy Comedy Fox News AND ON GULF COAST set separate days for meetings and, in a trip from Tupelo to Westfield, ek Murphy attended a ida has been able to item of roads and ut of read debt at the same time as a result of the tax. The on trouble with the roads that they encountered was lumbering operations, in oa sections of the country more or grown to yellow pine country of the gulf coast south. The logs are brough out of the forests di then trucked to the sawmills when the weather is too bad for other work. The result is that the trucks cut up the roads considerably. Mr. Murphy says the Mississippians have the coffee habit well developed. At 10 a. m. the business men of the towns drop cares and hie to the cafes, where they sip coffee. He said he was With the timber supply | more exhausted, the industry has Proportions in the q ing, luring good weather and on al give Wood count for the practice, but after Switching with some of his new ac- quaintances when they weren't look- Sroundiless. There was nothing but Mocha and Java in the cups. The returned member will be called Dixieland. |_ Fargo, George Kroy, 82, formerly of Red- Suspicious that there might be than coffee in the cups to ac- he found his suspicions were t the Rotary club luncheon to an account of his adventures in AGED FARGO. MAN DIES N. D. March 23—(7)— Jct Chairman W. S. A: | Sociation of Commerce en Falls, Minn., died here. BASEBALL RALLY 1S CALLED FOR APRIL 4 Support for Sport Asked and N. 0. Churchill Urged to Take Up Management committ have 0. Churchill » has taken up the matter | cerned will of organizing local baseball for the | the season. si eae 9 ee At a meeting of the association di- rectors, he introduced a resolution to | take up the | management of baseball for the sum- mer, with a pledge of support from the players and fans of the city. To organize this support, a meeting will be held at the association rooms at 8 o'clock the evening of April 1. 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