New-York tribune., 1920-11-08
Commenting on Tardieu's
Attack, Marshal Says
Premier Told Him TO
Mind His Own Business
Received Like Dog
BY Cabinet Head
Refused to Delay Hating
War to Produce Ora.
matte Coupfor Diplomat
By Ralph Courtney
s,.ci., cab. 20 This Tr.bu-e

rocyrish,. 1920. New York Tribune Inc
PARIS. Nov. Returning from n
.ouchinS ceremony at Amiens to-day
in memory OF the heroic Australian
defense Of that city. Marshal Foch
smoke TO those around him of the Incl
dents connected with the end of the
var and leading up TO the armistice,
FOR which he mas just been attacked
in the pages Of ILLUSTRATION by Andre
Tardieu. formerly French High Com
missioner in the United States.
The onetime commissioners insinu-
stion that Marshal Foch is responsible
FOR Frances inability to collect repara-
ion payments from Germany because
he concluded the arrnistice too soon, s
resented by the commander in chief.
Sitting in the same railway compart-
ment in which he received the German
delegation Of Senls headed by Err
berger and accompanied by French and
British officers as we'll as we'll as Sen
visiting Marshal Foch said in answer
to questions:
"Yes. it is true that am responsible
'or the srmistice An srmistice is in
ENDED to provide an interval for dis
cassing peace. meanwhile leaving the
Hictor in 2 position TO impose his
iermS. Whom YOU ask whether the
armlstlce concluded With the Ger
mans on November H. 1918, was of this
character. the answer is yes. 1t was
even possible six months or more after
ward to make the Germans sign any
tang we wanted. On November ii.
1918 | said TO Premier Clemenceau
You can MAKE any peace YOU like. I
an in d position to impose ii.
Received Like Dog
Some people now declare that the
war should have continued another
Sght or fifteen days or two months.
Mat is TO say. we should have done
something whica would have involved
the deaths of many thousands more
men reply to them with this cues
non: What greater result do you4wish
TO obtain jhan 20 be able to say to the
governments which placed their armies
n ny napds Make what peace YOU
ike. ! viii impose it".
1T is they who didn't make the peace
-J eH'itN hH't mage. As early as
September, 1918. wrote to Clemen-
ceau that the ond of the war was very
near. ssld 70 him: Send me a func-
uonary Of the Foreign Office TO put me
au couraNt With the conditions of peace
Yol are preparing, 40 that my armies
NAY occupy the regions necessary to
enforce those coudltions.'
Here Marshal i'och interrupted his
'GmIniscences with d good humorod
sly smile. as though he was about to
fccount story Of some naughty child
"Clemenceau. he continued, "replicd
70 me that these were affairs which
concerned the government aud that I
Nas meddllre in other peoples bust
ucss'
How Foch uas asked. did Gle.
mn"nceau receive voU on the morning Of
November II ="
Foch laughed good
"Ra'her like dog in a bowling a.
n.y., he replied He said to me,
'srmans,' and I replied, Not many,
YOU can be satisfied
We we're u his quarters when the
hostliltles ceased a, II o'clock in the
morning tlemenceau would have pre-
erred to have the firing stop at 4
O'CLOCK IN the afternoon. when he
mounted the tribune in the Chamber Of
oepunes. Minister Barthou and Minis
,er Nail arrived, aud continued: 'Why
Uoh you want The firing TO stop at ]
yc1ocS | notified all the Allied armies
a4ring the night have given orders
" hre the last shot at ii o'clock, the
eai date Of The cnd Of the war He
dlunt look pleased"
continuing on the subject of the
SrmIstce terms, Marshal Foch said:
. lhe English wanted nothing more
nan the evacuation Of French and Bel
F'ah terrltore. whereas the others
wahted 10 disaIm the whole German
"imy. II wasn't easy to find measure
W peaSe cvers body. General Wcygand
wa hnally fixed up the terms betw cen
~, w. ueneral NcyGard read the armis-
.;oe 20 the Germans in this very car
age Won W.nterfeld went very pale
,t ,'a "ept The text was handed to
mem and | SAID to them: Gentlemen,
you nave seyenty-tvo hours
Given 72 Hours
Sot seventytwo hours. but at
vice. trzberger said. 'Bolshevism is
!. ;.efy~here in the German army, and if
spreads YOU also will suffer
w. replied: I'm not interested TO
NV" tHe state OF your armies. NV
ssnce'o - thc situation Of NV own
''''S' hostIit'es will not only not