It was announced on Sunday last in Paris that General
Foch had been appointed by the British and French Governments to be Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in France, " with the widest powers, in order that he may act, and that his actions may not be questioned." On the previous Thursday Mr. Boner Law had repeated Mr. Lloyd George's statement that General Foch " was not in the position of a Generalissimo." By last Sunday, however, he had acquired that position. We can only express the hope that our Government, having gained their end, will now trust the new Commander-in-Chief and give him their implicit confidence and unqualified support. General Foch is a brilliant and experi- enced soldier with nerves of steel, who is well qualified to lead the British, French, Belgian, and American Armies to victory.
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