Clemenceau, and Foch future generation will be less surprised and
pained thanaieople arc now by the bitter attack on Marshal Foch in M. Clemenceau's posthumous book The Grandeur and Xiscry of Victory. It is true that Marshal Foch was the first. to strike. In his verbal reminiscences which • . were *orded by M. Raymond Reecnili, he questioned M. elenriencian's tenacity and even the *purity Of his piatri- . , , otisrth - Now, to H. Clemenceau .tenacity and patriotism , . . were everything. They composed . his. 'conception of honour, and he felt a stain on his honour like a wound. Being wounded, the old duellist, almost with the last breath in his body, rushed savagely upon his opponent. Ile minimizes Poch's services and ekpos-eS his persOnal failings. He is more bitter , than any English reader of itpeOuly's record eo- aid have expected - In the rekilf, however, Clem." enCean has 1-10.t ConyhIC'ed us that Foch was not great just as Foch did not coniince 'us that Clernenceau was not great. Posterity Will say, 'How interesting are the weaknesses of these great men ! " * * ,* *•
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