The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-06
Leading Frcnchmen United
in Favor of Pressing
War to the End.
ARMAMENT MENACE
MUST BE CRUSHED"
Pirhon Outlines Conditions
Needed for Acceptable
Settlement.
sp,c!si Correspondence to THE srs.

>rsSl1i rrSspDNueNce 10 lhk SIN.
PARIS. Nov. 2o.--In view Of the cer-
,,,,,y Of another winter campaign and
tho persls,cnt rumors of peace move-
r,snts IN various capitals of Europe.
he Paris press has been making in
ouiries among men representing every
made VI political opinion regarding their
views on peace. OF thirty or more prom
,,.r, persons interviewed by n Of
ne magazines. not n was found to be
in favor Of peace at this time. States
mon. professors. writers, representa-
.,,es II snance. he army and the navy
uttered the same thought: I'VE must
SIGHT 70 the very end.
Elnlie BoutrouX, Academlc!an. mem
b.- OF the Academy Of Moral and Polit-
,csl Sciences. director Of the Theirs
Foundation. philosopher and historian.
WHO has given special study to the his
tory " German thought. said:
Tho wise thing to hope for ia \
.hs task already accomplished. however
ertain We may he that u progress
viii continue. we cannot deduce from
.hat that we are approaching the end Of
or efforts. w. must persevere to the
nd the patience OF The nation must
he unlimited. To my mind peace
.ha, France shall resume her place
omong the nations. Il must be on
rassed that she mad not quite recovered
,he ~prtstig. lost in 1870. Even now in
ertain circles We are considered as
y'aying an accessory part in h war.
r.ople refer TO the Russo-German con-
Vet. 10 the Anglo-German war. forget
ing that We are bearing the major part
< the burden. Germany tried by the
.ra;y of Frankfort to annihilate us as
q great power. Peace can come only
when We are able to reestablish the Eu-
opean equilibrium
PirhOn Expects Long War.
Stephen Pichon. former Minister Of
Foreign Affairs. director OF " PETE
iourla', made the following declara-
on
~ nave never believed that the war
would be n short war | have always
ssii that it would be long | DO not
believe now tina il will end soon. Peac.
will be acceptable only when Il can
guarantee TO France the strength, pres
''se and prosperity of the victor. lib
aTy and independence. a durable tran
qu,ll.ty, the end of the menace of rma
nen,s and the possibility of general dis
ornament. That is worth the patience
nat We are preaching"
Alfred Capus. Academician, editor In
hief OF l.. Figaro. said
by the beginning of 1915 we can
e ce-taln hat Germany will ave lost
1000, 600 of her children. That Ia a
terrific total, such as has never before
been seen in history. When II IL said
hat a people will fight to the last man
AZ know IL Is "A fiction the bigger an
'rny the more men must die before the
as is reached. Germany will not wait
4Htil she is annihilated before asking for
I.ace she will do so when she feels her
neviishle inferiority. That will be the
Tine 10 talk peace.
To my mind, moreover. there can be
% question OF anything but a definite
peace. cannot see the possibility of
A lame peace. The German character
y opposed TO IL the Germans will OBJ
All what they want or they will have
70 ac'-Tt our terms, A lame peace
would letVe them the chance OF victory
" a new effort. They are too well
hscipllned, too stubborn to treat for
'ea'e before making hat new effort
'hey wril give in only when they have
coached the end"
Gabriel Hanotaux. Academician and
'"r1nrr Foreign Minister. discussing the
p9ssib.e duration of the II in La Revue
Hsbd0nadar.. says:
In principle this Is q war Of attvi-
u"| Let US prepare for that. Let us
r-,mdlh true 10 our compact with our
''.eS A. 4 matter OF fact the real end
y 'l.e var Is, according to the German
"ittlF doctrine, the destruction of the
'oe7ly. We have already killed two or
'Nr'' million Germans and Austrians
F'h'' y seems that that IL not enough
We b keep It up until the survivors
see reason