WHY ARMISTICE WAS MADE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 183, 4 August 1919, Page 5

WHY ARMISTICE WAS MADE.

rEAR OF A BREAK THROUGH. COPENHAGEN, July 31 (delayed.) A German White Book has been published containing all the documents relating to the collapse of the German Army during the i>o days preceding the armistice. The Kaisers council on August 14 inaugurated Germany's downfall, as Ludendorff, who previously had claimed that victory was certain, then admitted that it was impossible to win the war. The Kaiser decided to approach the Allies directly the Germans scored asother success. By October 1 Ludendorff declared that the army could not defer peace overtures another 4S hours, as a break-through might occur at any moment. A correspondent of the "New York Sun" interviewed yon Hindenburg at Hanover. Ton Hindenburg said that if a trial of the ex-Kaiser were held, it would violate international lav.- and reestablish the ancient Roman precedent that for the vanquished it is a crime to defend Uis own country. He did not believe that Marsha] Foch, Earl Haig, and General Pershing supported the demand for t!ie ex-Kaisers trial. " I think," he said, "the German people will rise again, but not in our time." Only dreamers thouaht there would be no more wars. "There will be wars," said yon Hindeiibur<z. "a* long as mankind exists." He praised the part taken in the war by the United States. —(A. and X-Z. Cable.)