The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04
GEN. PAU HERE ON
WAY TO AUSTRALIA
One Armed Hero Of Marine
Praises ValOr of Per-
shing's Men.
WILL CALL ON WILSON
NJ. Albert Metin, Fighting
Deputy, Another Member
of Mission.

| A group of distinguished citizens AMI
| soldiers of France. headed by Gen. Paul
| Gerald Pau. one-armed hero or the
Marine. and NJ Albert Metin. who quit
his seat in the Chamber of Deputies for
the firing line last spring. slipped almost
unnoticed into New York yesterday.
Within a few hours after their arrival
at an Atlantic port the visitors. who are
en- route to Australia on mission look
ing to closer economic relations between
their country and the commonwealth
after the war, had settled In temporary
quarters in the Vanderbilt Hotel and
were telling newspaper men what mag
nificent fighters the Americans had
proved themselves to be.
No other sort Of welcome to America,
they said, could have been half so pleas
ing-not IL all the bands in New York had
been turned out-as the news OF what
had been happening in France since they
took ship. Their appreciation of the
part Pershing's men are playing In tho
great allied advance was summed up by
NJ. Metin. when he said:
Praise American Troops.
GOOD news is twice good news when
it Is received here. Your Americans
have had big part in making 1t. and
news that Is coming. l am delighted to
have the opportunity OF getting such
good news in America and OF expressing
the gratitude of France to the sister
Republic"
NJ. Metin and Gen Pau We'd with each
other in praise OF the morale, equip
ment. efficiency and all round formida-
blity OF the American troops. The
former, who had passed much time with
ha nrtr II, hA oil sol I,n a
been impressed chiefly by the extreme
simplicity In which our STATS choose to
live and by the high calibre and spirit
OF the selected men Of the National
Army
"In France we are accustomed to see
every class represented in the rank and
Ale of the army he said. What we
have seen of your National Army has
greatly affected French opinion. While
we expected great things OF you. We
were not prepared for such wonderful
twelve months.
THE achievements OF the Americans
In transporting troops and war mate
rails. surprising as 1t has been to the
French, must appear still more remark
able to Germans. And II they knew the
spirit of your troops they would be
even more frightened"
Peace sentiment In France, said NJ.
Matin. Is at present very small" He
explained that the workers have been
convinced by the downfall Of Russia
that the war must be pushed through
to victory And when victory is
achieved he has no doubt that every
democratic nation will act eagerly on
the proposal of a league OF nations to
guarantee world peace
League to Gain Victory.
But that" was his smiling comment. |
lis a thing OF the future. Our league |
of nations now Is a league to gain VIC
tory"
NJ. Metin has met Gen. Pershing many |
times and says the impression made on
him by the American commander Is
most favorable. He also referred to the
rapdity with which the Americans
learned the French language and
adapted themselves to the customs OF
France as evidence OF a closer friend |
ship between the two republics to follow |
the war. NJ Mctin. who was Minister |
Of Labor in the BRAND Cabinet and later |
won the military cross as Lieutenant |
Of the line. said the new allied success
convinced him that the final victory was |
closer at hand than the Allies dare ex-
pect
sleeve 10 tell of his services TO France in
1870, Is possessed Of a soldlerly spryness
which bellies his II years. a spryness
which extends to his strategy, as was
well demonstrated when In 1914 he let |
loose horde OF cavalry on the invading
Fun at the Marine and destroyed FIVE
mile train of ammunition with which the
way 10 Paris might have been won
The General did not trust his scanty
English to do justice to his appraisal OF
the Americans, but spoke through an In
terpreter.
initiative and finely disciplined and or
binary obstacles don't stop them. am
deeply impressed by their wonderful
dash and morale. Officers and men are
winning imperishable glory In fighting
at the side of their allied comrades for
he liberties of the world
Learn Amazingly Fast.