The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-05-22
ALL AGES SERVING
MANY OLD MEN OF FRANCE
FioHTlNo siDG 6Y stDE
WITH ITS YOUTH.
h0vELAoUE CITES DEVOTION
Fathers and Gems Thsce Looking From
the rrenehss for the Inspiring Sight
Of the sears and sar,pss o. Battle
FcUnt.
ey EDWARD q. CLARK.

Washington.-At a conference with
the Washington correspondents Emile
HovelsQue. superintendent Of public
instruction in France, spoke Of the de-
votion to their country Of Frenchnnen
FAR beyond the supposed limit Of mill
tary age. He told Of men TIRES score
years Of ago and older who have been
In the front line for the last two years
q the war. He mentioned one OF
them by name, Rene Taillandier, one
u the noted scholars Of France, who
1t the ago Of sixty-one years intasted
uyon entering the ranks ~ private
and who for two years has held his
own In the fighting with tho young men.
There WAS coincidence connected
with the citing Of the case Of Rene
Tailisndler. was present at the con-
ference with Monsieur Hovelaque. The
mention OF Taillandier's name brought
q picture before my eyes.
In late May, 1918, I, in company with
my wife, met Madame Talllandier In
Paris. and shee told US " the deterini-
nation Of her husband to 60 To the
front. Tho next day my wife saw
! Aia,.lme Taillandier again, and this
FrenchwGnan. prouder than the pro-
verbal pride, said to her. "He is gone"
For two years lacking a few weeks
Rene Talllandier, scholar OF France,
now sixty-thres years Of age. has been
| lighting In the trenches side by side
with the youth Of France and Is giving
his whole strength and his whole heart
to the cause Of democracy.
Looking for Our Help.
"The young men and the old men.
| for the fathers are ut the front, are
looking back today from the trenches
| I'm France for the inspiring sight OF the
American flag"
SO spoke q member of the French
| commission to me. 1T must be-" he
said, "that the American people know
what a whole-souled, full-hearted and
| full-armed participation In this war
the whole country.
| II Is Internationally true that the
Frenchmen now In Washington desire
| not only tho full cooperation OF the
American people In this war, but their
full sympathy. They went the young
men Of America to know the full
lengths to which the spirit OF sacrifice
IL carrying the young. the middle aged
and the old Of France. They want the
American youth TO appreciate the de-
yotion Of these Trenchmen to the
cause OF democracy and thus to be
spurred to renewsd willingness to help
them In the Geld aSainst the enemy.
not alone q France, Great Britain.
Russia aAd naiy. bat u the United
States Of America.
The TrenchrnsA say nothing about 1t
directly. but It 10 known their sharp
fear Is that there 10 apathy in certain
parts of the United States concerning
the war. One OF the main reasons
why their desire 10 that the American
division shall - quickly to the fight
ing field 10 because they know that the
instant the young mon begin to write
home to America, their experiences
and the pictures they draw Of the de-
yotion Of the French soldiers to their
country will move young Americans
into heart and spirit for this struggle
In behalf of the Republican institu.
tons. They want the story sent to
the homes Of America from the young
men Of these homes who are at the
front doing their duty to the institu.
lions their forsfathers founded
| Tee Far on Per Appreciation.
1t 10 apparent that the French Wis.
itors realise that the aloofnsss Of the
] United States trsu the scenes Of the
CONFLICT largely 10 psspandbls for the
lack OF fall appreciation Of the need
which exists for American support and
for full-heArtsd American effort. Let
tiers from the froAt written by Ameri
can boys will d mors than anything
else, they think, to stir the home heart
/ There no longer exists any rea
doubt in Washing concerning one OF
tho first military projects OF this gov
eminent. Ths Frenchnen met with
strong oppssitin At tho nrst TO theil
suggestion, made only after theil
views had bssa asked, that an Amer
lean divlsien should be sent to the
front. Some Of the American milltar,
authorities and particularly the civil
ans In the war department. had NJ
: thought Of the real value which thu
sight Of an American nag at the from
. would have ~ an inspiriting influence
The story has been told by thu
FrenchmeN u the Wonderful effec
produced psychoioucally On the Ger
man army by the FIRST sight Of thu
: Russian uniform at = section Of thu
, front In France. The Germans ha'
no knowledge, Of course, Of the mum
, Der OF Russians which had come Int
France and their thought was tina
hordes OF Russian soldiers had beer
> brought to the West. There was con
3 sequent depression In the German
: ranks. The reverse was the effect o
: course upon the French troops. The,
saw another flag, another uniform, ant
another breed of men fighting 70
them and the desire TO fight eve
more vallantly than before was quick
: pnpd TO renewed life.