VON HINDENBURG.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 2 November 1916, Page 6

VON HINDENBURG.

FACES A PRESS MAN. \ _____ "ALL GOING WELL" GERMANY DECIDED TO FIGHT TO A DECISION. INTERVIEW DISAPPOINTS GERMAN PUBLIC. BERLIN, Oct. 30. Field-Marshal von Hindenburg, in an interview published in the "Nicu Frie Presse," says: "All will go well. Germany has still sufficient soldiers, and the Austrian reinforcements are not yet ■used up. Our western front is impregnable. The people of Austria and Hungary have risen to all the sacrifices i which have been called upon to make, but must still face further sacrifices in order that those of the past jnight not be in vain," The correspondent interjected: "Austria and Hungary are anxious that tho .war should end." __l4-_xi^ Sindei-Durg replied,, "We all want that." When reminded of his own reported statement that the war can only t>e terminated in the East, Hindenburg replied, "There is no set scheme where or how victory will be gained. The decision may come from the west or east." ? Asked how long the war would last, he said "That depends on our enemies. It is possible that 1917 will bring the battles which will decide the war. I do not know; nobody knows. I only know we shall fight on to a decision. The French and Russian armies seem exhausted.'' i Asked as to the possibility of ending the war by a decisive blow, he replied that it was obvious that it was easier to strike a decisive blow at the time of the Tannenberg battle than now. Hq was glad of Roumania's entry as it had brought out one German army from trench warfare." General ven Ludendorg supported General Hindenburg's eulogy of the achievements of Germany, and added that "Germany would not think of peace. She had absolutely decided to continue the wa,r." The interview has disappointed the public, who expected a more optimistic statement. "*'*<•£_. In th e course of his, interview von Hmdenburg said that should the British demand a similar offensive next spring, the rest will perish. The French do not realise the price Britain Is costing them. The war would hazily modify their opinion of British military achievements. They especially lack groat strategists." "Everything," he added, '' is going splendidly against the Roumanians, who are getting their deserts." Von Hindenburg concluded by saying he had only seven days' furlough during the war. His only recreation was sleeping.