The correspondence between the King of the Belgians nd Marshal
Foch has some curious aspects. M. Lauzanne ublished in Paris some remarks which had been made him by Marshal Foch. He attributed to Marshal och the statement that the Belgians had wished to tire from the Yser line in 1914. The King of the Belgians hen wrote to Marshal Foch saying that one Belgian eneral had indeed suggested a retirement, but that the ited decision of the King himself and of all other ificers was against the very thought of retirement. t was made plain that anyone who counselled retire- ent would be regarded as a traitor. Marshal Foch plied that he accepted the whole of the King's state- ent and that he had never used the words attributed him by M. Lauzanne. M. Lauzanne wrote in comment n this correspondence that journalists must be curious 1 the interests of their readers and that though they ay be reproached with indiscretion, indiscretion is he very spirit of a free Press. This surely is a shockingly Tong-headed doctrine. The Press does not deserve to e free if it abuses freedom.
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