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...have been a coincidence, but the fact remained, plain and evident, that from the moment Marshal Pétain took over supreme command of the French armies in Morocco, the war with the rebellious Riffians (TIME, May 11 et seq.) took on a more favorable aspect for the French...
...Paris, Premier Painlevé was inclined to listen sympathetically to the rumors of peace which reached him; for Marshal Pétain had told him that victory in Morocco was impossible in less than six months. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand was also pleased at the prospects peaceful; for, with many international problems on his mind, the war in Morocco was an intolerable strain upon him. Finance Minister Joseph Chalaux, last of the triumvirate ruling France, was more relieved than anybody, for every centime spent in Morocco makes balancing his next budget more difficult...
...this news came the report that Marshal Pétain (whom a U. S. correspondent called "France's military pinch-hitter") would make an early return to France, leaving General Naulin in supreme command of military operations in Morocco. It appeared that the Marshal had been sent to France to make an expert survey for the Government. Prince Aago of Denmark, nephew of Queen Mother Alexandra of Britain, was wounded in the hand while fighting the Riffians in the French Foreign Legion...
General Naulin, recently appointed director of military operations, also arrived in Morocco. He will take orders from Marshal Pétain...
...Marshal Pétain, commissioned from St. Cyr (French West Point) in 1878, specialized in staff work at the Ecole de Guerre. At the beginning of the War he was only a colonel, but his great military genius, first recognized by General Castelanu, rapidly won him merited recognition, promotion and honors. His greatest claim to fame rests upon the heroic defense of Verdun and his skillful handling of mutinous French troops in 1917. Possibly had there been no Pétain, France would, be paying Germany an indemnity...