Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1921, Page 3

> L SECRETS OF WORLD W Berlin Exasperated by Ludendorff Contradictions. By ANDRE TARDIEU. Captain of the French army. French missioner to America. Clemence: band at the Conferencc of Verspilles. CHAPTER XIIL GERMANY’S TERROR OF INVASION Ludendorft's glaring contradictions exasperated the ministers, especially Secretary of State Solf, who reminds Gen. Ludendorft of his appeals of October 1. The reply is: “Why didn’t you send me long ago the reinforcements about which you are talking today” And Col. Heye adds: “When the great general head- quarters decided to make an offer of peace it believed that an hon- orable peace could be concluded. But we must accept the decisive if the conditions imposed upon us touch our honor.” Mr. Solf replie: “If a refusal breaks off the nego- tiations with Wilson, will you take the responsibility? answered the general. v separate without coming to a decision and on the Z0th Luden- dorff pushes forward Marshal Hin- denburg. who writes an embarrassed epistle of which this is the essential phrase: Jf we were beaten our si pation, which s bad. would not be ap- prociably worse than if we now aceept the terms it is sought to impose upon us. * * We can- not, 1 insi give up submarine warfare without compensation. It is better to fight to the last man to save our honor. Command Loses Face. These are only words. They are without effect, for ¥ha high command has lost its face. 1t talks, it writes; no one belie it. Baron von Lers- ner, linison officer at German head- quarters, telephones a few days aft- erward: The great general staff is fu- rious. But, basing, myself upon the long experience 1 have of it, T can only place you on your guard in the most pressing man- ner against the possibility of hav- ing faith In its promises. and I recommend that you do not allow yourself to be turned away from the policy of peace which we have adopted. The military situa- tion is tod: every bit as des- perate as it was three weeks ago. No improvement is to be looked for and the invasion of our terri- tory is only a question of Weeks, or. at the very best, of a few months. The truth is that it is Ludendorff who is_wrong and Lersner who is right. Since September 20. Marshal Foch, who had regained the initia- tive on July 18, has exploited hi success. Three concentric and unin terrupted attacks on a wide front have deeply modified the strategic situation. In the north, from Septem- ber 18 to October 1S, the enemy has been driven from the Belgian coast, from the region of Lille, from the basin of Lense, and has been forced to establish himself behind the Ter- Vuren canal, the Scheldt and the Northern canal. In the center from September 27 to October 13 che Hin- denburg line has everywherc been broken through and the enemy is \ thrown back beyond the Sambre canal, the Oise and the Serre. In Champagne and in Argonne a hard and arduous battle brings us, between September 16 and October 12, up to the Alsne and .Aire. On October 29, the German armies from fhe sea to the Meuse are evervwhere in retreat. In four weeks, they have had to engage 139 divisions out of a total of 191 They have only seven {resh divisions reserve, and forty-four are utterly worn out. The average strength of the companies i fifty men. al- though 40 per cent of the battalior have been reduced from four com panies to three. Two thirds of thair divisions have been alme wntly, in line since Septumber ure of o = 1. battle | | 1 1 | - Lo rff, who had demand- ed that an armistice be request- ed, becomes overbearing when he gets the terms from Presi- dent Wilson. He appears before the government at Herlin and says: “We ought to say to our enemien before accepting cone tions which arc too hard, ‘Com and take them by force’” M. JTardieu proceeds today with a relation of the further pre- armistice events. short 70,000 relnforcements every month, althvugh the class of 1920 is already coied to the colors. Leas War Material. War materlal jcannot be renewed. Compared to June there are 25 per cent less machine guns, 17 per cent less field pleces, and 26 per cent less heavy artillery. The lateral railways which from one end of the front to the other permit transports of men and material, the voies de rocade, of which the German mtaff made so fruitful a use during the war, are no longer at their disposal—four of the secondary lines and one principal line are wholly or in part in the hands of the allies. Those which remain are almost blocked with supplieg and evacuations, so much so that M the three first weeks of October it has - been possible to displace three divisions laterally, instead of nine- teen so moved in May. Remember also that an enormous amount of war material is scattered all along the front and behind it. To save thi Germany has abandoned the oppor ltunity that a rapid retreat might have rded. Besides, this retreat is dif- cult for the forces which are at a |distance from the German frontier— that is to say for the group of armies of the German crown prince and of the Crown Prince of Bavaria, 130 di- visions in all, that have only a zone of seventy-five kilometers in_width through which to withdraw. Finally the morale is low, very low. Hopes had run so high in July. The great general