Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
MAKE ENEMY
FRONTIER ON
.RHINE--FOCH
Marshal Pays Great Trib-
ute to Yanks-Told Per
shing to Go to It.

Treves, Jan. 18.-It is the con-
viction of Marshal Foch that the
Rhine must be made the barrier be-
tween Germany and France. He
expressed this clearly yesterday
when he received American news
paper correspondents.
Marshal FoCh said:
This is, for me, a happy oppor-
tInity to tell you all the good things
l think of the American army and
ct the part it played on our side.
Your soldiers were superb. They
came to US young, enthusiastic and
carried forward by vigorous ideal
ism and they marched to battle
with admirable gaIlantry.
Will Never Forget L. S. Aid.
Yes, they were superb. There
is no other word. When they ap-
peared our armies were, as you
know, fatigued by three years of re-
lentless struggle and the mantle of
war lay heavily upon them. We
were magnificently comforted by
the virili,y of your Americans.
The youth of the United States
brought renewal of the hope that
hastened victory. Not only was
his moral fact of the highest i'm
pOrtance, but you also brought enor-
nous material aid, and the wealth
Which you placed at our disposal
contributed to the final success.
Nobody among US will ever forget
what America did
uOlI LlnU W 6annpU a6
On the field of battle since the
then in the region of Verdun. Cen
eral Pershing wished, as far as pos
sible to have his army concentrated
in an American sector. The Ar
gonDe and the heights of the Meuse
we're a sector hard to tackle. There
We're considerable obstacles there.
$50 to It." Tells Pershing.
"'All right l said to him. Your
men have the devils own punch.
Go to it,
And finally everything went
well; everything went so well that
here we are on the Rhine"
Marshal Foch was asked by the
LOrreS pOndent.
But was not the armistice con-
cluded too soon?"
1T was not POSSIBLE to do other
wise" answered the marshal, be
cause the Germans gave US every
thing that we asked for at once.
They satisfied all of our conditions.
It was difficult to ask more.
Doubtless any general would
have preferred to have continued
Inc struggle and to have battled
:, hen the battle which offered itself
1aS so promising, but a father of
d family could not but help think
0f the blood that would be shed. A
victory, however easy, costs the
lives of men. We held victory in
1ur grasp without any further sac
rifce. We took it as it came.
Foe Faced Great Disaster.
The German high command was
not ignorant of the fact that it fac
+ d a colossal disaster. When it sur
rendered everything was prepared
for an offensive in which it would
.nfallibly have succumbed. On the
18th we were to attack in Lorraine
,sith 90 French divisions and six
American divisions. This attack
would have been supported by other
in Flanders and in the
center.
The Germans were lost. They
capitula.ed. There is the whole
story.
And now we must make peace
which will correspond with the
of our victory. We must
have a peace as absolute as was
cur success and which will guard
us against all future aggressions.
Rhine Natural Frontier.
France has a right to effective |
measures of protection after the |
efforts she put forth to |
ave civilization. The natural from |
tier which will protect civilization |
is the Rhine"