Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-18
RHINE MUST BE FRENCH BORDER BELIEVES FOCH
Generalissimo Believes in Making Peace Correspond ing in Magnitude With Vic tory Obtained by Allies

TREVES, Wednesday, Jan. 15.- By the Associated Press. Ut is the con- viction of Marshal Foch that the Rhine must be made the barrier be- tween Germany and France. He ex- pressed this clearly today when he received American newspaper cor respondents. The marshal is here in correction with the meeting concern ing the extension Of the German armi- stice
 Marshal Fcch pointed out the diff culties tfat had been overcome and said that peace must be com mensurate with the price of victory. Germany now was beaten, he added, but with her resources, especially in nen, recupeTation in a comparatively shCrt tim" was quite possible. It was the duty of the allies to prevent further aggressions.
 Praises Americans.
 Marshal Foch praised the work of the American troops and said that General Pershing had asked that the American forces be concentrated for an attack on one sector. The allied generalissimo admitted that the Ar gonne-Meuse front, where the Ameri- cans began their offensive on Septem- Der 24 was a sector hard to tackle" The marshal said he had told Gen eral Pershing:
 Your men have the devils punch. They will get away with all that. Go to it."
 The American attack succeeded. the marshal continued, and here we are on the Rhine"
 The armistice was not concluded too soon and the allies got all they asked for from Germany without con tinuing the fighting. The allies, the marshal said, were prepared for an other offensive stroke which would have forced the Germans to give up. This was to have been made in Tor raine on November II with six Amer ican and 20 French divisions.
 Americans Superb.
 "But this is for me-" Marshal Foch began, a happy opportunity to tell you all the good things l think of the American army and of the part it played on our side. Your soldiers were superb. They came to us young, and carried forward by a vigorous ideal and they marched to battle with admirable gallantry.
 Yes. they were superb. There is no other word. When they appeared our armies were, as you know, fa- tigued by three years of relentless struggle and the mantle of war laid heavily upon them. We were mag comfOrted by the virility of your Americans.
 The youths of the United States brought a renewal of the hope that hastened victory. Not only was this moral fact of the highest importance, but you also brought enormous ma terial aid and the wealth which you placed al our disposal contributed to the final success. Nobody among us will ever forget what America did.
 And you know what happened on the field of battle since the month of on the Marne, then in the region of Verdun. General Pershing wished as far as possible to have his army concentrated in an American sector. The Argonne and the height of the Mouse were a sector hard to tackle. There were considerable ob- stacles there.
 GO To It."
 "'All right l told him. Your men have the devils own punch. They will get away with all that. 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 correspondent:
 But was not the armistice con cluded too soon?"
 Tt 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 the strug gle and to have battle when the battle which offered itself was so promis- ing, but a father of a family could not but think of the blood that would be shed. A victory, however easy, costs the lives of men. We held vic tory in our grasp without any further sacrifice. We took it as 1t came.
 Hun Knew Position.
 "The German high command was not ignorant of the fact that it faced a collosal disaster. When it sur