Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-04
SEES
ENTENTE COLLAPSE
German Leader Declares En-
tire Opposition Will Crum-
BILE Like Russia.
SNEERS AT UNITED STATES
American Boasts Termed Mere
Advertising; Armistice
Not Much Wanted.
U-BOAT CONSIDERED SUCCESS
Russia Considered Knocked
Out With England Bound
to Follow Before Long.
U-BOAT CONSIDERED SUCCESS

AMSTERDAM. Dec. 3. - General
Won Ludendorff, right-hand man of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, Is
quoted by n correspondent of tho
Vienna Neue Freie Presse as making
the prediction recently at German,
headquarters that the war will not
end in a draw. but he decided in favor
OF the central powers.
The correspondent, says the Vienna
dispatch, obtained this EXPIRE ssion
from Won Ludendorff in conservation
with him during "A visit to headuuor-
ters. where he also talked to Won film
denburg
ut appears the Russians are the
first to be inclined for peace" @ lneral
Won Ludendorff said. 81 will not say
that | regard the Bolsheviki manIfes-
tation as a peace offer" he continued
There must be a sure government for
this purpose, one which posSeSscs
power to enforce internally and ex-
ternally the results of the nego.la-
tions with us. or course we can con-
clude an armistice with Russia mt any
time as soon as we have assurance
that it Will be maintained. A general
armistice, however. will be difficult, to
achieve"
General Won Ludendorff expressed
belief that a general armistce woulo
interrupt submarine activity and allow
the entente to improve its positions,
while on the other hand no supplies
; would reach the central powers
Therefore he .thot such an armistice
should be "a brief one, as otherwise tho
military situation would suffer.
General Won Ludendorff considered
the Russian revolution not mere piece
Of luck for the central powers, Dut q
natural result of the war operations.
Modern war" said the gen ,rll. 'is
a war of peoples. not of armies and a
war ends now when an enemy people
Is defeated. There are no decisive bat
ties as In former wars. The battles
| merely have an indirect influence on
the whole national system, inducing
decay and collapse"
Russia Knocked Out.
With reference to the Russian army
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg gave
the correspondent his opinion that nc
more military activity on "A large scale
could be expected from 1t. - He thot
| II possible, however, adds the cores
pondent that some despot or other
| like Grand Duke Nicholas might
seize power and incite the war weary
Russian army to a final effort"
| Regarding the situation on the west
! ern front Field Marshal Won linden
| burg said the successful employment
OF the German policy of elastic de
fense continued and that when oc.
casionally sections of morasses OF
smoke -backened debris were left &c
their opponents for the purpose OF
saving human material, II was of nc
| importance. Occasional local rebuffs
must be taken into account as al
inevitable consequence of carryin4
thru great offensives at other points
Regarding the supreme war coun-
Gil of the allies the field marshal said
with a smile
of incapacity ard helplessness When
they are at their wits end a war coun-
ell is established"
Snccrs nt America.
Field Marshal Won Hlndenburg iron
ically referred to the American ad-
yertising methods" adding:
at is certain that the United States
is making efforts to create a big army
and the war Is an opportune pretext
for this. as in peace times the diff
culties would be too great to do it
Japan too, would not haYe looked or
with indifference. The Americans
will hardly send their newly created
army to Europe at once, as by doing
so their own country would be rem.
dered helpless In case Japan should
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