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were granted 10 icucrnl LNuutey
Holds All the RCins.

c,s were granted TO General Lyautey.
. Holds All the Rcins.
In the past, the under-sccrctarlcs
OF war were responsible not to the
war minister, but TO Joffrc. For in
stance, Albert Thomas for months
controlled the munition output. under
the control Of the army chiefs, but
W.th the RANK of assistant secretary
of war lie has now been promoted
TO cabinet rank, with the title of min
Istcr Of armaments and fabrlcations,
but placed under General Lyautey, re.
sIonsiDle henceforth To the war coun-
oil thru I.yauntcy and not to army
headquarters. In scores OF other in
Stances changes OF the same kind have
been made. TO unity the war power
Of the country. the control Of water
power has been taken away from the
IaIuister of agriculture and turned
over TO NJ. Thomas, who has power as
Vol over mines and all factories OF
all KINDS in France.
Under the Joffre regime all muni-
tion programs for the production Of
guns and shells were carried out by
th, munitions department under the
oiCers Of general headquarters. but
NOW Mr. Thomas under the decree of
December 81 has the right to make
" dt war material he thinks needed.
without consulting General Nivelle.
but under the instructions OF the all
powerful Lyautcy. He also gains the
Iii ht TO control the technical use OF
u artillery at the front.
Made Reputation in Africa.
rho French press and public seem
enthusiastic after few weeks Of the
new regime, and so great Is their
tust in General Lyautey that the OBJ
~, as danger to the system, a possible
attempt by Lyautey or the war coun-
ci' acting thru him, to interfere with
strategy and tactics. is not antici-
pgtod. General Lyautey has often said
during this war that he does not re-
gard himself as qualified to direct
u ilitary matters in Europe, because
there Is nothing in common between
/ tactics in France and the desert war
I fare Of Africa In which he has been
So brilliantly successful.
/ The personality of Lylutey Is al
most unknown TO Frenchmen. for his
" hole career has been colonial. "A
slim wiry figure with a gray mustache
and quick gray eyes" is the descrlp-
/ tion Of one who knows him. THE
| fiist thing that strikes one is the con-
| trust between the apparent debility Of
| the frame and the equally evident en-
orey OF the mind. But his bodily re-
sistanCc is as exceptional as his men,
tai activity. lie has now been over
working himself day and night for
years without ever showing the slight
| est symptoms of being depressed"
Iyautev was a disciple Of the late
General Gallieni and won his spurs in
sr'all wars and administrative duties
i'm Madagascar and Indo-China. He
guarded the western border OF AL
Eeria, and in zoos was made French
! Iigh commander in eastern Morocco.
Since 1912 he has been commissioner
general in Morocco and commander
in-chief Of the French forces in
northern Africa. His campaigns
ngainst the rcbellious trlbcsmen sci
n new standard for desert warfare
ond he is known to the natives for his
just administration. as well as the
strength Of his arm.
The Man of the Hour.
when war began, most of the troops
In Morocco were recalled to France
and LVnutcV was empowered to with
Draw all his troops from the interior
and defend the coast Instead, he held
his ground, suppressed several up
risings, broke up conspiracy after con.
81 irdcy fomentcd by the Germans
among the wild tribes of the interior
and nipped half "A dozen rcVolts I'm The
lud that might have grown into gen
olal uprisings IL not promptly
checked, lie has even impressed The
natives by penetrating with small col
umns into hitherto unconquered terri
tory and establishing posts there. anC
commenced the railway from Fcz tha'
Is ultimately to connect with tn,
French railway system of Frcncl
north Africa.
In tho tumult OF world war. Gen
oval LNautey's remarkable admins
trativo and military successes amonl
scores of fierce and warlke tribe
with a mere handful of troops hav
been overlooked aven lv his owl
countrvmep, but the government ha
kept its eve on him. and now he I
tic imam Of the hour" A war offic
official said to me today. "Lyautey'
job In Paris Is very much like that o
Gen. Sir William Robertson In Eng
land, excepting that in addition to al
Rcbertson's powers the frenchmai
has control Of munitions. which ar
under n separate department here
and of railways and mines and water
power, which in England are onl,
partially under government control a
all