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(By Herbert Corey.)
London, Nov. 8.—"Man for man. the
French soldier is better than the Eng
lish soldier now in the Held in Franco.
The French officer is better than the
Ehglish officer. The troubles of the
English troops in this war havo been
due to the fact that they have been
bravely but badly led."
This is the statement of one of the
world's real experts upon war. In its
essentials it is supported by the
Statement of an
They are wonderful defensive sol
diers," they said. They added this
qualification: "When properly led."
•This is not a comparison of the
martial abilities of the English and
French peoples. It should be borne in
mind that the average professional
soldier in England is very largely gut
ter-bred. In times of peace this is
freely admitted by English writers.
He joins the army either because the
pay and comparative idleness attract
him, pr because he is a "sport" and is
looking for fun. It is to be assumed
that the volunteer army, when this it
ready for work, will be of a far high
er type. The motives leading a man
to volunteer In time of war are differ-
&rc
"The French army," said the first
man quoted, "is in truth a national
democracy. All ranks of society elbow
each other in the files. In one squad 1
found a banker, a lawyer, a business
man and a man of independent for
tune. It is hardly to be wondered at
if such an army is superior in intelli
gence to one made up of profession
als."
The dash of the French soldier is
everywhere admitted. His critics have
hisld that he will not stand fire in cold
blood.
"Will the Frenchman lie and take
it?" asked.
"He has," was the reply. "He laid
in the trenches and took it for days
at a time. His percentage of loss by
death and wounds is far higher than
that of the English army, and closely
approaches that of the Germans in
relation to the number engaged."
Retreat from Mons French's Blunder.
There is a rather bitter feeling
growing up between the French and
Eqfclish.. soldiers in the field.. The
French think that the English have
n£t "played the game." With 160,000
men in the field, they have assumed
to direct a campaign in which their
allies had almost 3,000,000 men en
gaged.' When, because of their own
tactical error, they suffered heavily,
they blamed their allies. The English
insist that the fault was that of the
French and declare they have not
been properly supported. But the
leaders on both sides—for the most
part—discountenance the sentiment.
They realise the absolute necessity for
mutual trust and forbearance.
"The whole truth has never been
made-known about the retreat from
Mons." said these men separately, "in
which the English forces under Gen
eral French suffered so heavily, and
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Comes from a Superior Class and His Officers Know More
About War—General French's Retreat from Mons Al
most a Rout, Due to Disregard of Gen. Joffre's Plans.
English
war corre­
spondent of wide experience. Both
agree that the Rngiieh professional
private soldier, of which the expedi
tionary force is principally composed,
is unequal to his French brother at
arms. Both agree that no reflection
can be justly made upon the bravery
of the English rank and file.
were finally driven from the field in
a retreat whk& came perilously close
to being a rout. In his report upon
this action General I Vcnch twice re
ferred to the failure of a French gen
eral to come to his support, 'because
his horses are tired." Here are the
facts:
"General .Tocre was in supreme
command. He had outlined a masterly
plan of campaign. Ho thoroughly un
derstood his business, as did his Ger
man opponents. The stafTs of both
armies have for years devoted them
selves to a study of 'big army' tac
tics. They have considered contests in
which hundreds of thousands—it
might be millions—of men were en
gaged. No English soldier of this gen
eration has ever attempted to handle
en army of more than £5,000 men.
'Big army* work was a mystery to
tbem.
"So that French did not co-ordinate
his force with that of off re. Instead
of being merely, a unit in the mass, he
attempted independent action with his
army of 80,000 men. The natural con
sequence was thut he got caught in
trap. His own aerial observers failed
to locate the enemy. Joffre had no in
formation for him, because French
was not where he should have been.
When Joffre did detect the danger
that threatened French because the
latter was 'out of line,' he warned the
English general at once. The battle
came, on and French was decisively
whipped. He appealed for aid'.
Joffre Could Not Aid British.
