The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
HUNS
MOBILIZE TO HIT
ALLIES, REPORT
London News Says 1S
Divisions Are Concen-
trated on West Front.
HINDENBURG IS LEADER
Marshal Foch Also Said to
Be Fearful of German
Intentions.


papers are taking a serious view of
the German military menace which
they claim to be acute owing to the
slowness of the German demobiliza-
tion. Marshal Foch is said to be
alive to the situation of Germany
possessing an army of 100000 men
and the demand is made that at each
renewal of the armistice a specific
degree of German demobilization
should be insisted upon.
Marshal Foch," says a British
informant of the Paris correspond
ent of the Daily News, made dec
laration of somewhat serious char
acter at the meeting OF the Su-
pTeme War Council. He feels that
the Germans are beginning to for
get that they are beaten. They are
apt to. forget that we are in a state
of war. They have been slow in
handing over transports and other
things, and they are causing a great
deal of difficulty.
Huns DemoblIiEing Slowly.
1--WE are demobilizing fast while
they are not continuing tordemobilize
There is danger of Germany saying.
we do not care anything about your
league of nations and we have got our
troops
Unless a change takes place we
might be faced with a situation in
which Germany. as regards the num-
Der of men in the field, will have three
against the allies two.
H. e
been taken up by the Supreme War
Council"
The Daily News correspondent In
another dispatch says:
II learn from an authoritative
source that Germany has concentrat-
ed more than eighteen divisions under
Hindenburg on the Western Front
There is reason to believe that Ger
many is keeping her troops under
arms under the pretext of economic
necessity. Some of the military au-
thorities think that Germany has
sought more material to give the nee
essary armament to 100000 men.
Cannot Disarm Early.
German demobilization is the con-
dition of our rehabilitation, and there
fore disarmament is impossible so lons
as Germany does NOT continue to dea
mobilize.
Allied military authorities consider
the time has now arrived for Germany
to give up her military strength-that
she. must be brought to such a con-
dition that she cannot resist later the
conditions of peace now being pre-
pared.
The French national Socialist party
and its extreme left wing Is strongly
opposed 10 anything being done to
save Germany from the consequences
of defeat. In this matter the French
government will be supported by the
entire nation"
The Daily Mail also reports that
Marshal Foch has acquainted the war
council with the situation and the
difficulty of inducing Germany to
comply with the armistice conditions.
100000 Ready to Fight.
According to his estimate" saws
the paper, the Germans were now
capable of placing an army of g.
100000 in the field in two months
time.
TT is desired to make the renew
al of the war impossible in the arm
L T..
The terms suggested include: Hand
ing over of the whole German ar
tillery; compulsory reduction of the
German army to twenty-five divi-
siOns with machine guns for inter-
nal policing; occupation by the all
lies of the Ruhr district, which in
cludes Essen"
In a leading article the Daily
Chronicle says:
Allied military authorities can
not but take somewhat serious no.
tice of the military developments
in Germany. The tone of Ebert's
speech last week showed that Off
cial Germany is beginning to build
hopes on the difficulty it thinks the
allies would have in renewing hos
tilities. The only easy way to baf-
fie these hopes is to nip them in
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