Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-29

this action nm the center approached
the crisis. l'och wired this reply 10
Ioffrcs dispatch telling him mat ON
his shoulders rested the date OF. lN'
battle.
beaten. l shall attack with nay erh-
ter
If the battle Of Mdrnes comes to.
rank in history with Marathon and
Waterloo, that dispatch sent Off Just
before Fuch with his unbcaton center
made his astounding coup, may come
10 rank with Caesars 81 came, ] saw
CONQUERED" and the few other
famous announcements by the ylrjors
,f great victories Men have won
crowns in France for immortal
phases.
Joffre's great winter offensive in
Champagne the spring attack along
the heights of the Mouse, the at
tempt 10 eliminate the German salient
al 81. Mihiel, and the recent drive
north of Arras, all failed. some
ground was gained in each case, hut
Joffre rightly or wrongly is blamed
for not carrying the attacks through
at any cost until his objective was
attained The Arras attack Tor m
stance, was aimed at Lille, GensIdI
| Foch or General de Castemau, men
are Whispering would have taken
lille and a bloody victory is more to
Ibc desired than a check which con
serves lives France is wearylng OF lhe
system Of "nibbhns," as Jottre De
! scribes his strategy, and the mppllhs
| process seems to be eAhausllhs
/ France more rapidly than Germany.
When Joffre is removed, the man
who takes his place will not be Il
general, who like him, is trusted and
respected by the other leaders in the
field and by the radiCal-socialist ma
/ iority in parliament as well There Is
mo such man. The leading generals
from among whom a choNe must n'
made are "royalsts' or "RepuDl,
cans" The term "royalist' as used
in Paris today does not mean Whal II
seems to imply A royalist-general Is
Irot necessarily a man who supports
"a Bourbon or orleans or Bonaparte
prctender; he IS one who wants SUI
preme power during the war vested II
ihe military, and hence falls under
suspicion of favOring a dictatorship
and possibly permanent overthrow o
democratic institutions. ProbabI!
the real aims of most OF these mel
AT present 20 no further than freeing
the army during the war from an.
! sort Of civilian interference, ofncla
( or unofficial.
f The royalists generals are Foch, d.
o Castelnau, Maud'huy de Cary, dUr
S bal ana d'Esperey.
- The. Republican generals are Sar
! rail and pubail
Won on Merit,
These eight foremost soldiers c
France have won their way to TN
I commend of armies or groups c
h armies by merit alone, as shown ur
Y der fire. All owe their present pos
Q tions to Joffre whose sole criterlo
+ in making appointments has bee
d ability. II is a mere coincidence ths
h only two generals whose political a.
filiatiOns are satisfactory to the RAD
g calls have distinguished themseiVe
/ But it is a very unfortunate coinc
n dence for parliament, which darcs NJ
q trust the two most brilliant cand
q dates for supreme command, roc
l., and de Cagtelnau. The latter Is
Ie real royalist, a supporter OF the exile
Is BourbOns.
l. The man on horseback" is VIII
'e the Republicans and Socialists fea
le That fear is the explanation Of u
&c successful attempt to keep from u
20 people at large the details concert
rt ing the exploits of generals in u
as field. and even their very names whit
of that is possible The deputies knc
n. their France. The frenzy Of poul
Is Iadultation which went out TO Napc