Evening star., 1919-03-25
SAYS SPEEDY PEACE
TREATY IMPERATIVE
Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice
Fears Germany May Also
Turn to BoIshevisl11.
LAUDs U. S. PART IN WAR

Keen disappointment at the failure
of the peace conference in Paris SO far
to agree to preliminary peace condi-
tions was expressed today by Gen. Sir
Frederick Maurice, former director Of
military operations for the British en-
pire. Gen. Maurice lectured at the
Belasco Theater this afternoon.
There must be a stable and powerful
government established in Germany,
else the terms We will be able to get in
the settlement Of peace conditions will
rot be worth having" Gen. Maurice de-
clared. "And there is grave danger that
Germany will lapse into bolshevism il a
decision is much longer delayed. Hun
gary has yielded to the menace and
Germany may follow her example il the
present condition OF uncertainty con-
tinues.
Majority for Sound Government.
"But vast majority of the German
people are believers in sound govern
ment. and at present the spartacan
movement is not very dangerous men
ace. When ! was in Faris Marcn II
was thought that preliminary terms Of
peace would be agreed to ten days later
but / must confess that l am keen,v
disappointed to find on this, the 25th
Gay of March. so little apparent prosress
has been made"
Gen. Maurice is tall. 1.-the and
alert man. He has commandine
personality, but a modest manner. r
was his custom to hold weekly meat
ings with newspaper men at his hsad-
quarters in London until he retfred
from his post, The distinguished Wis
itor dimes at the British embassy to-
night.
The general declared that Euron.
was in such state of exhaustion that
it would be impossible for her tn CO..
duct a war of any magnitude during
the next ten years. He said he d;dn't
fear the renewal of hostilities on any
extended scale and regarded the ac-
ton of bolshevism in Hungary in do
ciaring war on the entente as a
movement Of despair, dictated hv
hunger at present and uncertainty for
the future.
Pays Tribute to Gen. Read
Sir Frederick paid a glowing tribute
to Gen. Read, who commanded tho "a
Corps. including the eth and antb
Divisions. He said that Gen. Pe.d
Wen deserved the compliment paid
him by King George when that m"n
arch made him a knight of the Rath
one of the most distinguished and
sacred honors that any ruler has at
his disposal. a..
This corps. commanded by Cen
Read, was responsible for the decisive
episode of the decisive battle of the
war. when, on September 29. it nene-
trated the Hindenburg line" said Cen
Maurice. The attack was inaugural ed
by Gen Liggett's army September
26. and was successfully carried out
from the Argonne to the Meuse.-
'1t was certainly a brilliant mill
tary achievement, and Gen. Read we'll
deserves the compliment which King
Gear gave him when he made him
a En1ght of the Bath. This is
decoration which must be earned. and
Gen. Read earned it,"
Talks Of Americas Part in War.
Gen. Maurice was asked what, in
his Judgment, would have been the
result Of the war had not America
entered it.
France. Italy and Great Britain
would have stood together" he said
"They never would have surrendered
They would have won by a process
of attrition, long. agonizing and ex-
hausting to the victors as well as the
vanquished. In the end we would
have forced Germany to make terms
but we never could have obtained the
terms which we now can get. pro-
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