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SEES VICTORY
FOR CEHaa.@.HY
mo Draw TO End the War;"
Says Lui3Hd0Tif.
SATISFIED WITH SITUATION

General and HindenburJ Both Eecire
Peace That Will Secure Frontiers
I ard Insure Free Activity on land
and Sea.
Amsterdam, Dec. 4.-General Ven
! I.udendorff, right-hand men e Fled
Marshal Won Hindenburg, is quot d by
| p correspondent Of the Vienn' Neus
"'~e:e PTesse as making the prediction
| recently at German headquarters tha-
The war will not end in a draw bu
be decided in favor of the central
powers.
The correspondent says the Vienna
despatch, obtained this express on
from Won Ludendorff in conversation
| with him during a visit to headquar-
Hinienburg.
He gained the impression, the cor
respondent says, that Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Won Lu-
dendorff desire peace which will
create conditions of security ana sta-
hi'ity \as far IS possible; one which
viii bring with 1t secure frontiers and
free economic activity on land and
sea.
With reference to the Russian army,
Won FindenhuTg gave to the cores
rOrdent his opinion that no more mill
la~y a"t;yity on a large scale could
be expected from it. He thought it
possible, however. adds the CORES
pendent. that "some despot or ether
like Grand Duke Nicholas might seize
power and incite the warweary Rus
sian army to a final effort"
Regarding the situation on the west
ern trent, Won Hendenburg said the
successful employment Of the German
policy Of elastic defense continued.
and that when occasionally sections
of morasses or smoke-blackehel debris
were left to their opponents fo~ the
purpose of saving human mat ri / It
was Of no Importance. Occasional To-
cal rebuffs must be taken into account
as an inevitable consequence Of carry
ing through great offensives at other
points.
Degrading the supreme war council
f the allies, the field marshal said
III a smile:
Such institutions are always a
sign of incapacity and helplessness.
When they ere at their wits end a
war council is established"
General Won LudendCrf said that for
Germany there was no question as to
,-hT do
cisive blow against France perhaps
would yet succeed, although nowadays
when national strength fights national
strength. a single blow could hardly
decide the war.
The general said, however, that it
was not to be doubted a single mo-
ment who would be the victor
'It appears the Russians are the
FIRST to- s-s lined -tfs -peaaess=sea
Won Ludendorff said. 81 will not say
that regard the Bolsheviki NANTES
tation as peace offer" he continued.
There must be a secure government
for this purpose, one which possesses
power to enforce internally and ex
ternally the results Of the negotia-
tons with us. Of course we can con-
clude an armistice with Russia at any
time as soon as we have the assur-
ance that it will be maintained. A
general armistice. however, will be
difficult to achieve"
General Won Ludendorff expressed
belief that a general armistice would
interrupt submarine activity and al
low the entente to improve its posi-
tons. while on the other hand no sup
plies would reach the central powers.
Therefore, he thought such arms
tice should be a brief one, as other
wise the military situation would suf-
Ser.