DRAMATIC DECISION

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10745, 16 November 1928, Page 3

DRAMATIC DECISION

IN HEAT OF BATTLE OF MARNE FOGIES ALLEGED INTERVIEW WITH. aENERA L FRENCH. "WOULD YOU LEAVE ME- - olilted l*r©“« Abrii by El. To] Copyright (Australian Tress Association.) LONDON, Nov. 14. General Huguct alleges that Britain’s post-war dealings-with France are of a marked aggressive and patently dishonest character. He attributes this originally to the vehement crafty and unscrupulous Lloyd George, but others, more dispassionate, temperate, and courteous, have pot changed the essence thereof. Ho accuses "the sour, impetuous, sullen, ill-tempered General French of failure to turn the Battle of ‘the Marhe into a . success 1 which would have-ended the war,” and describes a dramatic interview between Marshal Foch and General French at the Battle of■ Ypres. When the latter suggested retreat, Marshal 'Foch said: "The Germans will follow you to the sea; it would be the beginning of a debacle: Whether v ou go or net I stand. s-Would you leave me alone?’’ General French yielded and sent orders suggested by Marshal Foch to Earl Haig. General Huguet alleges that'Lord Kitchener once proposed to replace General French with Sir lan Hamilton.