WHOLE NATION MOURNS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 68, 25 March 1929, Page 2

WHOLE NATION MOURNS

GRIEF FOR FOCII. THOUSANDS V.IEW BODY. PARIS.. March 23. All day long the Rue Crenelle, where Focll's house is situated, was filled Willi sympathisers. In Hie afternoon the public were admitted, and twenty thousand filed past the 1/ody. At the head of the coffin there are the inter-Allied. Standard and Foch's flag as generalissimo of the Allied armies, which was herd; beside him throughout his illness. At the foot there are three batons belonging to the -officer* of the Marshall of France and Field Marshal of Britain. A cus'hion beside the coffin contains French, British and other decorations. The whole city is in mourning, hags being halfmasted on every building. The funeral .day will be an official day of mourning. The stock exchange and State theatres will close. Thousands signed the register at Foch's house, and one of the conilolers who signed was the mother of eight sons, all of whom were killed during the war. She now mourns with the whele of France for the great! commander who saved her country. A schoolboy signed on behalf of his mates. Lady Haig sent, a lovely wreath cf laurels and poppies with affectionate respects: "To the comrade of my husband." Sir Granville Ryriee is' going to Paris on Monday t'o re- j present: Australia at the funeral. j Marshal Foch will be buried on Tuesday at the Invalides, next to the tomb of Napoleon. France can pay no greater tribute to his memory—Australian Press Assu, I