The sun., 1919-01-31
DRAW BOCHE FANGS,
SAYS GEN. GOURAUD
French Commander Sees Little
Repentance Among the Ex-
Kaiser's Subjects.
FAVORS RHINE BOUNDARY
Present Advisers in Berlin Are
Largely the Same as Those
in Wilhelm's Regime.
Special Gable Despatch TO TIVE Sun from the
London Times Service

London Times Service
Copyright. 1919: all riohs reserved.
SrRAssBuRa, via Coblenz. Jan. 30
Cen. Gouraud commanding the Fourth
French Army, at luncheon In his head
quarters yesterday in honor OF the corre-
spondents accredited to the American
army. said he voiced the feelings of every
man who had fought the Germans when
he announced that the common desire Of
all was peace and justice based on facts.
No written or spoken description. he
said. could ever convey to the human
mind any real idea Of what this war had
been and that only by seeing with ones
own eyes the lesson written large across
the soil OF France could one comprehend
the menace that could be averted only
by military guarantees which would de-
priVe Germany OF the power of renewing
her attack on civilization.
America had entered the war and in
spired the Hottest ideals which Mr. Will
son had stated In messages that would
live forever. adding that America
mad entered the war because in addi-
ton TO the infringement on her own
rights she felt civilization itself was
menaced. In his opinion no one could
know how real that danger was who had
not seen the ruins OF France, as they
were more than facts, being the justifca-
ton for Americas entering the war,
The Germans had vented their impotent
rage on Rheims, but II was perhaps at
such places az Arras, Lens and Douai
that the real meaning OF war was most
clearly revealed. he commended.
Work Thrown Upon the Press.
Gen. Gouraud impressed the corre-
spondents with the weighty responsible
ties which the sudden conclusion OF the
armistice and cessation OF hostilities had
thrown upon the press, He recalled
Marshal Foch's statement that Novem-
Der IA great attack was to have been
launched before which the Germans
would infallibly have succumbed
He said that II the war had lasted
only one month longer the German mill
tary power would have been utterly
crushed. and that he believed the Gov
ernments OF the nations fighting against
Germany had granted the Srmistice
from considerations OF highest humanity.
The fact remained. though. he continued
that from military standpoint the Ger
man power had escaped humiliation.
and IT was another fact upon which
peace and Justice must be based.
Nothing could go further TO bring
about the realization of the wishes of
those who sought disarmament than the
knowledge that no German soldier
would ever again be allowed to cross the
Rhine, said the General. This was a
barrier behind which the German forces
must be placed. for IL when peace has
been signed German and British and
American armies have gone home and
France were again to have her armies
massed all along the frontier It would
be impossible for France TO do other
tua . haVN t,atn to- 40.
arnlA against her powerful neighbor.
whose aggressive instincts were domi-
mated by a barbarous philosophy.
Cannot Change n Nation Quickly.
II was impossible TO chance the be-
liefs and habits OF thought OF 10000. 900
people over night, and no men could
think that the teachings of two gener-
atoms would change just because the
Kaiser had gone to Holland.
Gen. Gouraud said It was especially
noticeable that the advisers Of the pres
ent temporary government In Germany
were largely the advisers OF the Inn
perial German Government which had
started the war. had carried It on with
the utmost conceivable brutality and
were entirely unrepentant
Gen. Gouraud recalled the fact that
when in 1870 France changed from an
empire into a republic her entire admin
istrative civil services were changed
from the bottom and the new men
brought new methods. Nothing Of this
kind had happened in Germany
Neither the German officials nor the
German people had changed. and he eau
toned the soldiers II is well for those
living and the delightful surroundings
OF the Rhine to remember that from
people who to-day seem 80 law
abiding had come the men who sought
to murder civilization based on liberty
and justice.