staff says it is the fault of the government, which has not the in- terior well in hand. The government is right in replying that it is rather the fault;of events. Generals® Word Taken. The generals have demanded the armistice, the ministers take them at their word because they believe with von Lersner that “the invasion of German territory is only a matter of weeks gr at most of a few months.” Invasion: A word that for a hundred vears Germany has been wont to ap- ply only to its adversaries. It becomes the obsession of the government. Cap- itulation on terms to be fixed by the victors alone in accordance with President Wilson's decision. Or in- on with the sole resources of a levee en masse peculiarly prob- lematical in a country that has al- ready called fourteen million men to the colors. But there is no other al- ternative. The ministers make their choice. They will capitulate. After a Wweek of consideration, of hesitation. of exchanges with the are determined to pin the initial re- sponsibility, the ministers are to re- ply on October 21 to the American note of the 14th. This time there can be no playing on words, no talk of negotiation, for it is only a question Pt submissfon. Evacuation of ac- Cupied territory? The demand is ac- cepted, Armistice? Germany recog- nizes that its terms must be left to the appreciation of the competent military authorities. Illegal acts com- mitted by the German forces? These are destructions necessary in a re- treat and permitted by international law; strict instructions will neverthe- less’ be given that private property shall be respected. Torpedoings? Not deliberate; orders, however, have been sent to commanders to spare passenger ships. Suppression of the arbitrary power? It is already ac- complished: the cabinet is responsi- ble to parliament; the constitution will be rewised: the government is free from any military or irrespon- sible influence. This time Germany, bound hand and foot, is riveted to Wilsonian dialectics. Since she does not break, she gives herself up. The President takes good note thereof on_ October 23. in announcing that having received all the undertakings SPECIAL NOTICES. Ladies, Attention ¥ TH HATR SHO! Gives HAIR TROUBLES. Hair Coloring. ment, Hair Goods. 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The ogly armistice which can be suggested to the associated govern- ments will be an armistice that will render impossible (where are the| German hopes on the beginning of October?) any resumption of hostili- ties by Germany and leave the asso- ciated powers in position to enforce any arrangements that may be ¢ tered into. 3. The peoples of the world have! and can have no confidence in the word.of those who have hitherto been the masters of Germany. Nothing could be gained by not stating these essentia] conditio On October 21 ted her defeat. sermany had admit- It remained for the allied governments to fix the condi- of tions of their victory and the base their security. On October President W who, since the 5th, has remained daily contact with the Huropean gov- ernments an8l has given out his cor- respondence with Germany, day by day, communicates this correspond- ence officially to his associates and asks them two guestion 1. Regarding the peace. and in view of the assurances given by the chan- cellor, are the associated governments ready to conclude peace on the terms and “according to_the principles al- ready made public? 2. Regarding the armistice, 2. and if the reply to the previous questlon is in the affirmative, are the associated governments ready to ask their mili- tary advisers and the military ad- visers of the United States to sub-, mit to them the necessary conditions which must be fulfilled by an armi- Istice such as will protect absolutely j8reat general staff. on which they |ginning the war again and to permit the Interests of the peoples concerned | and to assure to the associated gov- ernments unlimited power to sam' guard and impose the details of the peace to which the German gov ment has consented, provided al that the military advisers consider such an armistice possible from a military point of view Definition Is Clear. T do mot beligve that ever problem was more clearly defined. ¥irst, the question of principle: Do the commanding generals believ: that from a military point of view hostilities can be suspended, or do they believe on the contrary that they should be continued? Second, the question of execution: 1f the armistice is possible and desir- able, what are the conditions neces- sary to prevent Germany from be- the allies to impose their terms of peace? i 1t is to the military authorities! that Mr. Wilson asks that these two questions shall be submitted. It is to them that he intrusts in this matter the soverign rights of the govern- ments. M. Clemenceau is, on_ this point, in complete agreement with the President of the United States. To stop the hostilitles otherwise than on the express advice and in the man- ner fixed by the chiefs who have had the responsibility of the military operations would be contrary to ail the principles which have inspired his war policy. In the name of the su- preme council of the allies, over which he presides, he therefore trans- mits the correspondence to Marshal Foch, the commander-in-chief. who, ! by virture of his position and his re- sponsibility, is to answer ..the two questions asked. (Copyrighted by ;the Bobbs-Merrill Compans.) i FOURTEENTH INSTALLMENT TOMORROW. ATTENTION IS CALLED TO WEARING OF MEDALS | %078 KRESGE of an orthopedie tment under Dr. W. W. Thompson, First Institute of Podlatry New York city, for the apecific treatment of ARCH AILMENTS and 100t lesions without the use of RIGID ARCH UPPORTS. ~ This is not a new or experi- mental treatment. but it does include the latest _scientific metiiods known to_the med Fhone M. 453. Hours, 9 to T tment. . AL MEETING OF THE SHARE holders of the Equitable Co-operative Building iation will be held at the office of the sociation, 915 F street n.w., Wednesday, November 2nd, 1921, at 4:30 p.m. FRANK P. 