"To send that aid at that time in
volved a change in Joffre's whole plan
of campaign. To save 80,000 English
he might be forced to sacrifice 80,000
French and deform his line of defense
with possibly serious consequences.
He was forced to let French work out
his own salvation. This was done with
gallantry, but—from the military
point of view—somewhat unintelli
gently. The British fought by item,
rather than as a co-ordinated body.
For example: General de Lisle order
ed a cavalry charge upon German in
fantry. To quote French's report:
'When within 500 yards of his ob
jective he was held up by wire which
he did not know existed, and both the
Ninth Lancers and Eighteenth Hus
sars suffered severely.'
"That the English suffered heavily
in this action, and that it was, in fact
almost a rout, rather than a retreat,
is shown by the casualty lists. The
'missing' men outnumbered the killed
and wounded almost ten to one. Many,
of these men were made prisoners.
Others became stragglers and have
been wandering in ever since. Hun
dreds of them hid their uniforms and
made their way to comparative safety
dressed in clothes given them by peas
ants. That is an unfailing sign of a
serious defeat.
"EvenUmily Joffre sent support to
the English forces—at the earliest
moment possible—rand actually inter
poBed a division between the fleeing
English and the pursuing Germans.
This division was fairly cut to pieces
But it saved the English. They were
able to reform at some distance and
continue their retreat in orderly fash
ion. Hence they remain as a, valuable
unit in the campaign. Had Joffre not
come to their support it is difficult to
indicate what might have been their
ultimate fate."
General French Stormed.
In the opinion of this observer the
fault lay in the English refusal to
abide by the strategy of Joffre. But
General French resented his defeat
furiously, and as was shown by his
report blamed the French for it.
There is a story, for which the gentle
man quoted assumes no responsibility,
that French and Joffre had an angry
altercation.
This observer's experience leads him
to believe that the French are led with
more ability than the English, in
which the war correspondent quoted
agrees.
"The French army moves like a
vast machine," said both men. "There
are no errors of calculation. A move
ment is carried out as planned, with
no fuss or flurry and no visible ex
citement—which is contrary to our,
preconceived idea of Frenchmen. On
the. other .hand, an English camp is
melodramatic. Officers and dispatch
riders are continually dashing about,
lashing their horses and generally act
iug Jihfi the battle scene in 'Shenan
doah. That can be done with some
success
in
HStRMUEGO.
waits for no man.
But you may over
take it with a
an army of 10,000 men.
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arr"y
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Is means chaos.
Prench
criticism of the Eng­
lish officers is instructive. A French
officer will always take cover with his
men. He realizes that his life is valu
able. The English officers, on the. oth
er hand, like to walk to and fro be
hind the.line, issuing, orders. They are
gloriously courageous—and stupid.
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PAGE TWO. THE GRAND FORKS DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 3,10X4.
Hence the disproportionate losses of
officers in the English army. Their
conduct is magnificent—but it is not
war."
Both English and French soldiers
are cheerful. Their morale is perfect.
But it seems to these observers to
arise from different springs.
"The Tommy is a sport," both men
said, in effect. "He thoroughly enjoys
that garnet Well led, he is a fine sol
dier. If he lacks in the French initia
tive he can fight back from behind
stone wall as no other soldier—except
the American—can. He is apt to drink
too much. Scores of them are serving
prison sentences now for intoxication.
He is not intelligent as the French
man. But he is a good shot and a won
derful digger with the bayonet.
"The French soldier, on the other
hand, is Inspired by that most loft
sentiment of all—pure patriotism. He:
dies almost happily. I have seen too
many of them die to be deceived. He
has no regret, when he knows that he
has given up his life for his coiintiy.
He is intelligent, he is too much given
to individual inltiatve, and he as
brave as any man in the world.
-On
the whole, I think his physigue is .bet
ter than that of the English profes
sional soldier now in the field.. This if
not to be wondered at. The sources
of the English professional army
nearer the slums than those of the
French."
