FRENCH PREMIER SUPREMELY CONFIDENT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1163, 2 November 1917, Page 5

FRENCH PREMIER SUPREMELY CONFIDENT.

INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF GERMANY ASSURED. (A. & N.Z.) (Ree. Nov. 2, 8.55 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Mr C. Grasty, cabling from Paris, says he interviewed the Premier, M. Painleve, who said:—France and England will fly to Italy's aid by every means. They are impelled not only by military interest, but in recognition of their valiant ally's voluntary aid. The recent French offensive indicates Prance's sustained fighting power and her reserve force after three years of war. Never since the battle of the Marne has there been a minute when France was not equal to every obligation imposed on her by the war. Her burdens are heavy, but are not beyond her strength. America's participation gives the Allies incalculable fresh moral and material reserves to hurl against an enemy already worn to breaking-point. There will be neither halt nor parley until the German brute force is shattered and this world terrorism ended. Germany may make spectacular moves in far-off and temporarily indefensible areas, but we are landing solid blows on the Western front. Germany cannot modify the inevitable issue of this formidable war. Germany will be beaten and the Allies will write the terms of peace. There is no other road to peace except the Allies' victory.