HINDENBURG INTERVIEWED.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14284, 13 December 1916, Page 5

HINDENBURG INTERVIEWED.

GERMANY IN A STRONG POSI-

TION,

GREAT BLOW IN THE SPRING

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

New York, Dec. 11. Yon Weigand, the "New Yoi'K World's" correspondent, interviewed Hindenburg, who reviewed the fighting. He claims that Germany is in a strong position. He does not refer to Verdun. He says that Germany is preparing a big blow on the West front in the sprping. He admits that the Germans on the Sorame were inferior to the Allies in artillery, but contends that the position is changing. The Entente's superiority numerically is not sufficient to protect the smaller States. . ?.

Yon Weigand says that Hfndenburg, the Kaiser and his staff are in a secluded, position in a large estate, j . Yon WeigandL asked the prospects of .peace. ,i ■'■>,[ '■/■-,■'-:' A.'- :■..'•' '.■'.■."-.''■-.•' •'. ':■'■■,- '•. - x -. •: /. Hmdeiiburg replied; Ask, the* other /Sidev-'-v-^'vi-^:-I^,^ -i. :.■:,.- '■■';'-:::.\ ■■ ■■' ''-. f'':. .. Yon Weigand :"• Am I to understand thrit you are ready for peaceS Hindenburg:«When we have impres:Sed our will on the Entente, and hvhen the Entente realise that they cannot ! crush Germany, agree that Germany's i integrity shall be preserved, and admit her to equ.il rights with the other nations in the world's trade.