Show Karl tarl Haig Corrects View That He Meant To Ignore Americans I British Commander COlnman er Emphatically Denies Such Sudi Vl Was as His Intent Explains How HOr Impression Have Gained Credence and Tells What He Really Thought of Yankees By Frank Scudamore The Veteran War ar Correspondent lond nt Written Exclusively for tor or Universal Service Cop Copyright 1920 by Universal Service Note Note otc Mr Ir Scudamore who was commissioned by Universal Service to ob obtaIn obtain ob- ob tam tain the first Interview over o granted by Earl Karl began his work as aa a war correspondent In the thc Russo Turkish war of oC 78 1877 and was decorated by Abdul Hon Id for tor the tho part he pla played ed In the of Plevna lie He witnessed the bombardment of oC Alexandria in 1882 participated in the eastern Sudan campaign campaign cam cam- a against Osman Digna was one of the si six sir European survivors hors when Gen Val Valentine Bakers Baker's force was annihilated at El Teb 1884 an and followed ever every other suc succeeding campaign In Turkey Greece Egypt an and the Sudan down downto to the time Um of or Kitchener's march to Khartoum Ho was also In the thc South African African can war L I ONDON 01 Ma y 1 I I yield to no one ono in my admiration of the great American merican armies es that fou fought ht si side e with us in the world war Thus Field Fic Marshal Earl Haig of commander in chief of the British army c expressed pressed himself in the tho first interview he has ever granted granted- anted anted- n interview specially accorded me rue as a a. representative of Universal Uni service It Is mainly because of the tho field marshals marshal's reluctance to be bo Interviewed duo due to his fear CLr of or being misrepresented misrepresent misrepresent- ed that the Ule feeling has grown In la Europe Europe Eu Eu- Ei- Ei rope as ns well as In America that he was not much impressed by the tho work of ot General forces In France During a long talk with him on this and other matters connected with the war I was absolutely satisfied that so far tar from such being the case his his his' admiration for the American army be began began be- be I gan gait when Pershing's first contingents landed and grew grow as the Initial divisions divisions divi divi- swelled swelled Into huge armies v nger to 10 Be De s Set t Right The keenness of the commander In chiefs chief's desire to remove e an any misapprehension misapprehension hension that ma may have arisen in the tho minds of ot Americans was as evinced e from the outset of ot our conversation I 1 cannot understand d. said Earl HalS' HalS how it can have Oe been possible to suggest that I have failed to ap ap- ap- ap I predate to the tho full tull and to publicly I acknowledge the tho Immense value value- of oC 1 American co I have havo on In Innumerable Innumerable In- In numerable occasions expressed m my admiration admiration ad ad- for tor the magnificent work of ot the American armies in n n the field and for tor tho the whole-hearted whole enthusiasm with which these untried troops troops citizen citizen soldiers like our own throw own threw themselves themselves them them- selves cs Into Inlo the tremendous task they had undertaken I Malign Tie Us Sa Say You point out to mo me that the charge e lal lai lala against me In the United States some months ago was in so soman man many words that on various occasions occa occa- when a addressing meetings In the I great s-reat provincial towns of ot this kingdom king king- king I dom dorn I omitted to refer in any way to the services ren rendered ere by the American forces and this alleged allege silence on my part Is Ingeniously o construed construe as an anIn In Indication that I thought bo little of or orthe the American troops that I 1 could not even cven trouble to mention them Surely this Is a most malign form torm of ot casuistry but since this charge has been made I am glad to have hav the op opportunity opportunity op op- of ot refuting itI it I 1 notice that you refer to certain specific occasions and that you ou lay Continued on page 6 H A I G CORRECTS VIEW THAT TIT HE HEV V IGNORED YANKS N. N T British Commander Denies I v Such Was r. His Intent v vr I r E E. Explains lairs lains Position Position I. I Continued from page pO 1 i stress on on tho the fact tact of J my omission In speeches made at Newcastle c and Glassow Glas- Glas EX sow tv of ot any reference to tho part played by United States soldiers In In the operations In France Americans Americana Impressed ed hint Him 4 Let Lct me point put that In each case caseI I 1 had bad just received the freedom of th the tho city referred to to and In speaking to toniy nty illy v citizens citizens many many of or them tic dc- soldiers of oC iho tho army rm I com com- It Z It It was natural that I should devote detoto my utterances to an culO eulogy of oC our own country regiments But so far Car as my 01 b being of ot or desiring to disparage the t rendered to the world worM b by the American armies let Jet me sell jon you and and nd Indeed I havo constantly reiterated the fact that fact t ct that from Crom their first arrival al In x France I was t Immediately and profoundly pro pro- Soundly impressed by In the keenness and seriousness with with fc 1 which th the young American troops adapted themselves