FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1916, Page 5

FRANCE.

CABINET REORGANISATION! | A'AR COMMITTEE APPOINTED) | technical directors iNCiiUDBD^< Paris, Dec. illV h ■ Briand is appointing commerollS'j magnates tw Cabinet position#! •' - •''A Received Dee. 13, 10.20 p.ro, tl Pariß, Dee. The Cabinet consists of ten meznbjhlj. * A War Committee lias been appointed*' " comprising: M, Briand (Premier), M, 1 Ribot (Minister for Finance), ' Ifc i Lfautey' (Minister for Wat), M. Lm£m|2 (Minister for Marine), and M. (Minister l'or Munitions). General JoSlrai ' attends the Committee as technical and ; military adviser. ■ The technical directors appointed I eluded miners, merchants, and BhiOTitir& men. *

JOFFRE'S RETIREMENT; > " s-

HIS NEW POSITION. Washington, Deo. Advices in diplomatic circles fytfH j Prance support the reports that Genftsl ; Jofl'ro may retire, and that a complete'■ (eorganisntion of the conduct of tilt is under consideration. t Generals Petain and Nevelle are port' lible successors of General Joffrc, but if 4.' 's said that General Petain wanted ovfaM /; large powers, and therefore General &W . velle is the more likely man. ' \ London, Dei. ■ 13k it ; The Paris cori'esppndent of ( the imfa? \ ehester Guardian says that GeM)ra|% Joffre is retiring, and will be appointed J President of the Military Council, of iMTv; Allies, retaining l the title of Commantal.il in-Chief.

JOFFRE'S SUCCESSOR.

'' HIS .MOST FAMOUS FEAlj'"' ' Received Dee. 13, 10.20 p.m. \j Paris, Dec. 1& >j| Official,—General Nevelle hag been fjH -1 pointed Commander-in-Chief of ai mies in the North and North-eart. •, "J Received Dec. 13, 5.30 p.m. Paris, Deo. 12/' It is stated that General Castelmtftj \ neeonroanies General Joffre on the AIDeA '•! War Board; General Nevelle, the hero of the VeW dun oflensive, will he the new generftllfH [limo. He was a colonel at the of the war. and made his reputation Dji l ; capturing 24 earinon, which were thefln| :< trophies of the war. His most famovt' i feat was on the Aisne on September I®. -J 11)14, when the (Icrnmns caught the 701 -j French Army Corps crossing the , river, v? Part of the Gorps was forced to but Nevelle galloped up with toift gojjf •!' and n frightful massacre of Gernalja { followed. : i M