GERMAN CONFIDENCE
CONTINUED UNTIL JULY 15 STATEMENT BY LATE • CHANCELLOR Paris, January 10.The "Matin" reports an interview given/hy Baron Hertling, the exChancellor, just before he died. -\He said that Germany retained,friendly sentiments towards the ex-Kaiser, ■. but these would not influence the political evolution. Every, German believed that victory would be secured at the end of 1917. This belief was based 1 on , the prospects of the submarine's successes. Hβ was convinced last July that the Entente would sue for peace before September. The Intelligence Department predicted grave_ events in the Entente countries, particularly in Franco. These reasons induced the High Command to continue the bombardment of Paris, in spite of the Government's advice. This confidence continued till July • 15. By July 1§" even the- most optimistic'knew that all was lost.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [July 15 was the date of the last German offensive, the opening of the Battle of the On July 18 ■Marshal Fooh's/ counter-offensive began at Soissons.]
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 93, 14 January 1919, Page 5
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159GERMAN CONFIDENCE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 93, 14 January 1919, Page 5
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