CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BEING ABOUT THE NECESSARY
EQUILIAZATION OF THESE FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS.
     ON THE GERERAL SUBJECT OF WAR AND PEACE THE FIELD MARSHAL FELT
THAT THIS RESTED WITH ENGLAND.  GERMANY WAS READY TO END THE WAR
AND TURN MORE CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSES PROVIDED ENGLANS WOULD
ABANDON HER WAR AIM OF GERMANY'S DESTRUCTION.  BRITAIN KNEW WHAT
SHE WAS FIGHTING AGAINST- AGAINST A STRONGER GERMANY- BUT DID NOT
SEEM TO KNOW WHAT SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR.
     THE FIELD MARSHAL WAS PARTICULARY INTERESTED IN THE DISCUSSION
FO THE POSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF A MODERATOR WITH WHICH TERM HE
HAD NOT BEEN FAMILIAR.  IN SUCH CONNECTION HE DREW A COMPARISON
BETWEEN THIS CONCEPT OF MODERATOR AND THE PART PLAYED BY
PRESIDENT WILSON IN THE ARMISTICE AND PEACE NEGOTIONS FOLLOWING THE
WORLD WAR WHICH, IN HIS OPINION, HAD NOT BEEN PRODUCTIVE OF THE BEST
RESULTS.  HOWEVER HE RECOGNIZED THE DISTINCTION THAT IN 1918-19 THE
SITUATION INVOLVED VICTORIUS AND DEFEATED NATIONS WHICH IS NOT THE
CASE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION.