The Holly chieftain., 1919-02-13
Hindenbure Has 18 Divi.
sions Ready to Fight.
BRITAIN SAYS GERMANY'S
CLAWS MUST BE PULLED
Only Means of Safety from Hun
Terrorism-Foch Demands Tight
ming Of Armistice Terms-War
Clouds Loom Again in Europe

The following dispatch is taken
from Wednesday mornings metro
politan newspaper:
London, Feb. l0.-(Via British
Wireless Service)-B British newspa-
pers are taking serious view of
the German military menace which
they contend is acute, owing to the
slOwness of the German democrati-
zatiOn.
Marshal FOch is said to be alive
to the situation of Germany pos
sessing an army of 100000 men, and
the demand is made that at each
renewal of the armistice a specific
degree of German demobilization
should be insisted upon.
Marshal FOch," says British in
formant of the Paris correspondent
of the Daily News, made declara-
tion of somewhat serious character
at the meeting of the supreme war
council. He feels that the Ger
mans are beginning to forget that
they are beaten. They are apt to
forget that we are in state of war
They have been slow in handing
over transports and other things
and they are causing great deal of
difficulty.
I'VE are demObilizing fast, while
they are continuing to mobilize
There is danger of Germany saying:
We do not care anything about
your league of nations and we have
got our troops Unless change
takes place we might be faced with
situation in which Germany, as
regards the number of men in the
field, will have three against the al
lies two.
's'his question of demObilizatiOn
has been taken up by the supreme
war council"
The Daily News correspondent in
another dispatch says:
Il learn from an authoritative
source that Geramny has concen-
trated more than eighteen divisions
under Hindenburg on the western
front. There is reason to believe
that Germany is keeping her troops
under arms under preteXt of eco
nomic necessity. Some military au-
thorities think that Germany has
sought more material to give the
necessary armaments to three mil.
lion men.
German rehabilitation is the
condition of our demobilization
and therefore disarmament is i'm
possible so long as Germany does
not continue to demobilize.
Allied military authorities con-
slider the time has now arrived for
Germany to give up her military
strength--that she must be brought
to such a condition that she can.
not resist later the conditions of
peace now being prepared.
The French national socialist
party and it's extreme left wing is
strongly opposed to anything be-
ing done to save Germany from the
consequences of defeat. In this
matter the French government will
be supported by the. entire nation"
The Daily Mail also reports that
Marshal FOch has acquainted the
war council with the situation and
the difficulty of inducing Germany
to comply with the armistice cOndi.
tiOns.
According to his estimate" says
the paper, the Germans are now
capable OF placing an army of 3,0O0,-
900 In the field in two months
time. 1t is desired to make the re-
neWal OF the war impossible in the
armistice conditions of Feb. IL. The
terms suggested include: The hand.
ling of the whole German artillery:
compulsory reduction of the Ger
man army to twenty-five divisions
with machine guns for internal po-
lice: turning over to the allies of
the Ruhr district which includes
Essen"
In a leading article the Daily
Chronicle says:
Allied military authorities can
not but take somewhat serious no
tice OF the military developments in
Germany The tone of Eberts
speech last week showed that off
cial Germany is beginning to build
the allies would have in renewing
the allies would ahve in renewing
hostilities. The only easy way to
battle these hopes is to nip them in
the bud"
Paris, Feb. H., (By the Associated
Press. THE supreme war council
in which Marshal Foch and other
military commanders sit with the
council of the great powers, con.
tinued Monday the discussion of
the renewal of the German armis-
tice, without reaching decision.