Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-30
FOCH IS EXTOLLED
IN MEMORIAL RITES
Distinguished AssembIage
Pays Tribute at Cathedral
Chapel Services.

The qualities of Marshal Ferdinand
Foch that commended him to the adj
{ miration end affection of grateful
peoples were extolled by the French
! Ambassador, Paul Claudel and the
! Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Right
| Rev. James E. Freeman, at memorial
| services yesterday afternoon in the Beth
| lehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral.
| A distinguished assemblage from Of
| fetal life heard the impressive service.
Members of the diplomatic corps, headed
| by Sir Esme Howard, Ambassador of
Great Britain and dean of the corps;
| the cabinet and representatives OF the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps were
among those in attendance, as were dis
| abled veterans from Walter Reed Hos
pital and representatives of patriotic
organizations.
The American flag and the French
/ tricoior we're carried together in the
procession of bishops. clergy and choir
which opened the service. Special music
was sung by the choir and throughout
the ceremonial the flags stood to the
right and left Of the lighted altar. to
be carried out together when the Serv-
ice was concluded.
Preparation for leadership.
The great marshal's preparation for
the stern complexities of life itself as
for leadership in the field was the key
note of Ambassador Claudels tribute.
You all know what special esteem
and sympathy the marshal had for
America" he said. He never grudged
to your country the prominent and de-
cisive part she played in the common
victory of his allies. Nearly every
speech he had opportunity to make after
the war contained glad and full reccg-
milton of this indiSputable fact. He was
a stanch and loyal friend of Pershing
and all your generals. His tour of
America. where he was greeted as a ma
tional hero, had impressed him with
feeling of admiration for that mixing
of authority and liberty which he con-
Sidered as the greatest boon of Ameri-
can democracy.
Il am glad to avail myself of this
opportunity" he declared, Ito express
to every one in America in every place
and in every rank of life my sincere
gratitude and the gratitude of my coun-
try"
Men and nations are bound together
by ties fashioned and secured through
some gifted, high-minded personality"
said Bishop Freeman in introducing an
Foch as did Lafayette before him, spoke
to America and the world in "a Ian
guage of the heart that articulates it
self in deeds rather than words" he
said.
Knit Closer 10 france.
"The heart of America was knit in
closer ties to the heart of France
! through the loyal friendship of these
two commanders. Who could best serve
a mighty cause was the inspiration that
made as one our armies in the field. No
difference of speech or traditions dis
turbed the harmony of our militant
| forces
After ALL" he suggested, LIT is in
the realm of spiritual ideals that We
discover the real ground of agreement,
Marshal Foch, whose rare gifts we
consider today. was prominently a
man of lofty ideals and blameless life.
A soldier by choice, strong leader in
a terrible crisis, he stands before the
world as the champion of all that is best
and truest. 1t was said of another that
he was appointed first of all by Al
mighty God to stand for fact Meas