SIR'DOUGLAS HAIG'S RETURN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 76, 24 December 1918, Page 5

SIR'DOUGLAS HAIG'S RETURN

A STIRRING RECEPTION

SCENES AT DOVER fiy Telegraph—Press Association-Copyrijht London, December 22. Tho scones in Dover and London recalled the most stirring episodes in British history, the most recent of which was J/)n\ Kitchener's welcome after the Khartum campaign and that of Lord Roberts after his return, from South Africa. Sir Douglas Haig travelled from- Boulogne to Dover in the hospital ship Jan lireydil, and wa.s standing on the bridge with his Generals when the vessel was sighted. All the craft in harbour "manned ship." The route from the harbour to tho Dover railway station, two miles long, was lined with soldiers, sailors, and cadets.

Replying to an address at Dover, Sir Douglas Haig spoke with -Jeep feeling regarding the gratitude and admiration which llio nation entertains for the wonderful men whoso unequalled courage and endurauee had brought us by victory to peace.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WAS SIR DOUGIAsTaIG SLIGHTED? London, December 22. Canadian correspondents in London state that there has been a general feeling recently that Sir Douglas Haig was deliberately slighted. It is recalled that tho King and the Prince of Wales went to Southampton to meet Lord Hoberta on his return from South Africa, and that Parliament took tho earliest opportunity of offering him a warm tribute. It is' believed that relations have been strained between Sir Douglas Haig and Mr. Lloyd George since' the Paris Conference. The Prime Minister claims the credit for securing the unity of command, but it is stated in military circles that it was Sir Douglas Haig's original suggestion, and that he effaced himself and offered to place his services at Marshul l'och's disposal. Further friction is believed to be due to the withholding of Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch dealing with tho German offensive in March, which was returned to him for alteration and the omission of certain passages. A demand will probably be made for tho publication of tho full dispatch in due course.—Keuter. haiglndjoch ONE THE COMPLEMENT OF THE OTHER. (Eec. December 23, 10.30 p.m.) London, December 23. Mr. John Buchan, writing in the "Daily Sketch" on Sir Douglas Hnig, says:—"Sir Douglas Haig and Marshal Foch, were complementary to each other, like Lee 'find Jackson. The British Army supplied Foch with his weapons, such as the tanks and the creeping barrage, and it was the British Army that finally crushed Ludendorff. Foch made the plan, and Haig provided the material and much of the execution, but Haig was not a.mere competent lieutenant, trusty in fulfilling orders. He was a great tactician. Foch and Haig from 19H saw' eye to eye. It was Haig who pressed most earnestly for Focli's appointment, and lit whose support largely made possible tho great gamble of July 18 w.hich won the second Battle of the Marne, and the war. Like Sir John Moore, Haig had a great genius for training raw material."—Keuter.