General Foch has been made a Marshal as a reward
for his brilliant skill, and his Chief of Staff, General Petain, has received the high honour of the Military Medal. It will be remembered that the title of Marshal was revived to honour General Joare after the first victory of the Marne when it had been long in abeyance. Now that the universal trust in the generalship of Marshal Foch has been more than justified, there is something like a scramble in the Press to claim credit for the appointment of a Generalissimo. "We owe the Generalissimo above all to Mr. Lloyd George," says the ObBerver. "He did more than any one else to being about a unified command, and it was resisted to the last by his bitterest critics." But really a distinction ought to be drawn--for the facts require it—between the unification of strategy and the appointment of a Generalissimo.
