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Show PERSHING HONORED General Pershing is being lionized by the people of France, and the reason is well understood. The general, gener-al, at the head of a small detachment of American soldiers, arrived in Paris Par-is at a time when the German hordes were pressing onward in the direction direc-tion of the French capital and it seemed probable that help from this side of the ocean would not arrive in time to turn the tide. The. French people were discouraged and the outlook out-look was gloomy indeed. The arrival of General Pershing, however, gave rise to new hopes. The French and British soldiers, who had been fighting fight-ing against overwhelming odds for four years and had suffered frightful losses in killed and wounded, fought on with grim desperation and never yielded an inch of ground until their ranks were thinned to such an extent ex-tent that resistance was no longer possible. Then they reformed and again bared their breasts to the foe. General Pershing immediately took measures to enter the campaign at the earliest moment possible. Hundreds Hun-dreds of thousands of fighting men. the very flower of our American youth, were rushed over the Atlantic Atlan-tic ocean and hastily prepared for battle under the awful conditions forced by the Germans. They did not arrive too late. The hopes of the French and British soldiers were justified. The invading hosts were hurled back, the Germans sued for i an armistice and the kaiser lost his crown. General Pershing represents the American people while on his present pres-ent mission and in honoring 'him, the French government and citizens are honoring the United States. In a few weeks Marshal Fo-ch will visit this country for the purpose of attending the American Legion convention at Kansas City, where the compliments paid General Pershing will be repaid re-paid with interest. I |