Show re Jo Marshal 11 of 0 France Prance T P PRAISE RAISE of General Joffre JoHre b by the new war warL L minister as the savior of oC France is not fetched far nor will wI an any but hut the most c cynical cynical ni cal regard it as only the salve salvo applied to the wounded feelings of a public servant whoso removal from supreme military mili mm- tar tary authority In the field feld was dictated by necessity Fr Frances France's nce's great soldier deserves eer every overy encomium and ever every reward a grateful grate grate- Cut ful republic may confer upon him He lie has been not only patriotic and self sacrificing self but t efficient When the gray clad clad r-clad legions of Germa Germany took tool up the line of ot march across acoss the Belgian boundaries a aa as the thu nearest ana aIa most available gateway to France it i was Joffre JoHre the silent student of or war and of war conditions who shouldered the burden of ot preparing his country for defense Universal training had given ghen the republic but time the groundwork of oC an arm army Munitions had to be collected at heartbreaking speed Rapidity and thoroughness thoroughness thoroughness thor thor- of mobilization upon the precise workings of the plans perfected through years of or counsel In the hands of or Joffre JoHre these plans operated with wih the expected expect expect- ed smoothness and when the Belgian gates ates to Franco France had been battered down France and Joffre were ready Perhaps the thc younger Joffre Jofre dr dreamed amed of ot the day when he might be a marshal of ot France the traditional title tte of or the supreme commander of all al the French m military i tar strength and hel held always b by the te most powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful subject In the days when the Uc king was the keystone of oC the feudal system None but the greatest sol soldiers have hae held it f. f To the Frenchman It is the crowning symbol of military r glory glor and upon no more deserving recipient has it ever been conferred |