KIPLING AT THE FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 5

KIPLING AT THE FRONT

THE WAR SPIRIT IN FRANCE JNTENSE EARNESTNESS OF •' 1 THE PEOPLE. By Talegrapk—Press Association—Copyiight (Rec. August 27, 3.8 p.m.) . London, August 26.' , Mr; Rudyard Kipling, who has -made , a visit to the Western front, writes in. the "Daily Telegraph" that France as "not merely fightiug this war; "she is • living it, aud with a gaiety and high ' • heart that does not hide lier cold, deadly . earnestness and tenacity of purpose. Tho , whole of Franco is working at . the ut- . most pressure, soaked with strong dc- . termination. , "Wo shall reach that stage in time.We have not yet realised how France is living the war. We must be made to understand. We have not conceived of a France in which every man is assigned a duty by the military, wliero every woman is engaged in war duties. They ' have no tinia for anything else. It is marvellous toj?ee the readiness, endurance, and light-heartedness of the Frenchman. All agree that the only, good Bosclio is the dead Bosche. . "I saw a parade of 40,000 troops.There was no ceremonial, aud this made it all the more impressive, because it • was simply the passing of bard-bitten fighting men. I also watched the efficiency of the'seventy-fives,'tho officers. ' working down to thirty yards clearanco . of their fire over tlieir own infantry. Nothing England can do is toe- much "to' keep abreast of such an ally."