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Adjutant General Advises Service Men on Arms Parley Ceremonies. Due to the fact that there will be} many ceremonial and social occasions | in this city during the conference on | the limitation of armament, which ! will require the wearing by service men of decorations, medals and badges, the adjutant general of the Army has issued a circular calling special at- tention to the regulations on the sub- ject. He states that when decorations and service medals are worn, all those to which the wearer is entitled will be worn by officers and_enlisted men in formation, but that officers and en- listed men not in formation may omit the wearing of some for the purpose | of especially emphasizing or giving | special honor to those which they in- ahviasally consider particnlarly agpro-| priate to the occasion. It is also stated that, unless the ceremonial or social occasion is given by or is in honor of the officials of some particular nation, the ceremonial and soctal occasions connected with the conference should be considered of a general nature requiring the wearing of all decorations and service medals to which the wearer is entitled. Special attention is invited to the| rule which provides that at least one American decoration or service medal Will be worn with forelgn decorations. THIEF GIVEN FIVE YEARS. Another Prisoner Gets ‘Three | Years and One a Year. George Herrick, allas George Starr. twenty-seven old, w tenced vesterday by Chief Just five years in the penitentiary. Her- rick was indicted for breaking into the store of the Capitol Confection- ery, where 339 was taken. The ac-| cused had a criminal record. Willlam Ruth, colored, was sen- tenced to serve three years in the | penitentiary for working the old “pocketbook game.” Connie Ken- nedy, indicted with him. was given one year at Occoquan, but the sen- | tence was suspended during his good behavior. i —_— Secretary Mellon Does Not Need So Much Now to Build Vault. ‘Whoever has large quantities of gold may feel encouraged, for the cost of housing the same is coming down. Official testimony of this fact was given by Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department in a letter to Speaker Gillett. He told the Speaker that he would not need the $2,000,000 previously asked with which to build a modern vault for storing gold, but that owing to the decline in the cost of building materials the vault could | now be built for a million and a half. ARMY BOARD APPOINTED. A board of officers, to consist of Lieut. Col. Augustus B. Warfield, Quartermaster Corps; Maj. Ralph W. Kingmany infantry: Maj. George B. Hunter, valry: Maj. Maxwell Mur- ray, field artillery; Maj. George | credit of $300,000,000 to the soviet gov- {'Agricultural machinery was necessary {remainder for seed to guard against i period, the report said. tover the present crisis and to start the {sia put also for the rest of Europe,| {months by . C, NATURDAY, OCTOBER- 29, 192{—PART Y. TELLS GREAT PART Gus Karger Shows Caravan Club Need of Proper Pub- licity for Parley. Emphasizing the delicate task con-| fronting American newspaper Corre- spondents in general, and editorial writers in particular, during the forthcoming conference on limita- tions of armaments, Gus Karger, ‘Whshington correspondesft for the Cincinnati Times-Star, addressed the weekly meeting of the Caravan Club at the Hotel Washington yesterday afternoon. Declaring that publicity will play quite as important a part in the con- ference as diplomacy, Mr. Karger said that an unbiased interpretation of the true spirit of the assembly to the peoples of the world by the thousands of writers, who will "be in the city during the deliberations will be as valuable for ultimate success as the work of any diplomat. “It will be no place for the extrem radical, jingo or sensational writer,” | said Mr. Karger. “It is litule short of criminal for newspapers to impugn in advance the sincerity of any na- tion to be represented at the confer- in fact, it is unbelicvable that ‘American journal would stoop $0 | 1ow. i “Despite the dreams of some al-} truists, wise statesmen know that notiing is farther from accomplish- ment at ik present time than uni- | versul disarmament—such @ thing is fmpossible. Liut between the Lwo ex- tremes of jingoism and pacifism it is hoped that a happy medium will be struck, and if the temper of the peo- ple of the world is to be truthfully carrled to the conferces, that truth must be conveyed