Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-17
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Facing Allies, . j
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
SCOUTS TEUTON CLAIM
t Is Declared Field Marshal
and Assistant Have Never
Succeeded Except on East
Front in France.
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Washington, March 16.--An official
dispatch today from France says:
Before making their last trip to
Berlin, Hindenburg and Ludendorft
made certain statements to the news
paper correspondents attached to
great headquarters.
This interview probably has a
double purpose-that of encouraging
public opinion and of bringing pres
sure to bear upon the adversary by
the usual Germanic bluff. That is
outstanding in the declarations of the
couple of generals, swollen with pride
and childish vanity, is that the Ger
man government is more than ever
before in the hands of the military
caste, brutal, narrow and insolent.
Discussing the events in the east,
Hindenburg declared:
The chain which was to bind us
is from henceforth broken. We can
now employ all our forces in the west.
1t is absolutely necessary for us to
procure security on our frontiers so
that we shall not see repeated the
lamentable events which marked the
beginning of the autumn of 1914
Results Not Understood.
ut is to be noted the German opin-
ion does not realize the exact extent
OF the success obtained in the east
because the people are looking today
toward the west. Hindenburg said
regarding this:
Things are always the same, peo-
pie never appreciate at their just
value the results already obtained
events that are imminent in the west
with the insolence of n German
trooper the commander of the Ger
man armies, who since the battle of
the Marne has met with defeat in
every encounter with the French,
said: France has dug her own grave.
She Is entirely under the rule of Eng
land. If the French treated less
harshly our poor war prisoners, one
would only have more pity for the un-
happy fate of their country
"Ludendorff added:
Ludcndorff Optimistic.
I'VE can now pass to the offensive
in the west. If this offensive is made
1T will be very severe. 1t must be
taken into account that the enemy
has at its disposal a strong reserve of
many divisions and that it possesses
a fine network of railways for trans.
porting reserves at point where they
are considered necessary. But one
must not overlook the moral factor.
We are full of confidence and we re-
main persuaded that the fight in
which we are to engage will end
happily for u.s.
"Ludendorff added that II was OF
inestimable value to Germany to
possess such a general as Hindenburg.
The marshal interrupted him and OBJ
served. What is essential is the good
morale of the German soldiers. 1t is
to them that we owe our victory.
am convinced that this morale Is
found throughout all Germany.
The dispatch concludes with the
following French comment:
"Thus do those express themselves
who are at the present moment the
real heads of the German nation. Be-
neath the apparent confidence their
words convey, one can detect, anxiety.
They know that on the west they will
come up against the victorious will OF
the great democracies of the world
more formidably armed and deter
mined than ever. Hindenburg could
never achieve success except on the
east front He has always had great
fear of the dissilluson which the
west has in reserve for him How"
ever, it is possible that the Germans
are carefully concealing their plans IN
the hope of deceivlng their adver-
saries and upsetting public opinion.
but whatever happens the allies are
prepared and nothing can surprise
them"