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General Weygand, described as Marshal Foch's right-hand man, was appointed High Commissioner for Syria in the place of General Gournaud, who resigned...
...Goethe will persist to annoy and fascinate hundreds of generations of school children. Even such a recent cataclysm as the World War did not seriously disturb the order of rank in the international hall of fame. For all of their "saving of the world" and their "redemption of democracy." Foch, Clemenceau, Wilson and the organizing and technical genius that managed the enterprise were unable to displace Anatole France, Maxim Gorky, Bernard Shaw. That the crux of the matter is literary or artistic ability, can be demonstrated by an interesting test. A man without these gifts has seldom blazed out very...
...mystical, rhythmical love of Chicago. (P. 15.) Dr. Koo, who is said to have lost "by one bamboo" and, sportsmanlike, to have taken the post of Foreign Minister as penalty. (P. 13.) An endeavor to stimulate undergraduate thought and learning in spite of the curriculum. (P. 19.) Foch, Marshal of Poland. (P. 23.) More pay for the men who make steel and cloth. (P. 6.) Ambassadorial homesickness as exhibited by Mr. Harvey. (P. 9.) Monte San Nicholas-eternal tribute to the dead. (P. 15.) Captain Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, eager to join with Einstein in debate. (P. 21.) Mr. Taft...
Charles M. Schwab: "I arrived in Manhattan on the Aquitania, having cut short my trip to Europe because of illness. Although I was ill most of the time, I got the impression from informal chats with Lloyd George, Bonar Law, and Marshal Foch that Europe will come out all right...
Delcassé built for France a new foreign policy. His architectonic genius determined the conditions under which France would fight when the Kaiser was ready to announce Der Tag. Without Delcassé France might now be a German province and Foch a refugee...