Between October 23 and 26 the heads of the Allied Governments and their Ministers of Foreign Affairs had all assembled in Paris, and the armistice conditions were earnestly debated: In some quarters there was a disposition to think that Foch was letting the enemy off too lightly. General Bliss, who represented the U. 8. on the military council, thought the Allies should insist on complete disarmament and complete demobilization. The British delegates held that. Germany should be made to surrender practically all her fleet as well as her submarines. Colonel House asked Marshal Foch bluntly whether he would like the Germans to accept or reject the)armistice as proposed.
The marshal replied: "The only object of making war is to obtain results. If the Germans accept these terms, we shall have obtained the required results, and, that being so, no one has any right to allow another drop of blood to be shed." In other words, the Allied commander-in-chief thought the terms were good enough, from the Allies' point of view, to justify ending the war at once, but he was not at all sure that - the enemy would accept them.
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