The sun., 1918-11-03

whether they confess that they are
beaten" Andre Tardieu, French High
Commissioner to the United States. de-
clared In a statement issued tonight.
SHOULD they confess It," said NJ. Tar
dieu, "the war will end. and through
the acceptance of our conditions. Should
they not we shall enforce that accep-
lance By means OF n last resort. the
outcome OF which cannot be doubted"
The arm,s;ice now being framed by
the Supreme War Council at Versailles,
NJ. Tardieu said. WILL in his opinion. in
clude everything 1t ought to include"
"All questions viii be stated with the
necessary cleafness" he added. I'm
order to state them In that way no bet
ter position, in the opinion of our Gov
eminent, could have been found than
the ore created for the Allies by the dip
+. lomatc correspondence Of the last three
weeks"
Enemy Realizes Doom.
American troops. said NJ Tardieu. who
returned this week from France and
from n visit to the battle front, have.
brought to the understanding OF Ger
many, ALREADY doomed by our re-
slstance, the realization that their down.
fall was unavoidable and would be a
slseedy one"
successes on every front have been un-
interrupted and decisive" he continued.
The armistice Is signed with the Bull
garians; Is signed with the Turks. Aus
tria Is asking for & Germany begs for
It From the military and political
standpoint our situation Is excellent.
ION the military side, you know all
about the 100000 prisoners we have
taken and the territory we have recon-
tNWNn nut
two points that have not been suffici-
emily emphasized az yet.
"First, we have henceforth, and we
shall have-and more and more so--in
reserve more divisions than the enemy
and the decision Of the battles belongs.
as you know, to the reserves.
Army Cannot Rcorganixe.
Second. the German army roughly
dealt with by Foch every single day
for, three months and half, cannot
reorganize itself even by shortening its
front, and Il is already being steadily
weakened by a deficiency in munitions
and in numbers.
Thus our diplomatic position has
brought to completion the work Of our
armies by compelling our adversaries to
ackno wledge what the President SO apt
ly called the military supremacy OF
the Allies
1.-THE frame of mind Of the allied
troops may be expressed in one word ::
They are ready to fight till victory be
complete. They want this victory to be
! complete. They know II win b.
But they are pleased. likewise. that
every guarantee having been taken
against the German ruse and deceit.
no chance has been neglected OF insur-
ing by a safe peace the victory OF
right.
"In short, everything which states
manship, crowning the success of our
arms, could have done, In order to has
ten the decision. has been done and
well done. All that is needed Is to so
on.
1.-TWO weeks ago I was with your
ardent and gallant soldiers. BY bond
OF perfect brotherhood they are united
to their French and English comrades
with whom, since March last. they have
night and day been fighting without
respite. One single army on one single
front. This has been the secret Of our
victory. 49,.
This unity 10 the most precious OF
our possessions. Let US eagerly hold TO
Il in view Of the-conclusion Of oeace. Let
us hold to 1t for the material and moral
reconstruction of n bleeding world