Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15

take action on such n report. bearing
the signature of the commandments
chief. who has won tho noble title OF
savior OF France" and. accordincly.
the Cabinet issued Il decree disgracing
General Sarrail. and President Poin-
care signed II.
General Sarrail Immediately came to
Paris. and, rs n solution. Millerand Of
fereh him tho command OF the French
cXpeditionary force in the Galllpoli
Peninsula in succession OF General
Gourand. the brilliant colonial officer,
who was recently seriously wounded
and invalidcd home. AT first he de-
clined.
1T is one of two things" he said.
"If I am competent. send me back to
the Argonne: IL I am incompetent. II
is useless to send me to the Darda
ncllcs, where, in any case. ! should
have a command inferior to the one
from which 1 have been removed"
After some reflection, however. and
after consulting his friends. General
Sarrail is reported to have agreed 10
accept the Gallipoli command on con
dition that the French force be
strengthened by several army corps.
This would make II numerically SUI
perior to the British force I'm the pen
insuIa, and the French general would
in the ordinary course assume the su-
premc command In place OF Sir Ian
Hamilton.
HE MAY BE SENT TO
DARDANELLI;S ON TRIAL.
According to the latest news that
has reached here from Paris, the Cabi-
net has decided to order Sarrail 10 the
Dardanelles Internationally. The PEN
atty Of refusal in such case would be
trial by court-martial.
AZ political general. Sarrail. am
informed, is the strongest officer in
Franco at this moment. lie has tho
enthusiastic backing of the Socialists
and Radcal-Socialists who form 4 ma
jority of the Chamber of Deputies. and
an important body Of these supporters
are now doing their utmost 10 make
Alexandra Millerand resign.
This new attack on the War Minis
ter. coming on top of the determined
movement against him. led by Georges
Clemenceau and other powerful poll
ticians, is likely, eventually. 10 lead to
his resignation or the overthrow OF The
Niviani Sacred Union" Cabinet.
OF the chamber have been In an alarm :
ing. fretful state of agitation Meet
Ings of delegates have been held daily
for hours, and the upshot has been tho
voting OF a resolution calling upon the
government 70 confer inQuisito-ial
powers on the different parliamentary
commissions.
When any commission wants to know
what is going on 1T the front it will
in future delegate one or several of its
members to proceed to the front These
visitorial and inquisitorial missions
must receive the cordial co operation
of the military men. On their return
to Paris they will report TO the COM
mission concerned. who will then posi- l..
lively see that the War Minister ep-
plies the remedies that may be needed.
URGING COMMITTEE
Or PUBLIC SAFETY
Drastic IS may appear this measure
which the government will concede, or
else be overthrown by the Republican
elenicnts-it is milk and water COM
pared with what the extremists, in
F, their dissatisfaction at the progress OF
the war. have been clamoring for
They have urged n rcvcrsion to the
committee OF pubic SAFETY which ope-
rated during the Revolution.
They have demanded the re .estan.
lishment of civilian "commissaires, -
who. like Saint Just. Lazare Carnot ana
Lebas in the 1913 epoch. shall be vested
with powers to harry the generals at
the front and bring them to book ir
they are found wanting.
The French censor has been work
los ra1v
lie the news OF the origin of all this
turmoil, and he has succeeded. No
French new spaper has yet announced
the disgrace of General Snrrail
Jealousy among certain OF the
French generals is the real reason for,
Sarrairs dismissal, so his politicaI
friends say. and unsclhsh Frenchrnen
arc deploring the apparent fac, tina I
a,... eli Il