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Show FRENCH EXPECT BIO THINGS OF OUR FIGHTERS American Officers, However, Think Hopes Will Not Be Realized for Months. PRESSURE OF STRUGGLE FELT Army Men Want Joffre Back at the Front "Morale" the Problem That Is Confronting the Foreign Belligerents How tho Censorship Works. By LINCOLN EYRE. . (Correspondent of the New York World.) Paris. A few minutes before tho special train bringing General Pershing and his staff from Boulogne rolled Into In-to tho Gare du Nord the other day n traluload of "permlsitowitres" soldiers sol-diers on lenve from the front arrived at the same station. The "pollus," leaning out of their dusty third class coaches, caught sight of Marshal Joffre standing on the platform waiting, wait-ing, with M. Illbot, tho premier; M. Vlvlnnl, minister of Justice, and other dignitaries, to welcome the American commander In chief to the capital. "Vive Joffre I" shrieked a "permls-slonnlre," "permls-slonnlre," nnd tho cry was tnken up nil along the line of dense-pneked cars. "It's ho who spared our lives In useless attneks," shouted a bronzed, bearded veteran, "we wnnt Joffre back at tho front 1" "Yes, J es," yelled his compnnlous, "Wo want Joffre, who doesn't wasto our lives 1 Give us Joffre I" The Problem of Morale. Fortunately tho cry, which could not hnve fulled to reach the ears of the prime minister as well ns the marshal, mar-shal, died nwny In the excitement of General Pershing's nrrlvnl. To those who had heard, however, nnd who are aware of tho situation on the front nnd in tho Interior of Franco todny, Its significance sig-nificance wns not lost. To me It meant that after nlmost three years of Incessant In-cessant slnughter, tho "pollu" has learned to distinguish very clearly between be-tween leaders who sacrifice their men uselessly nnd those who; like the victor of tho Marne, never make n move without with-out counting the possible cost In lives. It wns, moreover, nnother bit of evidence evi-dence that there is no more imnortnnt problem among all those nt present confronting belligerent governments than that of "morale." The spirits of the men In the trenches, ns well as of their wives, sisters, sweethearts, parents pa-rents in the renr, must be kept up to tho mark. Every day Increases the strain upon soldiers and civilians In wnr-hnrnsscd nations. Tight-strung nerves nre spanning npart everywhere In the cities nnd villages, far from the ring line, ns much ns in tho zono of the nrmles. That Is why tho coming com-ing of Pershing and his division Is of such Immeasurable value In the never-' never-' censing propngnmla going on over nil Frnneo to maintain nt the necessary ' level France's determination to win , the wnr. i American officers, -who hnvo sensed ' I this Insistence upon the greatness of t I tho nld to bo provided by the United , States are n bit fearful that expectn- j tlons difficult of realization will bo aroused among the Trench nrmy and people. Thoy know the obstacles Hint lie In the way of Immedlnte military ' co-operation on n grand scale nnd feel that n great many month1 must elapse before the weight of American arms can mate Itself felt In the fighting. Allow for Frightful Strain. "Today our principal preoccupation must be tho prevention of that lassitude lassi-tude and dlscourngement which, ns our enemies hope, will weaken our national defense by corroding tho Iron j of our arms," was the way Compere . Morel, ono of the heads of the socialist party In the chamber of deputies, said In u conversation I had with him recently. re-cently. "Authority must be used with greatest ease, justleo must be unwavering. unwav-ering. More t!mn thnt, allowances must be made for the duration of tho frightful strain under which soldiers nnd folk nt home nllke are laboring. Dlsclpllno must ho maintained, of course, but this Is nut tho time for mnrtlnets. "Without Indicating tho moral stato of our troops, It would bo nevertheless vain to deny thnt those engnged In this nppnlllng conflict nre morally and physically tired. To pretend that wo nre as strong spiritually us we wcro at the time of the Mnrno Is ubsurd. Disaster Dis-aster Is certnln to follow n refusal to recognize the wear and tear upon tho nerves of men, and women, too, bearing bear-ing tho fenrful burden of this wnr." Little of the tremendous pressuro of tho struggle upon Individuals Is visible vis-ible to tho ensual