Word: foche
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decomposition of Germany,--for which Foch and his followers are striving,--would drive her into the arms of Russia and force a Russo-German coalition. Europe can only be saved by allowing Germany to live,--her old powerful position need not be given back to her,--but enough strength must be left her to prevent a Russian supremacy in Europe. A healthy Germany will work for the reconstruction of Europe; a sick Germany must seek help through Russia...
...more time than was allowed in the Versailles pact--Germany was to have been disarmed, finds her still bristling with soldiers masquerading as ponce and civic guards. Although such trickery is not dangerous at present, it will soon become so if allowed to continue unchecked. The fact that Marshal Foch has planned within the last two weeks a line of defense on the French border and a strategic point of march into Germany is decidedly significant. One does not wait for a smouldering fire to break into flames before making any effort to quench...
General Fayolle needs no introduction to Harvard. He is the man who led the first American troops over the top; he is Marshal Foch's personal emissary in this country; it was he who perfected the barrage method of artillery support. General Fayolle is a man of action. Men of action have things to say that are worth saying. Tonight's address will be the only one which he will make in an American University or in New England. By his presence today General Fayolle does honor to the University...
...Foch's Emissary at Convention...
...battle, is making a special trip to Cambridge for the occasion, and his speech here will be one of less than half a dozen delivered in America during his brief visit. Arriving only 10 days ago, General Fayolle came to America as the friend and personal representative of Marshal Foch to the recent convention of the American Legion at Cleveland. Last Friday at Fort Myers, Virginia, in the name of the French Government, General Fayolle conferred upon General Pershing the Medaille Militaire, the highest decoration of France. His speech at West Point was the only other occasion on which...