Arizona republican., 1918-11-03
Must Confess Defeat

Must CohfeSS Oe1edt
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-In answer ing terms of armistice to be submitted by the allies and the United States. Germans must say whether they con- fess they are beaten" Andrew Tardi- eau, French high commissioner to the United States, declared tonight.
 Should they confess it." said Com missioner Tardieau, "the war will end, and through acceptance of our condi- tions Should they net, we shall en- force that acceptance by means of last resort, the outcome of which can not be doubtful"
 The armistice being framed by the supreme war council at Versailles. M. Tardieau said, will include everything it ought to include"
 "AlI questions will be stated with necessary clearness," he said. Tn or der to state them in that way, no bet ter position, in the opinion of our gov ernment, could have been found than the one created. for the allies by the diplomatic correspondence of the last three weeks
 American troops, said M. Tardieau, who returned this week from France and from a visit to the western front, have brought to the understanding Of Germany already doomed by our re- sistance the realization that their downfall was unavoidable and would be speedy"
 Reserves Will Win War
 From July IS till November i, our successes on every front have been un- interrupted and decisive" he contin- ued. "The armistice is signed with the Bulgarians and with the Turks. Aus 1 tria is asking for it; Germany begs for i it. From the military and political standpoint, our situation is excellent. 1 "On the military side. you know all about the 100000 prisoners we have taken, and the territory we have re- conquered, but I wish to bring out two points that have not been sufficiently empha asized as yet:
 "First-We have, heneeforth, in | reserve, more divisions than the 1 enemy, and the decision of the bat
 ties belongs to the reserves. "Second-The German army. | roughly dealt with by Foch, every
 day for three months and half, cannot re- organize, even by short
 ening it's front, and it is already 1 being steadily weakened by defi ciency in munitions and numbers. 1 Thus our diplomatic position has | completed the work Of our armies, by compelling our adversaries to ac 1 knowledge what the president so apS1y called military supremacy of the al lies
 One Army on One Front
 "The frame of mind of the allied troops may be expressed in one wore, they are ready to fight till victory is complete
 They are pleased that every guar
 
 man rue and deceit, no chance had | been neglected of insuring the victory of right.
 ''In short, everything which states manship could have done, in order to hasten the decision. has been done and well done. All that is needed is to go on.
 Two weeks ago I was with your scl- | diers, by bond of perfect brother hood united to their French and Eng fish comrades, with whom, since March last, they have. night and day, been fighting. One single army on one sin gle front. This has been the secret of our victory.
 This unity is the most precious of our possessions. Let us eagerly hold to it, in view of the conclusion of peace. Let us hold to it for the material and 1 Ol pleeOlns world"
 Empires Disintegratine CUPARD, Scotland, Nov. 2-FornSr Premier Asquith, speaking here today, said there was daily accommodating evi- , dence that the great cause to which the British had pledged themselves as a nation and empire four years ago, was within measurable distance of achiev- ing the purposes for which the British ; had entered the war, together with the free peoples of the rest of the world , After referring to the extinction of the whitening and reactionary century old rule Of the Turks in Europe, MT. As quith said in regard to the Austrian situation:
 , Artificial structures of the Turkish } and Austrian empires have been held } together for centuries by authority oi 5 the dominant class. Their doom is