THE GREAT WAR

Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1930, Page 6

THE GREAT WAR

TRIBUTE TO' HAIG’S GENIUS

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

'• " ' LONDON. - June-' 2. ’ ‘{lf M F i eldO I; iVsl la j Earl Haig "hao been, 'id sifpreinC' command of the’ Allies' on Hid AAYsterii'firoiit' ; fi'6-in' 1914, the; wafi liright' liavc ended ‘in 1917,” s i iggOsts S\ r' Perry ■Rolmi so n, who :wa sthe] LoiidtnT “Times-’ crt'i'resiKi'ndent' during- the Far, writing in the

“Nineteenth Century Review.” Sir Perry declares that it wa s Hurl Haig’s plan that ;eiuled the war. in 1918. Without Haig's advice -Marshal Koch, would have allowed Hit;' fighting to go on- through - the, •summer.: of 1919, and writer asks whether it is not time that the -world was made to realise - that the - essential features of tlie plan were far more -Haig’s than Foe-Ids'.” -K,,V ’7'-’' >■- ■•• :•' • . e ' ; !

.“Whatever visjon of genius they '(ioiitffiiYied FerC coilFrilMitibh

i comparatively crude proposals,” Sir -j- Re iqjy-tloclariis added ■ tlmt il i'E-arb ill,dig imjl ieonnnbuded’ ':il]. "tlio .; {iriu:ie.s' on 'tfVe.AVcstern Trout froin- tlie; start of the war, Hie NiveTle fia|.cQ of., i 1917 would nAt h:iv c occurred.), there j would not have been any French I ..nijL. ;|Huy |@ij ration of moflalfe which t put oiit the 'Freiieh Army as a fight- 1 !- . in'g force; for the. whole of 1917,, and

made it 'unreliable for the remainder of the war; and the German attack of 1918 would have found the front fully manned, and ready. (Karl Haig changed Focli’s plans hv

refusing to make a frontal attack on | Hie ‘•.lmpregnable Roycs-Cliaulncs lines jin August, 1918, thereby converting Focli’s series of local attacks into a far-seeing plan for breaking tlip German resistance,”' says the write);,..... Sir Perry also declares thaH.v,tttig Erei!oh'Fere sfrtggish in the final r I Vance, their, tran.sjiort was iiilerio!... liiocf iiisilffic.ient, and treatment of tlie wounded shocking. He severely criticises British politicians, whonr-bc accuses' of' having been jealous of Haig

sion, blit Objecting to the propdsei.) pooling, of Ihe district pntmoUe liiiuls. The Association also decided iirgi tlie Government to an ear!) <ouference of patriotic soeietios, to (lisciiiss the rehaliilitation report. ’ . FLYING BOAT FOR NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON, June 18. Wing Commander Grant Dalton intends to recommend tlie purchase of a supermariue flying boat, which, be suggests, should be down to' New Zealand by either Squadron Leader Isitc. or Flight-Lieut Wallingford. Tlie .cost lof shipping the machine would he £2OOO. The cost of flying it.-would he £3OOO. .This proposal was-. 'discussed before the suggested cut in the defence vote. .. V , A TRAGIC FIRE. ' DUNEDIN, June iB. A tragic fire occurred in a tworoomed cottage in South Dunedin early this evening. An elderly woiiiain, Miss Bertha Dielile, >,4 years of age. was burned to' death: When the Brigade arrived on the scene, the cottage was burning fiercely, and on information being received that the old woman had been seen in tlie building a ie" liouis before the outbreak, strenuous efforts were made to enter the. house.. When the flames were finally '.subdued. the hotly .of the deceased was found lying near a sofa in the kitchen, where, it is supposed, the fire first started. Yho deceased is said to have relatives in luveicargdl.