to the unexpected conditions with which they were t confronted j i v Liked d Yankee c Attitude I x To m my observation they the were were Im- Im b cd with tho spa I it an and desire to ren- ren der cr tho the utmost service wherever their might avail avan and especially Mb able lo In m my estimation was tho the self self- effacement they the ready to display the thc the they fifty at al all an times evinced c to Je learn rn from tho the men of ot the Iho armies that had been for years ears In the field This desire was equally apparent In all alt 1 ranks ranJ s They Thc fraternized at lat once with the tho British and French Trench troops picking up their wah ways learned quickly quick I from the kno knowledge ledge acquired b by tho the bitter experience of two j years years' ears ears' fight- fight fighting fightInG fightIng Ing under ever changing conditions and and readily assimilating assimilating- this knowledge knowl- knowl edge th they were able when called upon to make the best of or the tho opportunities I tl t b. b Moreover Moreo you jou must hear In mind I Ute the marvelous mar hearten heartening ins ins- effect given ip tp p. p th the tried sorely people of France Franco b bj by c opportune arrival arri In their country country coun coun- try tiT of or the f first Americans that is to says a of end al Pershing and d his Ills staff stare lh ih In June 1917 i The effect was elec- elec ti l. l 4 li Heartened France The The French armies unbeaten armies unbeaten cere were were seriously exhausted and amI h the tho arrival In their ml midst st of or the first host Detachments of oC the armies of oC the United States States splendid splendid In physique magnificently equipped d and supplied cd apparently unlimited resources in acted material acted as a wonderful sum sum- k ulus ilus throughout the whole countr country you must remember that when I ii k to you In regard to the Amerlean Ameri American Amer Amer- lean i ican all all' armies In France I am especially x referring to that aspect of ot them which under m my personal observation I allude t to the period In the early days of of American co operation when certain certain certain tain of ot tho United States arm arm rm- were attached to my 01 command immediately on their landing In France l rance I Curing these months I was enabled to note and was was much impressed b by the thep p practical warfare and all that that phrase means Their Theft staff officers es especially es- es struck mo me as highly edu educated capable fable as well wen as 5 t tactful gentlemen i iY I f Y 1 Win AVin Unaffected Esteem The big arm army that was as formed later I and with such su h wonderful celerity was in ln the technical l' sense an an untrained I armY army with only onh a a. rudimentary knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of military du duties ics and md require require- 1 ments In that that respect It was was was' precisely pre pre- seh like Uke our own o own citizen arm army But x sheer devotion to tho the causo cause they Z d adopted and by hy a persistent aD ap- ap p cation aU n to the tho surmounting of oC the tasks imposed on U them m. m the American doughboys speedily gained the admira- admira tIon not only of ot tho the British Tommies their comrades in arms but of all the ranks of ot the British forces In the field 1 Im of Doughboy Invited t to give sive his personal impression Impression sion slon of ot the ud doughboy Earl Halg HalS' r said He is a n remarkable and distinctive type bright cheerful quick witted and nd a Q r ready ady learner all aU of ot which are I invaluable qualities In In a a. soldier It emed to mo me that he was different In many ways from Crom the tho Americans w wo o usually met In peace times in Europe Europ and It Is evident that no one ono can pro pro- of oC the I tend to havo bavo a no knowledge I American character who has not been I able ablo to study those admirable phases of oC It which tho doughboy fies fios Opinion of or Lender Tho Tim British commander in chief out of or respect for military etiquette was leading figures unable un to discuss tho In the Jhc American arm army though ho Im Implied Implied ml- ml plied ho he held a high opinion of oC them Ho lIo also held the view that the officers officers' officers officers' cers' cers corps was corps was a t highly efficient body such as might be expected to bo produced produced pro pro- by b such n a splendid military ry academy academy acad acad- em emy as ns West cst t Point I Editors Editor's noto note This latter opinion I of Marshal Hal H is directly at variance with that of or Marshal who re reI recently recently re- re I in a signed statement wi written I for Universal Unite Service Ser held that the curriculum of r West cst Point was practically practically Uc ll obsolete obsolete G Genuine Admiration what hal I Iha I 1 think It Is 15 obvious from Crom ha have ye said Earl Halg added that m my admiration fo for the tile work of oC the American armies Is genuine genuino and whole hearted When hen I ray tay that the American American Ameri Amerl- can cin can armies made great strides In ertl- ertl I or e every month month- month thc they were In France the remark applies to all aU branches of oC the tho service Towar Towards s the end the tho Germans were keen keenly alive to to