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Show CLEMENCEAU NEEDS ASSISTANCE OF FOCH PAKTS, Dec. 5. General Foch is no longer a. member of the inter-allied supreme su-preme war council. Confirmation of this was given today by Premier Clemenceau in the course of an interview wllSi Marcel Mar-cel Hutln. editor of the Echo de Paris. Asked the reason for this, the premier replied: 'Because T want General Foch near me, and as. however diligent he may be. he cannot be at Versailles and Paris at the same time. I am going to keep him and have agreed with him to replace him at Versailles by General Weygand, who was recently promoted to general of division." di-vision." Questioned as to what was being ac- complished at the "Versailles couneil, M. Clemenceau said: "What 1b being realized at Versailles? Why, united military action of the allies.1' |