JOFFRE AND MOLTKE

Hawera Star, Volume L, 24 February 1931, Page 9

JOFFRE AND MOLTKE

STRENGTH. OF TWO HEAJITS. FATE OF THE MAiRNEi BATTLE The*, recent death of Marshal .Toffre ■■email's, to the Germans with some chagrin the Battle of the Marne, where his superior nerves triumphed over those of his adversary, von Alolthe, whose mistaken tactics in those days are held responsible for Germany’s ultimate collapse. An authority who prefers to reman anonymous informs, the 3?a,ris conespondent of the “Observer/’ London that the relative strength of two heart decided the world’s fate in 1914-lo The strong heart of Joffre, responsible for a ip'i.tifullv long death agony sin cerely deplored by his former enemies was pitted aga.inst tlio organically weal one of von Moltke, who was alway snbiect to nervous panic at times o crisis. Von Moltke’s heart, it will be remembered, caused his sudden death in the Reichstag in 1916. Joffre’s cool head in all circumstances was obviously the outcome of his magin ifieent nervous system, for which France, in more than one German opinion, has every reason to he thankful in retrospect.