I tho the tremendous ous armed factor actor that was I f piling up them the they knew that tho the lon longer er the American armies were In the field tho the finer the they became I In discussing in general terms the course of or tho the war Earl Haig made It I quite clear to me that lint ho shared the IvI view w held by all great grett soldiers In th the J past Irrespective of or their nationality as to the proper attitude altitude of oC politicians toward a war actually in 1 progress Political nl Interference E t 1 t 1 nitro than Irksome to him r was tho the manner in which some of the tho political leaders of oC the tho state played their part In the scheme of oC operations operation with the tho inevitable Inc result of oC adding infinite complications to the problems with which the commander In the tho field Ciele had to deal I I. I did not gather I that Earl Hal Halg Haig at any time found either helpful or Illuminative the conclusions conclusions reached rc b by tho the politicians So many modern politicians politician he said havo have spent their lives in their I efforts to climb up tho the scale of oC government government government gov gov- office e that thc they have havo not had time limo to study history and learn from it tho the r real factors which make em cm- pires pire I Pre lon Pail Fall At t various periods of oC tho the war tho the political chiefs in Ion London Pal Pa PaVis is and Home Homo formed Conned definite opinions as as to I Ithe the line of action that would that would bo lie e adopted adopt adopt- ed cd by the tho enemy In certain circumstances circumstances' circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances stances' and at certain dates It It is noteworthy said paid the field marshal that In no single instance were these pre vistas accurate The definite anticipations the they formed were never Justified b by e events Some Somo of or these anticipations related to the most vital events o of or the war and even eyen to the tho prospective dato data of or ofUs i its Us conduction conclusion as far aa as tho the actual fighting on the western front was concerned con con- Thus on September 0 9 1918 con j order to toLen Earl link HaJJ visited London In tell Len the authorities that he regarded the war rat yat as having entered the last I sta stage o of oC its final phase that phase that the German German Ger Ger- man power of resistance ha had been so reduced by constant hammering that he had good grounds rounds for or thinking the war might b finished that s season ason Held io to Own Oven But ho he added the tho people at home homo would I leave have nothing nothing- to do with my conclusions They had evidently resolved in their minds that the tho cru cru- crucial crucial cial period of oC the tho war war the tho determining in ing would phase phase would begin In the first week eek of ot the tho month of or Jul July In 1919 Al Although Although Although Al- Al though I received a most friendly hearing hear hear- ing linS' I foil felt I I Iwas was regarded as an n optimist optimist optimist mist and that I had not prevailed pro on them to alter their minds Lord Lor Halg Haig Hal made his statement to tome tome tome me at the modest mOllest home which Lad Lady Halg Hals- had acquired to herself hersel and her Ifer young joung children during her husbands husband's absence in France Francc and where the tho carls carl's heir was born Eastcott Eastcott East East- cott colt the Halg Haig homo home on Kingston Hill is a room roomy villa close to Richmond on the Thames Tho The house stands amid delightful ul gardens of oC no great ex extent extent ox- ox tent and is Just such a villa as Is la occupied occupied occupied oc oc- by th thousands of oC London's mod moderately mop mop- well-to-do well business men IH Isis Sporting Tastes rode II Tho The roomy hall through which I passed on my way to th the library where we e had our talk revealed Lord Hates Hate's sporting tastes for on stands and racks were arrayed many sporting guns of or varying calibers together with fishing fishIng fishing fish fish- ing rods golf bolf clubs riding whips and other accessories of ot field sports orts but their presence in this place proved that tho the house is t too o limited to provide pro pro- v vide Ide ido tho the gun room room which hl h is so dear to the heart of or every ery English squire Thom There Is an an apartment at Eastcott Eastcott Eastcott East- East cott which might well havo have been adapted to this uSe use had It not been boen speciallY constructed In the tho grounds by Earl Halg Haig for tor the housing of ot what will wm undoubtedly be pe c the tho greatest re test treasure treasure treasure treas treas- ure ure in hl his tam family II for tor all nil time times This Is the tho great war map of ot tho the western front on which he and his staff worked out their problems throughout tho the whole course courso of ot the tho war and on which tho the changing positions of ot tho the opposing opposing ing InS forces were recorded from day dRY dayto dayto to day lay throughout the o CI years cars of or ortho tho the struggle Guarded an nN Treasure Ho lIo handed mo t for r Universal Service a signed and annotated copy COP of or ono one of his maps showing tho the positions of the armies during whit what he ho |