Thanks to a rigid censorship and to
the fact that England is quite natur
ally chiefly interested in what happens
to English soldiers, London has been
led to believe that the English expe
ditionary force is the backbone of
allied armies. I asked ..both-.men about
this. Both replied in-almost the same
terms:
"There are. 150,000 Englishmen and
3,000,000 Frenchmen- in the ,.fleldf"
said they. "The ..English forces bear
the same relation to the allied armies
^that 150,000 men do to S.0.00,000.^
Banking Arrangements so
Complete This Condition
is Brought About.
London,'* Nov. 3.—-Sir "W. PlertdiBti
the treasury comptroller, announces
that the affaire.of the British estab
lishments of the German banks, have
been so satisfactorily arranged that
a full 20 shillings lh the pound'is t'o:
be paid.
The affairs of the Austrian bank
are not so favorably. (Situated but fur
ther steps are being taken" to
arrange
as early a distribution, as possible.,
The political notification, under "date
of,October 15 is as follows:
"The British establishments of the
Deutsche, -the Dresdner, the Digconto
Gesellschaft and the Anglo-Austrian
banks will, on and -after Saturday
next, the 17th inst.. on the expiry of"
the moratorium, affecting reaccept
ances pay the same In full,' and on
and after the list they will pay 20
shillings in the-pound in respect' of
other liabilities as and when they ma
ture for payment. No moneys will be
paid to or for the benefit of alien en
emies.
"As regards the Oesterreichische
Laenderbank, the funds which are
immediately available do not permit
of sueh procedure. A large part of
its fund* 1" placed in neutral and en
emy countries, where collections for
the. time are not possible. The^pdAr
tion. has. not 'been create'd\by my' re
cent abnormal remittances to 'AWtite,
and tljief* is no sign, either in the
cue of this bank, or of th« lather
banks, that any sucfh ramittanqMl: were,
made -in anticipation of aq, outbreak
of hostilities. Step* .are.. Mllur Caken
to relieve the situation ajp^diry
possible, and as sojrii
KAISER'S DAUGHTER AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DON TOGS OF WAR
Princess Victoria Louise (left) aju^Crown Princess C'etclie.
It isn't alone the. kaiser's sons who are going about tn war togs these days his daughter, Princess Vic
toria Louise, and his daughter-In-la,W, Crown Printers i?ecflie, are frequently seen in uniform. In the accom
panying picture Princees Victoria Louise is seen garbed'^n the uniform of the famous death's head hussars,
and the crown princess wears the uniform of her dragoon'regiment, which is now fighting under the crown prince.
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results. They^ reftligs that there,
are ov§r two hundred submarines in
the nayies of th«
an'4 so far only one,- has done Any
thing. Not a dreadnought has even
been menaced. Th^-iCruisera -which
were struck were'old, hastily com
missioned with. navfj reserve crews,
two. of them were engaged in lower
ing boats and picking:qp the-survivors
of. the-first when they too were tor
pedoed.
"The loss of these vessels has haV
ho more effect on the result of the
war than the repqr&ed, .capture of -a
German aeroplane--by & British sub
marine, No. one would seriously ad
vocate submarines as* proper wea-
on
.rm
a dMrtrtku-
tion can be made by the 1
aea derbaivlc,
it wiH be -announced through the
press. The liability oC- the-J^ead offiee
td creditors reinaio^ whatever the
to use againi^' aeroplanes, but it
neverthejew r$IWrt«®.':that an aero
plane, which had alighted op the wa,
ter was ,capture(L lj»r ',submarine
Which emerged, clpaa at liand. ....
1 *'Th«- Ideal jfor %/subr
marine.. at£a$k cqggfet.fn,Jptdlqg, .the
notion]
enemy m^tion)es%% t|ie,^atejr tqen
hd only then can, the.submarine hop
pr success. .. .4
"But even so Chs Adds'.ftre against
the submarine ,Jf ^pf«per,,precautiow'
are taken. as ls, sh(M|rn b^the. actions
of .-the allied enforces 'Which hftve
been shelling ^thf jftisrman flank for
!s
several days,
11 READY TO
War Depa^tj^nt/ Officials Take Occasion to Answer all
Suggestions Relative to Construction Activities—
Subnrarine's Uses Not Yet Determined.
