Evening journal., 1921-11-17
remarked sweetly:

remarked sweetly;
my dear Madame. would you mind
speaking English? You speak French
so beautifully. you know, that you
make me terribly homesick for my
dear Paris
That little anecdote proves M. JUS
serand a professional diplomat.
ALBERT SARRANT.
81 don't believe il, no sir, not until
! see it," Such is the favorite ex-
pression OF Albert Sarrant, Minister
Of Colonies, and Brands adviser on
Pacific affairs at the Washington
Conference. This characteristic
phrase illumlnates the character OF
sarraut. In the United States he
would be from Missouri"
Thirty-four years ago he was writ
ing lively articles in the Depeche de
Toulouse, one OF the most important
provincial newspapers. Sarraut
now owns the Depeche de Toulouse
From writing socialistic articles
sarraut quickly graduated into poll
tics.
In 1909 and 1910 he revealed his
administrative abilities while Under
Secretary OF War in the BRAND cab
met and as result was appointed
Governor General Of Indo-China IN
1911.
The 1914 war broke. Premier
Viviani formed his government OF
National Defense, and gave Sarrant
the portfolio OF Public Instruction.
In 1915 Sarraut asked to be mobil-
lied and won the Croix de Guerre
while attached to an infantry regi-
ment in the Verdun region.
Millerand picked Sarraut for Min
lister OF Colonies when he formed a
cabinet in January. 1920. Leygucs
and BRAND, in his present govern
ment. respected Millerand's choice.
Sarraut is a man OF rather short
type. very short-sighted, wears
glasses, has greyish hair and NOUS
tache. lie talks with a strong South
ern accent. He is an enthusiastic
lover OF arts and brilliant orator.
although inclined toward lengthy
speeches.
MARSHAL FOCH.
Marshal Foch won't have much to
] say at Washington regarding the
theory OF disarmament. He has
never concealed his belief that a
world without war or the menace Of
war Is a beautiful dream. He be-
lieves Germany's national industry,
now as in the days OF Frederick the
Great. Is conquest. Therefore, when
his advice is sought at the confer
ence. II is extremely likely that the
victor OF the world war will limit
himself to telling the conferees that
France can disarm only when Ger
many has done so.
Foch is president OF the Inter-
allied War Council His principal
task just now is seeing that the pro-
visions OF the treaty OF Versailles re-
garding the disbandment OF Ger
many's hghting forces are carried
out strictly,
Foch has been accused OF being
the archpriest OF French militarism
He smiles when that is mentioned
He Is merely a soldier. he loves
his trade and does not pretend to be
a politician. As commander OF an
army, then OF a group OF armies. in
the first Battle OF the Marne. Cen
eral Foch was marked out as a
leader OF soldiers.
Born a month or two more than
seventy years ago at Tarbes in the
south OF France, Ferdinand Foch
belongs to an old Catalonian family.
That. by the way. explains his name,
which is not at all German. When
the war began. Foch was COM
mander Of the Twentieth army corps.
with headquarters at Nancy He led
an army In the centre OF the French
line at the Marine. For three days
and nights he fought against terrific
7 uTSTds, but held his own. After tho
Marne. Foch displayed the same
brilliant qualities in Flanders and on
the Somme. He directed the Italian
, resistance to the Austro-German on
slaught on the Isonzo. When It be.
came apparent to the Allied govern
ments that the war could not be con,
Quoted successfully unless suprem,
E command were vested in one man
politicians and generals alike wer,
n unanimous that only one man wa
n fitted for the job. That was Foch
d During the Peace Conference, Fool
r fought persistently for "the Rhin
d as Frances eastern frontier" an,
70 he has not ceased to demand this
as the only real means Of preventing
is another German invasion. That 1
n his dominant idea.