Evening journal., 1913-09-25

The antitype as military instruc-
tor OF the Jolly German Field Marshal
Won Goltz is Gen lEydoux. once War
Minister, whom Gen. Picquart, lent to
King George. Of the Hellens. TO re-
model the Greek army. in justice to
Goltz Germans says that he shut his
eyes to the manifold shortcomings OF
the Turkish army and to the poor ar
tillery furnished by German firms.
The two most successful Ambassa-
dors, the late Marshal Won Biebresten
and Won Rinderten-W -Waechtcr, knew
that to make themselves disagreeable
TO these firms or to the great tunc-
tionaries with itching palms at Stam-
boul would lead TO serious conse-
quence to themselves. Goltz was im-
bued with a similar notion and made
up his mind TO keep his post of Su-
preme Instructor by neither hearing
or seeing anything The Greek gov
ernment encouraged EydouN, lynx
eyed, active Gascon, sober in eating
and drinking. an early riser, wiry, IN
fatigable. a man Of theory and action.
to exercise a masters eye, and to put
up with no abuse The artillery fur
nished by France under his direction
/ has proved all that he expected. He
/ had willing and attentive pupils m
/ four sons OF King George and none
Of them more so than the present
/ King. Gen. EydouX and Gen. Picquart
! thoroughly studied the Balkan PENN
sula, and came to the conclusion that
/ the Greeks had intrepidity. climbing
mountains like goats. and in the event
of war better keep as much as possi-
! Bile in mountainous places
Gen. EydouX has established a close
family tie with Greece. when his son
married Mile Marika Papadiamanto-
ipOulo. She belongs to military
house that has held numerous posts
at court since OTTO came to reign over
1.-THE country. Her grandfather was
lsenior aid TO the late King, her great
luncle his military secretary; her
father. colonel Of engineers. served
as military coach" TO his sons. One
lOf her uncles was head of the King S
military household. Another uncle
went on missions. apparently diplo-
matte but really military. to Sofia and
Bucharest. and a cousin mapped out
for the general staff the Balkan
Peninsula with an accuracy that has
been as a lamp on a dark night IN
the second war that followed the
Bulgarian night attack. They all
were fellow-workers of Eydoux. One
Of her great-grandfathers was Presi-
dent of the Athenian Court of Cas-
satiOn, and her great aunt who al
court balls in the sixties seemed SO
attractive to the King as to be a
cause of such uneasiness to Prince
Hans. of HOlstein. that the negOtia-
tions for the Kings marriage with the
Grand Duchess Olga COnstantinovna
were hastened
Once again the question of an Off
cial costume for the President of the
French Republic is agitating the
minds of Paris editors. At present
the Presidents uniform for state
occasions is a dress suit, which is
held to be in keeping with republican
simplicity as opposed to the gorgeous
ness and display Of monarchist coun-
tries. But there are a great many
Frenchmen who would like to sec
their President make better display
when representing France abroad or
when welcoming some visiting mon
arch to Paris. They feel that he
would look the better for little gold
lace. but the difficulty Is to provide a
uniform which would not wound re-
publican sentiments Felix Faure
who held strong views on most things
including dress. with the help Of a
famous tailor of Paris. designed a
Presidential uniform which was a
compromise between that of French
! general and a French ambassador
II was to have been worn when visit
ing the Gear, but at the last moment
the Presidents courage failed him
:. Probably he had fears of some politi-
can consequences Of so daring an in
novation. and he was content with
the conventional dress coat as Al
present prescribed by the French
protocol.