Washington Nov., 3.—Ever since
the sinking of the- British cruiser
Haw.ke by the German, submarine
U9 Ijji thie North sea, the navy depart
ment .has been deluged with letters
con£gln4hg'. suggestions from individ
ualssall. *oVer the country for the im
provement of' the submarine and for
a ggeat extension of its usefulness.
Satisfied'' that most of ..the writers of
these' communicaliphs haa accquired
an exaggerated idea .of. the. fighting
abilities of: the submarine and that
there was very pretypnt danger of a
serious iriterfer.en£ef, with this naval
building program and perhaps an al
most total suspension of the construc
tion of additional battleships if erron
eous ideas obtain Common credence,
the naval officials nave been .trying to
correct this itnpredsiAn. They have
made it a point to reply to each of
the letter writers, getting out in de
tail the reasons whyj in the judgment
of the department officials it would be
disastrous to abandon other naval
construction entirely In favor of the
submarine, and pointing the limita
tions which surround these little boats.
These arguments-have been reduced
to form in the following statement
wlrich It may be
saXA
accurately repre­
sents the views of the technical offi
cers of the navy iiy regard to the mer
its of the submarine:
"The land, operations of the war
have been eo oyegwheltjaing, and the
naval conflicts so comparatively few
that "the importance of the sea op
erations of the various nations is apt
to be lost sight of, .'It is the brilliant
feats which strike the' eye. the dash
of the, British against:.'Helgoland,-, the
destruction of ttyree bruisers by a
German submarine,. rather .than the
slow bearing down by sheer weight
of the allied fleet against the whole'
German. coast line.
"So-far.the submarine has carried
off the- honors, anQ'it* Uie same time'
Has, -greatly disappointed-'-its admirers
in. that'- it .has pot dene "more.. It.- was,
freely predicted hefore the War iihiii
the day of the dreadnought' was ,paffe
ed that, the submarJne- 'would driv
it from the seas.
"The destruction of the three Brit
ish cruisers, liogue, greasy and Aibou
kir, by the Geripfih submarine 1T9
and later the sinking of the Hawkc
by the sajn.e submarine- was taken a
proof of the impotence-- of surface
craft.
'"Nevertheless, the advocates of
submarines *re beginning to evidenqe
elgna of impatienceYat.-.the paucity-
for a group of submarines to proceed
against, them from any German port.
Their position has been known to
everybody and it would appear an
ideal chance for a few submarines to
either destroy them or to drive them
off. But nothing of the sort has hap
pened. These ships have been left
unmolested to harass the German
flank, to prevent their approach to the
coaet, and to enfilade their trenches
for several miles inland. They ar.
small vessels of such low speed that
they could not escape from a sub
marine if attacked.
"If the submarine is all that its
admirers believe, it is inconceivable
why these vessels have been left
interfere .so seriously with the major
operations of the German army. The
fact that they have been so unmolest
ed on an open roast, 'testifies to the
power of the British fleet to" protect
itself against all forms of attack.
"The war is only at its beginning
yet, and many lessons may be learned
before its finish, but so far nothing
has occurred to encourage the belief
that the submarine Is supreme on
the contrary it is losing prestige dally.
Many factors tend to make the sub
marine popular as a means ,of defense
—the silence and mystery of Its move
ments, the tremendous power of Its
blows, the almost limited field-for im
agination among those who know
least of its powers and shortcomings,
the always human sympathy- for the
'little fellow,' the David against Go
liath—all touch a chord in the popu
lar fancy. But the hard facts demon
strated by three months of war show
that out of two hundred submarines
operating in waters of very restricted
extent, the results accomplished have
been practically nil. It will behooves
our navy department to go slow about
deciding to increase the number of
submarines at the expense of• a re-
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possibility of finding1 a cheap means
of making a war has a strong fascina
tion, tout the teaching of history show
that the pursuit of such i^eas have al
ways resulted In increased expense
Jn the end."
