FRANCE: New Generalissimo

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Foch. The success of "Max" in this respect was so great that he began to lose his well won reputation as a fighter. Appealing to his "spiritual father" for a real chance to fight again, he was sent to Poland,where to he vindicated his military genius by directing the successful Polish resistance to the Bolshevist armies.

From that hour General Weygand has displayed the fierce hatred of the Reds which sits so becomingly upon a church man, and which accounts in part for his unpopularity with the Pinks of Paris. He said on his return from the Bolshevik-Polish front: "Bolshevism is an atrocious system. Its tyranny is ten times worse than that of the Tsar. I hear now that certain persons are wishing to conclude [French recognition of Russia] . . . It is a shameful thing to make a compact with crime !

"I am not a political man at all and I do not understand politics, but I am a soldier, and as a soldier I see that Bolshevism constitutes a grave military danger to my country. That is enough for me !"

Last week, General Weygand presented himself as a candidate to fill the seat among the 40 "immortals" of L'AcadémÍe Française vacated by the late Marshal Joffre.