Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-08

| tions for the compromise that they
had so honestly sought. 1t was
principle of elementary common sense
the stronger we were in the tleld
the better we could negotiate.
Duty to Continue Fight.
Moreover. 1t was no more than our
duty to continue the fight. unless we
were prepared to surrender uncondl-
tionally to an enemy from whom we
Ihad nothing to hope. Negotiations
might improve our position, but in
any case, could not make it worse.
The best elements of the army, and a
large part of the people. expected us
to negotiate
The majority of the Germanjpeople
were ready and willing to sacrifice
| the last of their strength to the army,
and it was the duty of the government
to carry out this sacrifice. spoke
to this effect, using the same tone as
| that of the chancellor in his speech
I of October S. and l also suggested
| that Ebert, as leader of the social
I democrats should be given some lead
! ing post. in order by his help to
Strengthen the resistance of the peo-
pie and bring new strength into the
fight
/ agreed with Admiral Scheer in
holding it impossible to abandon sub
marine warfare. which was contlnu-
| ally reducing Englands strength. 10
/ throw down a weapon at the enemy
! bidding would be the grossest con-
fession of weakness imaginable. and
would UNNECESSARILY increase the en-
emy's demands.
Outlined His Conditions.
/ Secretary Wolf accused me of
! change of front. I replied in aston
! ishment that the government had also
! been willing to continue the hght II
| the worse came to the worse. Even
| if I had now spoken with more confl-
dence, than before, the secretary could
and should be glad to hear any more
favorable Judgment of the situation,
since the negotiations must thereby
he rendered more easy for him.
Besides ] was not thinking, of break
ing off at the moment, but was only
pressing for cIearness in our thought
and final aims. / summed up my
views once again in the following
phrases:
Now, as before I hold that if it
be i'm any way possible, we must mi
tate armistice negotiations.
eve cannot. however. accept any
conditions that do not provide for an
orderly evacuation of the territory.
This involves time limit of not less
than two or three months. Nor must
we accept anything that makes 1t I'M
possible for us to renew hosullties.
The note forces one to assume that
this is the object of the enemy. The
conditions are designed to put us out
of the field.
I Before we so into details the enc
NV must tell us clearly what his terms
are, We do not wish to break off
with Wilson out of hand On the con-
trary we must say: DO tell us clearly
what we are to do! But. if you ask
anything inconsistent with our nation
al honor. or desire to render us in
capable of fighting further, then our
answer must be 'No!n
ain saying this, ! am not departing
from my previous position in the
least"
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Iudendorff tomorrow tells the dra-
matte details of his resignation from
, command of the army. His insist
Fence that Germany should fight on
for better terms brought him into
sharp conflict with the Berlin govern
ment and open denunciaton of Will
sons third note precipitated the crisis.
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