LAWYERS WEAR
SOLDIERS' UNIFORM
London, Nov. 3.—The announce
ment of the lord chief justice that
barristers who are now serving In the
king's army may appear in court in
their uniforms, rather than in their
customary white wigs and gowns, has
produced a great change in the ap
pearance of the pleaders who attend
the daily sessions of courts at the
temple.
Scores of young attorneys are uni
versity men who have entered the
service but are still quartered in Lon
don or its vicinity. It would be a
great hardship to them to sacrifice the
time necessary to put on conventional
court garb, and the action of the lord
chief Justice makes it possible for
many young attorneys to look after
their practice notwithstanding the
demands of their military offices.
CRITICIZE WORK IN
ANTWERP DEFENSE
London. Nov. S.—Crystal palace is
now a training quarters for the na
val division of Lord Kitchener's new
army, with 5,000 men in camp, who
may be called to the same duty as
that of the British naval brigade in
the much criticised operations at Ant
werp.
The men of the naval division dress
as sailors in blue sailor blouse and
flaring trousers. They also swing in
to hammocks at night instead of
sleeping on mattresses. But at this
point they cease to be sailors, and it
Is doubtful whether they will ever
walk the deck of a ship, unless of a
transport. Their training is precise
ly that of the infantryman, and their
fighting will be in naval landing par
ties.
After preliminary training on the
exhibition grounds the men will be
sent to coast stations for the finish
ing touches.
The naval .brigade faring so badly
at Antwerp was composed partly of
marines and partly of men rated as
seamen, among whom were a large
number of recruits such as may be
found at Crystal palace.
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Frenchmen Leads Regiment:
into Fight and Turns De
feat to Victory.
Paris, Nov. 3.—How an unnamed
lieutenant-colonel in the French army
stiffened the courage of his men and
his own, when they were about to
charge the enemy for the first time, ia
told in the Figaro. The colonel
wounded, but convalescent, is de
scribed as relating the anecdote oh
the train as follows:
"It was in the course of one of the
numerous battles on our right wing.
For the first time my regiment waa
about to go under flre. ,The moment
was decisive: the regiment had their
battle formation and now it was
necessary, over open ground, to
march straight and resolutely at the
enemy. Their flre was hot, and al
ready had produced ravages in pur
ranks. It was scourging. I had tak
en my position a.t the head of the
regiment and given the order 'for
ward,' but, separated from their base,
my men hesitated In vain I repeated
the command. Then turning toward
them I said:
"'What? You flinch? All you will
gain out of this turnabout is death
on the spot without having been of
any use. Attention! Take my arm
one of you, and all of you lock arms,
and arm in arm, gun in hand, we'll'
advance. You'll find that's not so
bad.'
"M.v word! the idea decided them,
and arm in arm we started forward.
They soon got warmed up and for a
little I was nearly forced to hold them
back. Oh! the brave fellows!"
A lady' who was listening said:
"It was fortunate, colonel, that you!."
yourself were not afraid." "Not
afraid!" exclaimed the colonel. "Oh,
madam if you knew what shivers went
through me. But when I saw them
hesitate, I had to set an example. I
was 'bluffing."
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against such a house. But this con
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or Its goods are unknown, and as
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and publlo confidence will then be
S5?w5Ped Py JS. Plu* or minus algn,
acoordlnar to the approval' or disap
proval of the publlo as to' the goods
house. If the
and policies
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business with its competitors .whose
business Ideals are on a higher and
more satisfactory plane. If the goods
are satisfactory, and If the policies
of the house are right, the people will
continue to
1
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The plus sign of publlo confidence
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high Ideals In Its business policies,
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