through the news- apers.” P Karger said that the facilities of local newspaperdom would be tax- ed to the utmost to accommodate the army of writers that would be In the city at the time, many of whom from all parts of the world have already begun to arrive. The speaker was presented with the usual floral offer- ing, donated weekly by George Shafter. H. S. Omohondro, presided, and call- ed a special meeting of the committee in charge of the birthday banquet to be tendered “Call Me Henry” Lans- burgh, Pontetate of Almas Temple. Before leaving the meeting to at- tend a session of the Richmond Tem- | ple, Mr. Lansburgh spoke briefly of the forthcoming ceremonial session to be held by Almas Temple at the} Capitol Theater, November 25. Mr. Lunsvurgh asked a record attendance. During the afternoon a musical program was presented by L. W. Brown, solost. with group singing led by Harry “Honeyboy” Evans, ac- companied at the piano by Charles R. Bartlett. CREDIT FOR FARM NEEDS IN RUSSIA IS PROPOSED §pecial Commission of Near -East Relief Makes $500.000,000 Proposal to Mr. Hoover. Establishment of the association of § manufacturers for an extersion of a ernment to purchase agricultural ma- chinery in this_country has been rec- ommended to Secretary Hoover by a special commission of the Near East Relief. The commission submitted to Mr. Hoover its conclusions based on an in- dependent survey of agricultural, eco- nomic_and transportation conditions in the Transcaucasus and Volga regions. it was explained, to enable Russia t fight the famine in that country. The report recommends that a com- mission be empowered by Congress to deliver 1,845,000 tons of grain in con- cert with the soviet government as a loan to Russia, part of it to be used for food in the famine districts, and the | another famine. 1f such a commission be deemed inadvisable, the report sug- gested that the work be , undertaken quickly by an Amerlcan or_interna- tional relief organization. The loan would be repaid in kind, repayment to begin in 1925 and extend over a fixed Russia, said the report, was able and willing to give sufficient security for whatever she might require to tide her ountry on the upward path again. Relief merely sufficient to tide the 20,000,000 inhabitants of the Volga famine areas over until next year would be worse than useless, said the report. To accomplish any lasting good, not only for the people of Rus- c | the follawing essentials werc held immediately requisite in Russia: 1. Food sufficient to enable the peas- ant farmers (constituting 85 per cent of the inhabitants of the famine area) to live on their farms until the next | harvest is in, and to induce those who | have left to return to their farms. 2. Seed sufficlent to sow at the very least the minimum acreage of 1920 in the Volga reglon. 2. Agricultural implements sufficient to break the land: sow this seed and harvest the resulting crop in 1922. 4. Either draught animals to take the place of those taken from farms during the last seven vears for use in the army., or eaten in the last few the hungry peasants, or tractors in sufficient numbers to do the work required. 5. Sufficient transportation to in- sure the rapid Histribution of these| things at points where they are need- ed by the peasant farmers. CAR COMPANY WINS CASE. | A jury in Circuit Division 2 before Justice Hitz has rendered a verdict in favor of the Washington Railway and Electric Company in the suit for 1$35,000 damages brought against the company by Mrs. Charlotte J. Bruen, who claimed to have been thrown to the floor of a car at Columbia road and Mozart place January §, 1918, by the sudden jerking of the car. At- torneys Roger J. Whiteford and Jam B. Archer appeared for the W. R. Harr resented the while Attorney Prentiss re| comy plaintiff. [its “annual revenues GREAT BARRIERS IN PATH | TO PARLEY SUCCESS SEEN (Evllowing s the first of 8 serles of acticles by Junine B. Wood, for many months stal correspoudent of The Star and Chicago Dally News in Japan, ters to be connidered b the Washingion conference on the Iimitation o armaments and the problems of the Paciflc Mr. Wood now is on’ his to Washington i tv report. the conference.) BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. Special Correspondence of ‘The Star and Chicago Daily News. TOK10, an, October 10.—“As )"? were, men!" s a familiar military o der with a wealth of significance. After the distinguished visitor has arrived, the ranks stand at attention, the in- spection of the moment Is finlshed, the commanding officer gives the nonchalant commund gand the old routine is resumed. International militarism will stand at attention at the Washington con- ference and the men and women who pay the bLills for that display will nake the inspection. While most of the commanding officers—the mill- tarists who dircct the vast units X' each nation—hope to finish with the welcome “As vou were, men!” th greut publi expects that a goodly proportion of the present array of men and ships will march off the world’'s parade ground and out of the annual appropriation bills as a result of the deliberations of the conference. That the conference will clear the atmosphere by extracting more or less frank declaration of the ambi: tions and policies of the participating