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THE EVENING STAR,!WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929. tilly in December, 1916, it was decided;one leader came more and more under | committee held a meeting in London. ;bt‘(ore the German attack. Their line to order a general offensive early in | the public eye. He was back from Italy, | “I was present with Clemenceau and | was broken. 1917 on every front and utilizing all | where his intervention on the morrow | Stephen Pichon.” sald the marshal of | available forces. But, when this of-|of a disaster had had the most favor- | this. “I had just been given the com-| fensive was about to commence, realiz- | able results. Moreover, he had become | mand of a striking force which did not |ing the mmpossibility of its succeeding. | the adviser of the government, with |exist. 3 |2 ourih conference, held at Calals on | whom his views carried weight. His | the formation of this force by providing ' | February 26-27, 1917, decided that Gen, | military knowledge had definitely re- | troops. Haig declared this impossible. | A e charge. vealed itself. It inspired as much con- | Lloyd George supported him, Clemen- m“‘féle:.s“e]gs‘ggli;?kth:{muf:re should be [ fidence as his character, which was be- | ceau accepted everything. I wanted to| continuity of aim and. perserverance of | coming legendary. say that we were not ready. We had| effort, otherwise nothing is achieved. The mention of his namte reminded | had allied battles before. I knew what | In 1917, they decided to make an en- | the French of Saint-Gond and the Bel- | that meant. In 1914. on the Piave, and Hire thnge. The principle was sound, | gians of the Yser; the English recalled | elsewhere, I knew ali about it! A new but possibly its application was still | Flanders and the Italians the Piave. As|offensive Was due, no preparations had | faulty However, we had a_method, for the Americans, they recognized a | been made, and nothing done. I was| that of successive attacks. But they | kindred spirit in this obstinate, prac-|not allowed to speak. = ‘The govern- refused to wait. They believed in the | tical and audaclous character. The ments are in agreement.’ The next day, S0 promised more speedy progress, | name of Foch was on every lip. | when some question or other was raised. Well and good, but at such a rate one| On February 11, 1918, the supreme I had my chance and I told ther 4 o council of war met to discuss the estab- | What I thought: An offensive is being lishment of a general inter-allled re- ' Prepared: nothing is ready to resist it serve. But who should command it? |&and we may find ourselves invelved in |a disaster. I wanted my views re- | corded on the minutes! They could not silence me. Lloyd George was staggered. But a vote had been taken. We broke (In his next article Comdt. Bugnet | continues Marshal Foch's story of his ! elevation to the supreme command of tthe allied armies in the crisis of the World War.) (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- pager Alliance.) 1 . Operating 142 Modern Meat Markets * Operating Service & Self-Service Stores ‘ . Am rlca;_ nQ,mmnuu'.}: growing in _Foch Tells of Efforts to Unify popularity in Peru. » Leadership and First Failures. P breaks one’s back. * This was (Continued From Thirty-fourth Page.) |all the more regrettable because at that A | . moment one might perhaps have fin- Y his moral sup~ ished the war. port, Gen. French pulled himself to- | “The materials were there, and it gether and the English troops held fast. | was felt that something could be done. prOs, more the Germans falled to | Only, they should not have changed eal rough. orses. '] is not done when going . e e -‘:;ar;fn. Joffre should have been | ‘war, the landing of Kitchener's new allowed to ke use of the resources | armies, the diversion of the Russian of- | which he had accumulated. The cart fensive, resulted in a meeting of the was given to Nivelle to pull. It soon | discussion: | allies at Chantilly on July 7, 1915. This |got stuck in the mud. * * * An-| “It is Lloyd George” commented first conference led to the attacks in | other change. * * * Then the task Foch, “who contributed the most to-| Champagne and Artois, which were only | had to be started all over again. * * *”|wards attainment of the unified com- | partially successful. | After Caporetto, while Gen. Foch was i mand. As early as the Rapollo con- Germans Attack Verdun. hastening to the rescue of the Itallans| ference, when the Versailles committee Rarly in 1916, 1 ,; | with a Franco-British force, the prime | was set up—even earlier, as far back | r rly in A during a u'rl ar z"gn& | ministers of the various governments, | as October 17, 1914, he saw everything | ference on February 14, 1t was declded |assembled at Rapollo, agreed on the clearly. He even invented me! Ever = e 1Ould ke | establishment, of @ ' “Supreme War | since 1914 they had praised me in Eng~i' Council.” d. of July. But, before the month of | February was over, the Germans opened Stability Ts Shaken. | ZOn March 14 and 15 the Versailes their formidable attack on Verdun. | This complicated structure was not e o rlon e, ‘s | destined to withstand for long the pres- north, Gen. Foch, who had been placed | sure of events. Its stability was speed- in command of three French armies in | ily shaken when the vast eastern plains e projected Somme offensive, con- | were overrun by new hordes of the tinued his preparations, while every day ; enemy, released by the collapse of the secing his effectives dispatched to the | Russian empire. | east. | Public opinion, alarmed by the immi- Despite all these obstacles, this of- | nence of danger, sought a solution, and, fensive, energetically conducted by the | impelled by its’institution,, looked for | ‘anco-Britis] orces, opened on the a man. appointed date with excellent initial | Now, among those who were available, results. If the expected break-through was not achieved, it was at least succes- | ful in freeing the pressure on Verdun. “The battle of the Somme did not roduce all the results which we had | ‘;l;‘e:d f:f-st n’p‘e;o';;_ ‘*‘1‘;'9‘52:2 oot rogth Etz wu‘1 regulate your seeing and ald your eyes to perform side-track me, and I was pronounced | Ry 5 unfit for duty on medical grounds. 1 . Told to Study Plan “H". L] Jee Etz and See Better' Lloyd George Led in Action. The supreme war council decided to vest its powers in an executive commit- B v T oy e outhplec | reached. A few days later the drama e le "aesirable that ihis commitiee | (0ok place! The British had glven way should have a president to direct its = up without any decision having been LOFFLER’S Sliced Veal Cutlets. Loin Veal Chops. Shoulder Veal Chops.. 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