JOFFRE NOW
STATUE CONTROVERSY. A controversy somewhat similar _ to that over the Haig Memorial has arisen in regard to the equestrian statue of Marshal Joffre, which has been erected at Rivesaltes, says the London Daily Telegraph. Objection is taken to the fact that the great soldier, who did not care for riding very much and, during the war, at any rate, usually moved about in a motor car or on foot, has been shown mounted. He did not appear on horseback until the day of the great victory procession in Paris “The Riveskltes statue. 1 ’ writes M. Clement Vautel in the Journel, “even from the epic point of view, does not possess the value of the simplest photograph showing us a massive Joffre with his feet planted on the soil of France. It is this Joffre, this son of a peasant, this man attached to the soil, who is the real Joffre physically and spiritually; the theatrical cavalier of Rivesaltes is not a likeness, and could not be.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21579, 26 February 1932, Page 8
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168JOFFRE NOW Otago Daily Times, Issue 21579, 26 February 1932, Page 8
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