ALLIES’ RESOLVE.

The correspondent having asked the Field-Marshal whether he thought that the decision could be secured by the breaking down of the German front, Sir Douglas Haig replied: “That is just how I imagined the decision will take place. This trench war must give way to a war of movement, which alone will procure for us the great advantages that we count upon. There is no doubt that the German Western front will be broken by the Franco-British armies. This year will be decisive in the sense that it will see the war decided on the battlefield. That is to say, an event after which Germany will appear defeated militarily. It may be that the year of the decision will also be the year of peace. We all hope that it may be, and we stall do all that lies in our power that this may be so. Nevertheless, I wish to speak with all frankness to my country and to its Allies, and to say to them that Germany, which is a great nation, by which I mean a numerous nation, cannot be entirely beaten this year, we shall not hesitate to carry on the war. For our tranquillity and the security of the world there can be no peace without complete victory, for an incomplete victory, a premature and halting victory, would leave military Germany able to prepare a terrible revenge in the very near future. After having attacked England, you would see her again on your frontiers, more greedy than ever of blood and conquest. Let us beware of the suspicious manoeuvres of the enemy, who feels himself lost, whether he talks of peace or seeks to divide us. For this great task I can rely entirely upon my troops. Their morale is above all suspicion. All of us have with regard to peace a square jaw, that is to say, the indomitable resolve to fight to the end. I am certainly at one with my Government, my country, my soldiers, and with yours, when I declare that the necessity of winning, and our faith in victory, are for us only one and the same thing.”