For our part, we have never doubted, and we have
often said, that Marshal Foch was the one man that all Armies could trust if there was to be a Generalissimo. We could not disguise, however, and we do not now wish to disguise, an apprehension that grave troubles might in certain circumstances follow trie appointment of a Generalissimo. When our armies are in the full flood of success there can be no doubts or questtonings. But if events turned against us, and the British nation felt that all control had departed out of its own hands, and that the lives of our soldiers were being disposed of by the Executive of another Power, the disquiet might be very awkward to deal with. Let us not forget this. Mr. Lloyd George himself stated the risks extremely well. As things are, and we hope it may never be otherwise, the Allies can heartily congratulate one another on the success of the experiment. Englishmen are all delighted that Marshal Foch should so rapidly have won his well-deserved honour.
