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“A PICTURE OF THE MILITARY MIND AT WORK.
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Throughout the whole of the later docu- ments there is a striking concentration on the question whether England is or is not weakening. Even as lato as August 14th, 1918, when the Allies had goined their striking victory in front of Amiens, the Kaiser at a great conference was declar- The following interesting review of ing. The harvest in England is bad thin Ludendorff's latest books is from the year, tonnage is getting less all the time, “Manchester Guardian:--
and it is possible that England will General: Ludendorff has already pub-gradually begin to think of peace as the lished his War Memories in two stout result of all these difficulties." A food volumes. He now supplements them with delusion if there ever was one! Luden.
two other volumes no less substantial, but "dora's contribution to this conference,-by- these are composed almost entirely of the way, was comprised in three son. memoranda, despatches, and telegrams which serve both as a confirmation, and a supplement to what he has already said. His idea, seems to have been not merely to justify his own part in the war, but Also to defend the part which Main Head quarters played an against the Imperial Chancellor, Bethmann Hollweg, and the Imperial Government and that, if pro- perly supported be and the army might have succeeded in carrying Germany to victory after all. He says that he wishes to enlighten the world as to the relations | between the Supreme Command, of which be was the life and mainstay, and the Imperial Chancellor, and to show how much of what was important the Chan cellár concealed from him.
THE OMNIPRESENT COMMANDER,
But what principally emerges from the two volumes is the abounding and all
No embracing vitality of Ludendorff. department of affairs escaped him. He says that he is only really concerned with military questions. On one occasion he writes: "I only express opinions on questions of domestic policy to the Im perial Government when they seem to ho But of prejudicing the final victory." course; as we ourselves found in this
Stricter discipline required at home. We must gather together all our strength" at home with the utmost energy. Lichnowsky must be punished.
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BETHMANN-HOLLWEO'S DISMISSAL. Ludendorff tells fairly fully the story of Bethmann-Hollweg's dismissal. Reichstag bloc had put in a programma of demande-a Parliamentary Ministry for Prussia, oto. There was a conflict in the Crown Council and Bethmann resign- ed. Ludendorff and Hindenburg, tele graphed nominating Prince Bulow for the post, Austria intervened, requesting that Bathmann should not be dismissed and that, Bulow should not be appointed. Bethmann's resignation was accordingly rejected. The next day Ludendorff tele- graphed to the Kaiser abruptly reṣiga- ing I am unable to serve your Majesty The day any longer in my position.
Were afterwards Main Headquarters summoned to Berlin, but by the time they saw the Kaiser, Bethmann had already ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW been dismissed, most of the party leaders in the Reichstag having demanded that he should go..
HORRIBLE END OR ENDLESS HORROR. Another period, and that more obscure, At the is illuminated by Ludendorff. end of September, 1918, Hindenburg, had demanded that Germany must make an 5 P.M. immediate offer of peace: "Every day's delay," he said, "costa thousands of brave lives.
country, practically every human activity was drawn into the service of the war; how, therefore, was Ludendorff to limit his intervention! Even on a question like the Prussian franchise he must have
By the middle of October, how- his say. He wrote to the Minister of the Interior that he had no official opinion ever. Ludendorff had come to the conclu- on such question, but that he would sion that the position was not so bad as like to express a personal opinion, and be bad feared, and that if the German this he proceeded to do with the utmost army could keep on fighting for a few vigour, declaring that there must be no weeks, and the people at home would only concessions to "the spirit of the times," hold up their heads, Germany might pull that there was no ground for a move to through until the next spring. At the wards a greater degree of democracy, that conference on October 17th, therefore, be there was no reason to be afraid of gen-wax argent that the Civil Government eral strikes or revolution, and so on and aliquld work up the home front to a last so forth. At a later stage both he and effort of endurance. Hindenburg insisted that they must be cousulted on all internal political ques tions. On one occasion they sont a de- mand to the Emperor that they should be allowed to be present at a Crown Council. Hindenburg telegraphed :
I consider it my duty to point out that every decision on internal political questions means developments in our quarter which. in view of their reaction on foreign countries and the moral of our own armies, must be taken into consideration by Main Headquarters in judging military operations This insistence drew a snub- from the Emperory who was no doubt prompted by the Imperial Chancellor. The reply
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read:
The Crown Council has been sum- moned by the King of Prussia with a view to enlightening him on Prussian A decision has not domestic affairs. been given. The army is represented by the War Minister, as the Constitu- tion requires. I do not regard the pre- senco of the Supreme Command as
necessary.
Secretary of State Scheideman: "The working men are beginning to say that it is better to have a horrible end than an endless horror."
Ludendorff: "Could not your Excel- lencies do something to rouse the spirit of the masses 7"*
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proceeding direct to Marselles and Lendos, ters we shall be out of the wood.*.**.
