Such a Council as this fortunately does not arouse the
heart- buntings and suspicions excited by the unfortunate manner in which the Central War Council was proposed. In this connexion we should like to say how heartily we agree with the arguments set forth by the Military Correspondent of the Times in the issue of Tuesday. He points out that the majority of Frenchmen still desire to have a Generalissimo over the Allied forces in Europe, and are disappointed with us for not concurring in their opinion. They would not, of course, have been so disappointed as they are said to be if they had not been definitely encouraged to hope for the appoint- ment of a Generalissimo, who would naturally have been a French- man. We need hardly say that we thoroughly appreciate the excellent motives as well as the logic-with which Frenchmen state their idea, but we agree with the Military Correspondent of the Time!' in thinking that not everything is to he hoped from a mere centralization of control in the hands of a single man. Such cen- tralization has not prevented great failures, and even catastrophes occurring to the German arms.
