The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-23
CIemenCeau and PoinCare
Face Reconciliation After
Quarrel of Years.
FIX FUNERAL PLANS
Thousands Again Pass Bier
of World War Marshal
During Day.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
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of two of Frances most dis
tinguished statesmen over the death
of Marshal Ferdinand Foch may
result in a reconciliation between
Premier Raymond Poincare and
Georges Clemenceau, who have been
estranged for years.
AS distinguished representatives
of foreign nations at the funeral of
Marshal Foch arrived here today,
it was learned that the aged Clemen-
ceau had sent his first amiable
communication to Poincare since
the start Of their political quarrel.
They became foes years ago as a
result Of a dispute when Poincare
was president of France and Gle
menceau was premier.
Complete Funeral Plans
The white-haired Father of Vic
tory replied in friendly terms to
the premier's invitation to attend
the funeral for Foch.
The body of Marshal Foch lay in
state at his home on the Rue de
Grenelle again today while final de-
tails were being completed for the
greatest funeral ever accorded a
hero Of France.
The public was permitted to view
the casket again today for seven
hours, according to an announce
ment this morning, due to the fail
ure of thousands of persons who de-
sired to pay a last tribute to the
warrior to gain admission to the
home Friday.
1t was estimated that more than
10000 persons paid tribute to the
dead Marshal Friday. The crowds
started gathering at the Foch home
early in the morning, statemen, war
veterans, shop girls, laborers and a
few children.
Thousands Pass Bier
They filed slowly before the bier,
renewing the pious pilgrimage which
had started the night before, and
many of them made the mark of
the cross with holy water on the
draped casket.
The municipal council of Paris
has planned to name a street after
Foch and, it was understood, the
most favored is the Apsis of the
Avenue Champs Elysees, although
the Cours dc Vincennes also has
been considered.
The body will be removed from
the Foch home to the Arc de
early Sunday so that,
when Paris aWakes, the famous
marshal will be at rest beside the
body Of the unknown soldier. The
body will remain there until Mon
day night, when it will be taken to
Notre Dame cathedral for Tuesdays
religious services.
There will be final impressive
cortege to convey the body to The
Invalides, where it will rest in a
cryt near the ashes of Napoleon.
Lie BY Side of Hero
1t definitely was decided to place
Foch's body in crypt at the In
valides beside that of Henri De La
Tour d'Augergne de Turenne, who
always had been the world war
marshal's hero. Like Foch, Turenne
was a liberator, having delivered
Alsace in the seventeenth century.
F'och's last request was made to
General Max Weyganut a few min
utes before his death, when the ia
nous marshal asked the general to
read him extracts from Weygandt's
own books on the life of Turenne
Turenne, Protestant favorite of
Cardinal Richelieu and considered
by Napoleon one of the worlds great
soldiers, was killed in battle July
27, 1875.
So great was the respect of
France for Turenne that his re-
mains were respected and honored
when the revolutionary spirit Of
1878 resulted in destruction of the
tombs of the kings of France,
among whom he was buried, at st.
Denis. Turenne's body as removed
to the Jardin des Plants and in 1900
Napoleon ordered the famous SOL
dier's bust inferred in the Invalides.
Military Genius Praised
Marshal Joffre, in an article writ
ten for L'Intransigeant, praises
Foch's military genius and recalls
wartime incidents, such as the
breach between the fourth and fifth
armies when Foch brilliantly saved
the day.
''I called upon him in three grave
situations" Joffre wrote, "and each
time he responded magnifcently."