Show GEN P PAU AU EXPECTED WAR A YEAR AGO PARIS Oct 8 The S. The Frensch papers are recalling an interesting reply which General General Gen Gen- eral Pau made a year ago when hen his ad admirers ad- ad miners proposed to I present him with a sword of honor upon the occasion of his giving in up command o of or the Twentieth arm army corps I certainly should n not t accept the tho sword of or honor that Y you u and other well wen meanIng meanIng meaning mean mean- ing patr patrIot patriots ot think of ot giving me mc he sardo Such a recompense must be reserved for forthe forthe the thc man who shall lead our victorious armies beyond Metz and Strassburg be beyond be- be yond ond the Rhine Into the very heart henrt of C thu tho German Gennan empire As 5 for tor me modest In times of of- peace anem enemy to publicity and popularity it is sufficient that I have havo the confidence of those who have served under m my orders and the suffrages of good o d people such HO RS you |