Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-03
DISARM GERMANS,
THEN TALK PEACE,
SAYS FRENCHMAN
Having BocheS by Throat, Al
lies Should Tighten Grip to
Point of Complete Strangu-
>lation, Says MaIIetere,
BY Gen. p. NJ. G. Malleterre.
1918, by the Press Publish
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Paris. Nov. 2.-One may discuss the
| form of President Wilson's reply tol
| the German chancellor's peace pro-
/ posal. but the base is very clear 1t Is
| an ultimatum to Germany, and, above
| Germany, to the emperor, For myself,
| speaking also for a large number OF
| others who think as | do. the demand
| of the president is for capitulation.
There must be no confusion. We
| must make no distinction between an
| armistice and capitulatlon, We must
not construe an armistice as neces-
| sary preliminary to peace. me Ter
man newspapers, which have hao
their instructions from the chancellor
and the high command, already snow
| ambiguity il the form of concilatory
| comment The dialogue, they THINK
is to continue.
This is an error which should be
| quickly corrected, especially If it may
have crept into the opinion of the
| allied peoples. Already accompllces
of Germany in the allied countries,
minority socialists, pacifists, con-
sciously and unconsciously, and ire
| concilahle adversaries of the states
men who have been holding the
wheel during the storm, have come
4 forward to help in the maneuver to
save the criminal empires.
1 Germany Must Disarm.
4 There must be no equivocation. 1t is
necessary to speak firmly and clear
/ lv without delay. Armistice conditions
are to be conditions of capitulauon
There should be no thought of discuss
ing peace conditions until Germany
shall have capitulated-that Is to say,
until she shall have disarmea.
toy &c
ment. President wilson's reply lends
itself admirably to this interpreta-
tion for he speaks of extraordinary
1 guarantees. absolute safeguards ana
Il The unlimited power on which the al
h lies will insist so that the return OF
= the Germans to an offensive need no
longer be feared.
Words have their meaning From a
military point of view, disarmament
means that there shall be no longer a
Gern1an imperial army. capable OF
again troubling the order of the Eu-
ropean world. e..
one may consider three steps Tor
the accomplishment of disarmament
in the west.
Three Steps 10 BE Taken.
First--Withdrawa OF the van
ouished and disarmed German armies
to the further side Of the Khlne' va
cyna.ion of the Rhinish terrain ana
of towns along the Rhine essential 10
mineral zones until a settlement OF ac7
counts concerning PREPARATIONS ana
resolutions, 90
cecond-General rehabilitation as
soon as the first condition shall De
/ met. -, .ho
Third-General elections by the
German states to determine the COM
] nosition and nature of the new respoh-
I sihla government with which peace ne
i gotiations NAV be opened; with the
reservation on the part of the alhes
tbat the representatives of the Ger
man states must hear their sentence
rather than discuss what IL snail oe'
see no other means of guarantee,
ing what President Wilson, IN accoro
with the allies, asks. That Is capl.u-
| lation. Either the Germans viii az
cept it or they will not accepl H.
right away doubt II Presiaehl w" w
sons words are understood by the
/ carn,or neople. for between him ana
the neople stands the military party.
Allies to Enter Germany.
Nevertheless, we feel that pupnc
sentiment is beginning to stir. 1t VIII
he completely enlightened only when
tba armies of the allies camp on Ger
man territory, along the Rhine. Even
now the military party hopes by soIhe
noljtical contrivance to MAINTAIN tne
d;scipline of the country by prevent
inc contact of the German people and
the armies Of the allies.
Hence let us insist upon capitula-
zion occupation and disarmament
III 7 at us he hard, extremely hard, as the
CARAVANS would have been had they
been victorious. The firmer we are
the more quickly will Germany beno
under force. Germany wished to Inn,
nose upon France terms considered
as Germany's right; she must supmi'
l ~ the right of allied strength.
some people seem surprised at the
resistance of the German armies II
the operations in France. The Ger
man retreat has been carried out II
conformity with a general plan which
~ doubt. includes the Abandonment
~ Pejgium and Northern France. Blu
= defeat Ia slow. The ground has beer
q atubbornly defended. Probably tive
Z reasons actuated the German com
u nard in its course-first, to preserv'
Z the German armies from irreparabl
q disaster and, secondly, to maintain
2 their hold in essential sections, espe
n cialIv in the east, along both bank
: of the Mouse and OF the Sampre roads
2 BY this means it has been hoped t
z keen the direct roads open to Ger
= many. enabling the right wing to eva
( cuate Belgium while immense quaint
! tiles OF material crowded into the in
z vaded districts might be taken bac
4 home. There was doubtless hop
Z also of regrouping the German armie
= on prepared positions east OF tn
~ Meuse.
Z But 7 think the capital interest /
= the hard battle that has been in pro
= eress between the Scheldt and Meus
Z has been to prove the people of tn
4 allied nations that Germany is sti
= capable of resisting and of prolonl
ing battle, and thereby impress thei
z with the ACCESSIBILITY of coming to a
q ARRANGEMENT for peace more lenier
= than by eapitulation and one whic
: might seem more honorable to tn
u German arms
81 So let us not be fooled or othel
q wise moved from our purpose. w
: hold Germany by the throat. Let ,
Z tighten the grip until the coloss,
4 shall crumple up under compile
, strangulation.