powers seems inevitable. That it 1 create a Utopia of individual and in- ternutional Ubrotherly love, where armies and navies are no longer need- ed, is hardly expected by any person familiar with the history of the pug- nacious spirits of the human race. It may not be practical to reduce arma- ments overnight. But the conference can lay the bagis for a gradual re- duction of armaments to the mini- mum absolutely needed, and the prob- ability that it will succeed in doing so depends entirely upon the atmos- phere in which the delegates meet and the diplomatic oil that smooths the machinery of the conference. The Washington conference will face the limitation of armament and the Pacific problems, the two topics men- tioned in President Harding’s invitation. Already the question has been asked, especially in Japan, whether these are to be separate or related sub- Jects. There is no doubt that eco- nomic and social problems in the Pacific relate to armament, and it should be equally clear that similar problemy in other parts of the world must be’ considered in order to effect any adequate solution of the arma- ment question. The Kasumigaseki, Tokio's diplomatic center, did not hesitate to expre: ts concern at the specific mention of “Pacific problems"” when the conference call startled the world. Japan scented a movement 10, Single her out as the scapegoat sponsible for the world's e: v Hl:lr‘num&nlfl. rld’s excessive his is one of the reasons why i may be anticipated that a Kugge';ilo,l: will be wmade at the conference to start first on the topic of limiting armaments. Such Pacific problems or problems in other parts of the world as relate to it could follow in the regular order. Each nation has its own views on this order of procedure. Military men say that this order, as between the naval programs it e 1 « s of Japan and the United States, will be dier tinctly favorable to Japan. To man unskilled in diplomacy it wiem seem that fixing the size of arma- ments before considering the causes which make armaments necessary is like the methods of the farmer who decides how many sacks he will need ?:r(’;re he knows the size of his potato Scientific - discussion of arm: requires tables of figures in aseen. ing and Gescending progressions which leave any, except army gm“mcil experts, s] dering. Even the experts se Computations of Armament esssce are as conflcting as the testimony of alienists at a murder trial. i As Between America and Japan. Even upon the basis that wil cepted for figuring resneczl\'e’ 23:1:- ment needs, there is no expert agree- ment. In discussing the navies of the great powers some publicists in Japan suggest that ships which Japan ca hopelessly floun- n afford out of and that the other powers then limit their respective navies to then ;Bmmle number—a sort of international so- cialism from an empire which puts individual “sociallsts in jail. Moro lhnpg?}(ful proposals are that each nation’s naval strength be fixed ac. cording to its population, miles of coast line, tonnage of merchant ships national revenue or hereditary naval position. Probably a composite of all fl? ‘(n tors will be followed. etween the TUnited States L Japan the biggest point of L\sucali‘lf regard to armament is expected to concern the fortifications on Guam, Hawaii and the Philippines—whether they shall be razed or their construc- tion halted; whether Apfa. Pearl Har bor and Ca: all continue as naval OWNERS AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE COURSE rts Tueaday Evening \ coovember it 7 P.M. OURSE _OF INSTRUCTION DE- SIGNED TO MEET THE N. 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The question of the fortif i tions of the I u ca minor fmportanc, Srdin ican naval authorities. A them the United States m - agree to the mutual scrapping of all ! war craft—in case of subsequent i trouble it would be a race to se : which country could build ships the H faster—but without the island nav: | bases n the Pacific the An: Navy would be littie better { | California coast patrol. How ! Great Britain, France, Jupan other Furopean gountries have nav. bases in the Pacific which might make this phase of naval armament more tkan a mere checking off of island | :)rls between Japan and the United | es. i Japan's Military Preparedness When land armament is brouched at | | the conference the fur is likely to fly. Some American military authorities be- lieve that the only need Jupan has for its present twent. ) to discou Siberia, Korea the 2 5 ~ i\ L ~Z s L “Auto traffic is gittin’ so thick . that you're nearer t' where you i want t” go if you stay at home {than you would be if you tried ship cssity requ ansport, * could distribute S0 trained troops the Asiatic mainland | ¢* drive there.” said Tell Binkley ! lin less than a month. How that | -, S X unkind suggestion of the of the | t'day, | present size of the J o may e s a bacheran’] not be officially brouched ooyl We'd hate to be a barber an’j ference {have t’ agree with ever'buddy. | i Though most of its soldiers e sol- | ) attonal Newspaper Sery dters only In nume, China In credited | (CPTER w ing more inen_carrying rifles | than any otlier nation. Numerically the COMES TO ST. ELIZABETH'S. Freneh army is a close second. 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