observer. One might travel through Tranco from end to end nnd never get n gllmpso of it. Tho soldiers one sees seem cheerful enough. There Is bustle nnd movement In tho streets of the cities. Even In tho slums the surface of things reveals no tragedy. trag-edy. Listen to tho talk of "pollus" among themselves, however, nnd sit alongside n clrclo of gossiping housewives house-wives of the poorer class, nnd ono will soon detect the tautness of their nerves and tho weariness pervading their thoughts. Tho newspapers nro silent about nil this j firstly, becauso of the censorship, and, secondly, becnufeo they necessar ily nro part of tho conscious or unconscious uncon-scious propaganda for tho maintenance of morale. When Incidents occur thoy print only whnt they nre told by tho official press bureau. A paragraph llko this, for Instance, means llttlo to a render not familiar with such matters: mat-ters: "Last night at seven o'clock on tho Boulevard do In Vollette n brawl started, start-ed, for trilling reasons, among live soldiers. sol-diers. Some Kabjles emerging from n nearby factory nnd passersby were mixed up In the scutlle. Tho police Intervened to re-establish order. Several Sev-eral nrrests were mnde." What really occurred, though not u newspaper so much as hinted at It, was rather more serious. Tho soldiers 'who were on lenve from tho front, had heard that tho Ktlhjlcs, who are Arabs Imported to clean tho streets, were to be used to repress disturbances disturb-ances turning tho civilian population. They had been told o by their wives, one of whom had been ogled by n Knbyle. When tho "pollus" attacked them tho Kabjles nnturally resisted, nnd a riot ensued In which n dozen persons were severely wounded. This nffrny was preceded by an even bloodier nffalr, In which n number num-ber of Annnmlto soldiers wcro nttnek-eil nttnek-eil by n crowd of women nnd "permls-slonalres" "permls-slonalres" nnd several wero killed. An Annnmtte bnttallon wns brought to Paris at n time when tho strikes wero nt their height, nnd the rumor spread with miraculous swiftness nil through the city that tho Annnmltes had been summoned becnuso tho French garrison garri-son would refuse to flro upon tho crowd In the event of n riot. Depressing Rumors Flood City. Thnt there was any truth In this may bo doubted, but certnlnly tho presence pres-ence of tho Mongolian troops nt so stressful n period was unfortunnte. Annnmltes An-nnmltes are anathema to all Parisians nowadays, simply ns a result of the rumors nnd the really furious fight thnt nroso out of them. Yet, beyond n formal for-mal communique no more communl-catlvo communl-catlvo thun that about the Kabylcs, there has been no mention of tho matter mat-ter In print Paris is flooded with rumors these days, as It has neer been since the tlrst weeks of tho war. Most of them are depressing nnd doubtless n considerable con-siderable percentngo nre deliberately Inspired by pacifists nnd pro-Germans, of whom there nro a good many to bo found hi the Greek and Spanish colonies. colo-nies. Whether they nro true Is of little lit-tle consequence; the Important thing Is they are believed to a largo extent, even by persons well Informed about the situation as n whole. Ono of tho minor problems connected con-nected with the "permlsslonnlres," who, relensed for tho time being from direct discipline, hnvo n tendency to hecomo unruly, Is tho evil that lies In wnit for them at the railroad stations in Pnrls. Almost nil of them pass through tho capital on their wny to nnd from the front, and at tho stations sta-tions thoy nro preyed upon not only by merchants of vice, but by the ugents of nnnrchy nnd pro-Germnns ns well, who seek to Inculcate peucc-nt-nny-prlce Ideas, nnd tho destro to revolt re-volt by spreading stories of tho terrible terri-ble conditions prevailing In tho rear. Tho "pollus" learn In their own homes thnt most of theso ynrns nro not true, but on tho other hnnd they hear n mass of rumors which hnve almost tho sumo effect upon weaker characters, nnd they believe them nil tho more really because they como from their own wives or relatives. I KINGDOM GOULD AND BRIDE Klngdon Gould, eon of George J. Gould, recently surprised his family nnd friends by quietly marrying Miss Anuuuzlnta Camilla Maria Luccl, an artist ar-tist and former governess to Klngdon Gould's sister. Klngdon Gould Is a grandson of Jay Gould and Is a well known sportsman. |