The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-18
SAYS RHINE
MUST Be BARRIER
TO BOCHE ARMIES
Allied Commander at TreVeS
Gives Out Statement Re-
garding Victory and Is High
in Praise of Americans.

w Y oIoV VI NIIIV' 'Vo''"'
TREvEs. Jan. IS. tBy the Associated
Press )-It Is the conviction of Mar
shal Foch that the Rhine must be made
the barrier between Germany and
France. He expressed this clearly when
he received American newspaper cor
respondents, The marshal is here IN
connection with the meeting concerning
the extension Of the German armlstice'
Marshal Foch pointed out the difficult
ties that had been overcome and said
hat peace must be commemorate with
the price Of victory. Germany now
was beaten, he added, but with her re-
sources, especially In men, recuperation
In a short time was quite possible, nnd
1t was now the duty Of the allies to
prevent further aggressions,
Marshal Foch praised the work OF
the American troops, and said that Gen.
Pershing had asked that the American
forces be concentrated for an attack on
one sector, The allied generalissiIno ad-
mitted that the Argonne-Meu front,
where the Americans began their often
siVe on Sept. IS, was q sector hard to
tackle
The marshal said he had told Gen.
Fershing:
Your men have tn" devils own
punch, They WIN get away with all
THE American attack succeeded
the marshal continued, and here we
are on the Rhine"
Not Too Soon.
The armistioo was not concluded toe
soon, and the allies got all they asked
for from Germany without continuing
the fighting, The allies, the marsha
said, were prepared for another often.
sive stroke which would have forced
the Germans 70 give up, This was Z
have been made IN Lorraine on Nov. !
with six American and 20 French di'
visions.
This Is for me-" Marshal Foeh be
gan, "a happy opportunity TO tell yol
all the good things | think OF the Amer
lean army and OF the part 1t played OF
our side. Your soldiers were superb
They oame to US young, enthusiastic
and carried forward by q vigorous
idealism and they marched to battle
with admirable gallantry,
Eyes, they were superb, There's no 9th
er word. When they appeared our armies
were fatlgued by three years OF relent
less struggles and the mantle of wa
laid heavily upon them. We were mas
nificently comforted by the v~irility 0
"The youth OF the United state
brought u renewal OF the hope that has
tened victory, Not only was this mora
! fact OF the highest Importance, but 20
/, also brought enormous material al
and the wealth which you placed at on
, disposal contributed TO the final sue
0 cess, Nobody amongst US will ever for
get what America did.
q and you know what happened o
: the field of battle since the month
( July--first on the Marne, then In II
q region Of Verdun. Gen. Pershin
wished. as far as possible, to have h
army concentrated in an American sec
n tor. The Argonne and the heights
r. the Meuse were a sector hard to tackl
There were considerable obstacle
II there
= Marshal roch was asked by the CO
respondent;
too soon?'
Gave Everything.
at was not possible to do otherwise
answered the marshal, because t
t. Germans rave us everything that '
asked for at once. They satisfied all
/, our conditions, 1t was difficult to a
for more.
DOUBTLESS anX general would ha
preferred to have continued the stru
" gle and to have battle when the ba
II, tic which offered itself was so pro,
u Using, but n father of a family cot
s. not help but think OF the blood n
r. would he shed. A victory, howeN
n easy, costs the lives Of men, We h
or victory in our grasp without any fl
IS thor sacrifice. We took 1t as It car
to '"The German high command was
ignorant OF the fact that II faced
. colossal disaster, when Il s%urrende
T. everything was prepared fol, an off
by slve in whieh II would intallibiy hi
70 succumbed. on the ltth we were
stons and six American divisions. T
US attack would have been supported
on other movements in Flanders and
~ the center.
IN "The Germans were lost, They
&c pitulated. There Is the whole stor!
~ "And now We must make a pc
'"~ which will correspond with the mas
tude OF our victory. We must havy
u peace as absolute as was u succ
y; and which will guard us against all
IL" ture aggressions,
France has a right TO effective me
y ures Of protection after the formids
efforts she has put forth to save
/. Wzation. The national frontier WI
viii protect civilization IL the Rhin
J, at is on the Rhine that we n
hold the Germans. II Is by using
Rhine that we must make u lmposs
OF i9iA The Rhine is the copmon bar
M Of all the allies, precisely Of all Il
on who united to saw civilization,
nus, Rhine is the guarantee OF peace for
! tho nations who have shed their b
OF In the cause Of liberty. Then let
the watch on the Rhine,
less I'VE have no idea OF attacking
4 many or OF recommending the
Democracies such as ours never att
They ask but TO live IN peace an
RS grow Ia peace, but who can say
GermLny-where democratic ideas
SO recent n perhaps superficial
not quickly recover from Its defea
England has the channel to CT
America IN far away, France must
Ways he in a position to safeguard
teen general Interests of mankind +
DER interests are at stake on the RI
res. 1t Is there that We must prepar,
and guard against the painful surprise
1919, the future.
rest "'rhe armistice Is signed, but pes,
not vet concluded. So long as
y, status of Europe has not been set
l"t Us watch, let us watch togeths
~ that w lose not the fruits ot our ,
mon victory, Let us remain unite
we were In battle