Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-03
German Field Marshal Re-
views Conditions for Repre-
sentative of Austrian Pa
per and Gives His Reasons,


upon continuing the war, despite the
fact that two lords make beautiful
peace speeches. OF course. from In
dia come reports which should place
a damper upon the war spirit of the
English, but we must wait to see if
these reports are true. At any rate
England has an Achilles heel. and
when | say this | don't think of India
alone.
The Russian ear and his govern
mcnt also want to continue the war.
and the oft-announced revolution
keeps people waiting. The odd feat
ure of the situation is that none of
these nations notice that they are sac
rificing themselves for England. IN
short, it does not look like peace.
Can't Sheath Sword
Germany cannot sheath her sword.
Certainly, there is no German who
would not hail with joy the moment
when this horrible spiling of blood
shall have come to an end. But we
are NOT to blame for the future spill
ing of blood. They plunged us into
this war and now they obligc us to
continue 1t. Can Germany make
peace oVertures? such overturcs would
be interpreted as a sign Of weakness,
and the entire hostile press would
shout: Germany can't go any fur
Their and has to beg fore peace. We
are obliged, therefore, to continue
fighting until our antagonists are CON
vinced of their defeat, which today
they do not Yet believe.
Germany must now show that she
is tired of the war, and what is moro
we are tired of the war. The situa-
ton is constantly improving for us.
Even the road to the orient is now
open. For us it is not question OF
seeing this thing through, of preserV
ing, but of being victorious.
Speaking of the military situation
Won Hindenburg said that the tactical
position of the German forces was
excellent. The German troops in the
east occupied most favorable stra-
tcgical line. His plans for the future,
the field marshal would not touch
upon. The Russian army stil had
human material" he said, but the
military value of this material is con-
siderably lower than that of the Rus
sian soldiers during the first year of
the war. The broth IS getting thln-
ncr. For that reason it is pure swim
die when the entente press speaks of
the organization of new Russia arm
les with the reserves who are now
being called in, the Russians can do
no more than fill up the organizations
already existing. New armies cannot
be formed of them. The lack of of
ficcrs, too, would prevent this, and
this problem must be pressing indeed
when they make officers ont of young
students.
Plenty of Ammunition
"Of ammunition they have enough
Japan, especially has furnished a
great deal. During the heavy fight
ing in July and August, the Russians
may have occasionally been Il little
short of ammunition, but to give this
as the reason for their defeats is
merely a lame excuse. At all import
ant points where decisive actions took
place they had enough ammunition.
In kovno we found whole mountains
Of ammunition, and in Kowno espec-
tally it was shown that tho defeats of
the Russians were due to other causes,
Its location alone made Kovno one OF
the strongest of fortrcsses, and when
an army surrenders such a position
without holding 1t to the limit Of on
duranee, it becomes clear that the
army is demoralized 1t does not seem
that the morale Of the Russian army
has improved since then. our sol
diers take prisoners Of war who fall
upon their captors neck and with
tears in their eyes thank them for
having been captured"
TO the question whether or not he
thought n new Russian offensive like
ly Field Marshal Won Hindenburg re-
piled:
"a new Russian offensive is not
probable, but they may try one never
the less. In war one gets rid Of the
prophetic habit, particularly when
dealing with intentions Of the antag-
onist"
General Is Confident,
Of the possibility of having to meet
simultaneously an offensive east and
west. the field marshal said.
If they attack us east and west, we
shall beat them back east and west"
Won Hindenburg was generous IN
his praise Of the Bulgarian army, and
spoke in glowing terms Of the Austro-
Hungarians. especially Of their gen
eral staff chief, Conrad Won Hoetzen-
dorf.
"A crushing defeat Of the Italians
would particularly please me, he said.
Atti1 MhI thiitltt flRHt NllH'Ai ftH
three principal euprits. England, Ser
ba and italy suffering the penalty
which is rightfully theirs.
Field Marshal Won 1indenburg also
talked in a lighter vein Reference
was made TO the statue of himself in
Berlin into which people drive nails
as a token Of their pledge TO contrib
uie to charitable purposes IT was
said that the huge wooden statue was
more impressive by virtue Of it's size
than Of its beauty
"They can nail me right heartily"
said the field marshal with a smile
$50 long as doing So brings In much
money for good purposes
He had merely done his duty, said
Won ilindcnbure in rcioinder 90 a re-
mark concerning his great popularity
among The German people. re did
not wish 10 be feted, bat. II neces-
faiy % meet popular Wishes ho eould
have himself stuffed aud placed on
exhibition
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