The Vice-Chancellor thought that the nation might still be roured on the ground that surrender meant destruction, and Ludendorff rejoined, "I can only repeat my earnest requeat, work up the nation! Sweep it off its feet! Can't Herr Ebert do that? It must be done.
Ludendorit over-estimated the endurance of his countrymen and under-estimated the resources and the determination "of his opponents. But in the power of will. and the driving force which he brought to his task, bis determination to sweep. up everything and averybody into one One cannot resist the conclusion that common impetus for the gaining of vic Ludendorff might have diagnosed the tory he was one of the few big men that military situation in the summer of 1918 'the war produced.
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more accurately if he had not given up so much, time and labour to compiling memoranda and instructions on any and every subect relating to the war-strength of Germany both at home and at the front. He organised great system of patriotic instruction for the army, and
She got in when the bus stopped out his notes on this subject include the entertaining statement that when pat side a well-known shop, and, with her riotic instruction is given discussion must arms full of parcels, seemed radiantly not be permitted." He was continually happy. I know now that it was the demanding that the Civil Government earth-scorning courage-of-the-super- should keep the home population up to
heroine.
the scratch and screw them all up, men The conductor came around to collect and women together, to the highest point fares, and she asked how much it was to of devotion to the cause. In July, 1917, the Marble Arch. He said: "Threo he wrote that: "At home shameless pro- spence miss." Then, without abrinking, Steering and pleasure-seeking, the gam- or turning a hair, she handed him a one. bling spirit, pessimism and forgetfulness pound note of duty, not to mention sheer selfishness,
We all held our breath, and my 'com.
Ho
aro rampant and endangering the issue panion, who won the M.C. in France for of the war. Our people are obsessed with a little affair that looked trivial, beside vulgar cares:" Ludendorff was constitu- this, want white. But the heroine smiled tionally incapable either of keeping his on. The conductor was splendid. hand off anything connected with the could not speak for a moment and there winning of the war or of believing that came from bis throat the gasping rattle anyone could do the job as well as he of a strong man fighting for breath. Who could do it himself, and in this he shows can my what his thoughts were, or weat At last be certain resemblances to Mr. Lloyd George, emotions wrung bis mind1.
found words, and 1 must confess that I felt a little nervous. But he only said: "I suppose you haven't anything slee miss-ai pun note, or a. cheque?" I'm afraid I haven't," was the smiling reply. Sorry, if I'ave to give you all your change in apennies and thrippenny bite," said the conductor.
of whom, according to Colonel Repington, one of his colleagues declared, even in the rammer of 1916, that he meant to be the "organiser of victory.'
It will be remembered also that the last German offensive towards Ecims, on July 15th, 1918, was called by the German „troops; the" pence offensive,” the idea having been spread among them that this But from the depths of his pockets-ha was really to be the final blow.
fished up a ten-ahilling note and raking "CAH. WE DESTROY ENGLAND?!. through his satchel he found nine and There is interesting confirmation in the ten-pence half-penny in silver and cop conference of July 1st that the same view pers was taken in high quarters:—
There
you are, miss-pleasure, I as
* But The Imperial Chancellor: I am bound sure you," he said gallantly. to put the question- Can we destroy don't do it often, will you? Anyone elsa England 1"
like a cheque changed 1" Main Headquarters: We cannot des And the heroine went on smiling. My troy her, but we can greatly weaken M.O. friend said he was feeling faint, ber:
and we got off the bas to reover our Chancellor: If England over became | nerve.: ready to negotiate for fear of falling entirely under the dominant influence of America, would we listen to her.
Main Headquarters; Of course Main Headquarters has never refused to do otherwise.
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Chancellor We are therefore agreed that our first step is to strike with all our might once more and then be ready for a reasonable appeals.
SILLY- 'QUESTIONS.
One of the silly questions in our every day speech meets one dach afternoon (says a writer in the hope paper) when you are asked, "Do you feel like a cup of tea f If one did, one would not confces to it surely. And how does a cup of tea feel!
"I am reminded of an awful day in a Our It appears further that Ludendorf Assorted on July 15th, the first day of his cortain battalion mosg in France. offensive,
"If my blow at Reims succeeds mess-cook prided himself on his steak pud now, we hate won the war," and he tells dings, which were grateful and comforting a pleasant story, that on the same day on old days in rest billots The brigadier
CONSUMPTION Marshal Foch was saying to a friend dropped in ano day at lunchtime, and I said
Do you feel like a peak pudding sit?
the German attack at Reims succeeds, we pleasantly to him: have lost the war." Ono in rather inclin ed to believe that this must be included. among the many historical savings that were never said........
No
it, do I look like one ho replied rather hotly, and I was glad that he had already inspected my company."
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