The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-20
Insists on From tier That
Will Protect France From
Military Disaster.
SAW SUCCESS AUGUST 8
Asserts Germans Produced No
Leader Equal to First
Won MOltke.

a''"f"''N W Il mn CUN from tht
London Times serpice
Copyright 1919; all rights -ese-,s6.
PARIS. April 1s.-'Our peace must be
peace of victor. not OF vanquished."
In that single victorious sentence,
spoken during the long conversation I
was privileged to have with him, Mar
shall Fcch expressed the feeling OF mill
ions OF the allied hearts. These simple
words sum up what all of us are think
ing.
When did you first know you had
final victory" l asked after the Mar
shal had talked a little while
After Gen. Rawlinson and Gen. Debe-
ney had made their joint attack August
81 he replied.
AT the end of August I did not know
when the Germans would give in, but
] knew our advance would not stop until
they finally were defeated and bur Of
fensive had become general. 1t began
July is. at the Marine. in such terrible
fighting that the Germans used up fifty
fve of the $50 or 100 divisions they
had. Their reserves were exhausted
That had gone well.
Then came the attack In the Afniens
sector August 8 that went well. too. The
moment had arrived ordered Gen
Eumbert TO attack in his turn. No re-
serves, he said. No matter, I told him.
get on with 1t. I told Marshal Haig to
attack too and he was short of men also
We attacked all the same; there we
were, advancing everywhere, the whole
limo advancing. and / knew nothing
could balk me of victory once Germany
had accepted final battle where they
did"
The Marshal went on to talk about the
armistice:
when the Germans came to me to
ask an armistice / said: Y am going to
the Rhine II you oppose me, and so
much the worse for you ; but whether
you sign the armistice or not l will not
stop until reach the Rhine
And now. having reached the Rhine,
we must stay there" went on the Mar
shall. emphatically.
Impress that upon your fellow coun-
trymen 1t is our only safety and their
only safety. We must have a barrier.
We must double lock the door. Democ-
racies like ours, which are never ag-
gressive, must have strong neutral mill
tary frontiers. Remember these 10000
600 of Germans will always be a
menace to us. Do not trust the appear
ances of the moment. Their natural
characteristics have not changed and
q years IcHGc Will no what thcS
are to-day.
above all. mark this, what was 1t
that saved the Allies in the beginning of
the war? Russia well, on whose side
will Russia be in the future. with us or
with the Germans? I will show you a
map"
From a table at the other end of the
room Marshal Foch brought great map
six or eight feet square, on which the
III a-N act
ern Europe were marked. The Rhine
was a thick line of blue. West of the
river Marshal Foch had drawn with a
pencil a concave arc representing the
new frontier France will receive under
tho peace treaty. 1t was clearly ar
arbitrary political boundary. conform
ing to no natural feature of land,
Look at that" said Marshal Foch
"-rhere Is no natural obstacle along thu!
frontier. IL It there we can hold TINS
Germans II they attack us again" No
with his pencil
Here must we be ready to face oul
enemies This Is a barrier which will
take some crossing II the Germans try
TO force a passage over the Rhine. oh
no. but here" touching the black pen
cilied line running northwest from Lor
raine past the Saar Valley to the Bel
gian frontier hero there Is nothing.
Where will the allied armies be tn
British army will be in Canada an
Australia and New Zealand. The Amer
lean Army will be in the United States
It will be the same the next time as
wac the last II you are not able to main
tain obligatory service. and you wi
need time to organize yourselves. A
the first battle OF Ypres you had si
divisions, excellent divisions, but only sly
ION November /, 1914, when ! me
Kitchener at Furnes, it was the frs
time I had seen him. and I asked hr
when he would be able to send us re
endorsements. He said by July of mex
wear he would have a million men read
10 take the field in France. l reptile