tailieunhanh - Fighting France

To be Editor-in-Chief of one of the greatest newspapers in the world at twenty-seven years of age is a distinction, which has been enjoyed by few other men, if any, in the whole history of journalism. There may have been exceptional instances, where young men by virtue of proprietary and inherited rights, have nominally, or even actually, succeeded to the editorial control of a great metropolitan newspaper. But in the case of M. Stéphane Lauzanne, his assumption of duty in 1901 as Editor-in-Chief of the Paris Matin was wholly the result of exceptional achievement in journalism. Merit and ability, and not merely friendly influences, gave him. | Fighting France 1 Fighting France The Project Gutenberg EBook of Fighting France by Stephane Lauzanne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Fighting France Author Stephane Lauzanne Contributor James M. Beck Translator John L. B. Williams Release Date June 1 2006 EBook 18483 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIGHTING FRANCE Produced by Brian Sogard Diane Monico and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http FIGHTING FRANCE Fighting France BY 2 STEPHANE LAUZANNE LIEUTENANT IN THE FRENCH ARMY CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE MATIN MEMBER OF THE FRENCH MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES M. BECK . LATE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSLATED BY JOHN L. B. WILLIAMS . SOMETIME FELLOW OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1918 Copyright 1918 by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America TO MY CHIEFS MY COMRADES MY MEN WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE GREAT CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND CIVILIZATION THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED FOREWORD To be Editor-in-Chief of one of the greatest newspapers in the world at twenty-seven years of age is a distinction which has been enjoyed by few other men if any in the whole history of journalism. There may have been exceptional instances where young men by virtue of proprietary and inherited rights have nominally or even actually succeeded to the editorial control of a great metropolitan newspaper. But in the case of M. Stéphane Lauzanne his assumption of duty in 1901 as Editor-in-Chief of the Paris Matin was wholly the result of exceptional achievement in journalism. Merit and ability and not merely friendly influences gave him this position