5 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 3

It has become fairly clear that relations have not been

easy between Marshal Lyautey and Marshal Petain and that the plans for the French campaign in Morocco have been impeded, as always happens under such conditions. Marshal Lyautey is at present in France, and it seems to be the wish of the French Government that he should stay there while Marshal Petain takes over control in Morocco to an extent which was im- possible while Marshal Lyautey was still acting as Resident-General. Marshal Lyautey may have allowed military affairs in Morocco to pass too much into the hands of a clique, but he deserves to be treated with the utmost respect and gratitude, for no Frenchman has been a more sagacious or more successful adminis- trator of a colony. * * * *