Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
MARSHAL JOFFRE
DIES PEACEFULLY
AFTER LONG FIGHT
Marine Hero in Coma When
End Arrives on Eve of
10Th Birthday.
NATIONAL FUNERAL RITES
no BE HELD WEDNESDAY
Services Equaling FOch's Arranged
by Cabinet at Special Session.
Barthou to Be Orator.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 3.-Death came to-
day to Marshal Joffre, last of the chief
French military leaders of the great
war, after fortnight's illness in which
It was necessary to amputate his left
leg. The marshal would have been 70
pears old tomorrow.
The end was peaceful Three mem
bers of his family, Mime. Joffre, his
bon-in-law, NJ. Laflle, and his brother
Ferdinand; Gen. Issaly, his chief of
staff; Col. DeSmazeS of his staff, his
doctors and few others were present.
He died without coming out from the
coma which closed over him at noon
Thursday, his life gradually ebbing
since.
Marshal Jof1re will be buried in a ma
tonal funeral as elaborate as that ten
dered his nlustrious colleague, Marshal
Foch, but his body will not lie in state
under the Arc de Triomphe, for the
marshal himself had said he did not
wish to be the cause of his troops and
the people Of Paris risking their health
In the Paris Winter to do him honor.
Services Wednesday.
The cabinet arranged the funeral
services at q special session this morn
ing and 1t was disclosed that while he
was still alive the marshal had ex-
pressed desire to be buried at Lowe
cienneS, his country home. It was not
known whether he had made any such
specific directions in will.
The members Of the government de-
cided that the body win pass under the
Arc de Triomphe ON the way to Notre
Dame Cathedral and viii rest for
moment before the tomb of the Un-
known Soldier
Throughout Paris and all of France
today the flags over public buildings
fluttered at half-staff.
The body win lie in state in the
chapel of the military school near the
E1ffel Tower on Monday and Tuesday
from in the morning until 8 o'clock
viii begin on Wednesday at am. The
soldiers who fought under Marshal
Joffre at the Marine win march past the
body at the Invalides.
Barthousfo Be Orator.
Louis Barthou viii be the only fu-
heral orator.
The announcement of Marshal Jof-
fre's death was made at $50
am. A member Of his military house
hold Capt Saint Cernin, pale with
emotion, emerged from the hospital and
in husky voice telling newspaper men:
1.-THE marshal is dead, gentlemen" He
displayed a bulletin signed by the ply
sicians, Prof. Leriche and Drs. Boulin
and Fontaine, which set the end at
1923 am.
Crowd Outside Hospital.
r1-oR Ta-fn1.a
Strassbourg specialist, who came to
Paris to treat the ailment which finally
cut the marshal's life short, appeared
and informing the newspaper men of
the circumstances of death, added that
the marshal had been in state Of
coma practically all this week except
for rare intervals of or 10 minutes
iucidity.
Despite the early hour a crowd al
ready had assembled outside the Hos
pital st. Jean de Dieu, where the mar
shall has been confined for two weeks.
When information Of the death was
passed to the newspaper men the word
"mort"-death-pa passed through the
crowd, men barred their heads and wom-
IN made the sign of the cross.
The news spread rapidly through
Paris, where death had been expected
for more than week. Bells tolled and
ofhcial circles made preparations for
honors In death due the man who in
1914 turned the invaders back from
the very gates of Paris in the epic bat
tie of the Marine.
His Death removes from the world
btage all save three of the great mill
Sery leaders of the World War, Field
Marshal Won HiEdenburg and Gen. Eric
Ludendorf of Germany and Gen. John
J. Pershing Of the United States. OF
the French leaders of note only Marshal
Petain, defender of Verdun, still lives,
but, unlike Foch or Joffre he never
was in supreme command of the French
armies. One by one, Haig, Cadorna,
Foch and others have passed from the
scene.
Ambassador Edge Calls.
Premier Steeg was the first to arrive
ut the hospital after announcement Of
the marshars death. He was followed
by Col. Fabry, former Joffre aide, and
Jean Chiappe project Of police. Am
bassador Edge. accompanied by Norman
D. Armour, first secretary of the en-
bassy. called shortly before the arrival
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