CROWN PRINCE INTERVIEWED.
A DEFENSIVE WAR, ' GERMAN] MAGNANIMITY TOWARDS HER. ENEMIES. < VALUABLE CRITICISMS. (Australian and N. 2. Cable Association) j Amsterdam, Sept. 4. The Crown Prince, interviewed by j the Berlin correspondent of a Hungarian newspaper, stated that owing to the elastic system of defence they had .retired in some places. Germany was . carrying on a defensive war. She did not wish to destroy her enemies. For her victory meant only successful defence of "the Fatherland.
| Asked what would be the end of the :War, the Crown Prince pointed, to the .Allies' losses. He added that the present attack would probably continue, but it could not reach its goal. Only the brilliant defence of the German ■troops prevented the enemy's enormous superiority from crushing Germany. He concluded by stating that the French were fighting excellently and The English were*badly •led, and the Americans did not know | what they were fighting for. ' . ■ i
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14860, 6 September 1918, Page 5
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152CROWN PRINCE INTERVIEWED. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14860, 6 September 1918, Page 5
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