New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1918, Page 5

IDENDOREF QUITS ERMAN ARMY POST piser's Military “Brains” Al-| lowed to Go Into Retirement 28.—Official announce- Berlin William had ac- .ondon, Oct nt Saturday ht that ded to was made in Emperor the request of General Lu- ndorff, the first quartermaster- neral, that he be permitted to re- n. General surprise was caused in briin Saturday afternoon by the t that the daily report from Ger- an headquarters was not signed, as ual, with the name of General Lu- ndorff. Later the following an- uncement was issued: “The emperor, accepting the st to be allowed to retire of In- General Luderdorff the first aster general and command- * in time of peace of the twenty-fifth fantry brigade, has placed him on unattached list. The emperor de- ded at the same time that the wer Rhenish infantry regiment re- b, of which the general has long been | ief, shall bear henceforth the name Ludendorff."” | the —The Echo de Paris al Ludendorff resigned bility of hys that Gener ocause he saw the impo pntinuing the The Matin present the retirement of Ludendorf war says: ‘“Germany will s to the civil eive no one. Ludendorff, months ago made tI and the German people be- military power, but will d four tag he i ho sict 70 ALL WOMEN | now | whom proof of the subordination of | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, OCI®BER lieve that the fall surrender of disappear and desperate ( capitulation.” of and France Paris were imminent, he is beaten is faced with because Semsation Created. Oct The General Ludendorff has thorough semsation throughout zerland and the Central Empires is commented on as a sign that Ger- man militarism is really abdicating Among the German and peoples anger and indignation creasing over the fact that the tary situation has been so long cealed or wrongly presented Berne, resignation caused a Swit- is in- con- Unknown Until 1914, in the resig- Ger de 28. Ludendorff often has been Copenhagen, Oct. nation of General many loses what scribed as her “military brain.” Unknown before the war, Enrich Ludendorfi sprang into promi- nence in the fall of 1914 as chief of staff to Field Marshal von Hinden- burg, then a general, in the oper: tions against the Russians. When Von Hindenburg received the chief command in August, 1916, Ludendorff was appointed first quartermaster general, but his position in reality has been chief of aff and with Von Hindenburg. Soon after his appointment as first quartermaster general Ludendorf be- gan to be looked upon as the real “boss’ of Germany, nd was recog- zed as the representative of the Pan- at Great Headquarters. Tt Ludendorft who brought retirement of Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg, and he was re- puted to have been responsible for the appointment to haelis and Von were described as The general's rule as first master-general has almost to military dictatorship. Geenral Ludendorff was reported to have been the originator of the plan of the German offensive of 1918. The plan called for offensive operations on I the western front which would split the British and French armies compel Allles to beg for peace be fore th the 1y 1vailable Hertling, both of quarter- amounted he streng couid ar to any at the | of | and | Austrian | mili- | | dendorft that he offered his resignation | | neutral e General | | the collaborator | about ! von | the chancellorship of | stopgaps. | and | American failed then German resort to a diplomatic campa order to obtain peace L ce the defeat of th offensive and the ful offensive of Marshal Foch repc from Ge: many have been that Ludendorff and Von Hindenburg were losing \their popularity in Germany, both use peace did not result from the German ttacks and because of the heavy casualties suffered by the Germans. rly in October reports from Be n were that Ludendorffl had suffered a physical collapse, and that he decided to resign. On October 15 Lu- id to have become the German peace note offensive would n in German suc rts wa. 50 enraged over here also have been reports recent- that he was not on good terms with other German military leaders, espec- ially Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. A news despatch through a untry on October 19 said Ludendorff was reported al Crown Coun- that General to have told the Impi a few weeks: As first quartermaster general Gen- eral Ludendorff responsible for the official statements ued from German general headquarte He is man who has explained the rman people how the oops during the last three have carried out strategic drawals was to months with- ARRIV. WOUNDED OLDIER soconi at Ellis Island Shattered Leg. has been Be With ivate received Jacob A telegram he parents of Private Bernasconi telling of t Ellis Island. His parents who de on Cleveland street were prised to hear his arrival in country as he had not hinted at voyage before in his letters. Private Bernasconi ha been valided home and will probably sent to one of the many wounded soldiers. He the 1024 infantry. His been shattered F. re sur- this his of in- be a member of left leg has Relief telephone calls should be sent health department, and not to ting Nurses’ association, as the Vis to the Saturday. ! had | i New ! for more than an | | ¢il that Germany might be invaded in German | by | his safe arrival | hospitals for | TROOPS FACE GUNS IN ROADHOUSE RAID Provost Guard From Camp Devens Smashes Vi Into Building Out- side Woonsocket, I3 1. Woonsocket, Hannibal of provost I Hamlin and Oct. 28.—Lieut. detachment guardsmen from Camp Devens forced their way into a road house in Cumberland yesterday and captured 59 men and nine women ho after refusing to give themselves up, had fired upon the soldiers. Dep- uties from the United States marshal’ oftice in Providence and ants of ngland Wateh and Ward ciety previously had been held at bay hour. aswell of Lynn, Mass., an Watch and Ward Society, was hit in the left leg by a bullet from a window in the story of the road house. a So- Charles € agent. of the fired the federal charged with ing upon soldie court Providence resisting and fir s of the United States. The law provides for a maximum penalty of 20 years 1mpris i Watcl the | upper | * REPRESENTIN All of the prisoners will appear in | ¢iety, who furn 28 918, sons convicted > prisoners iform. Lieut of charges. Among were several men in un- arrived with his de- the inmates fir- upon the federal offic and and Ward agents who had tak- hehind automobiles and anded in the name of of the United States that all house surrend The response another volley from the road house windows Lieut. Hamlin surround the Hamlin hment while ere cove trees. Iic the Pr it in the wis his men to house. He went to a window, smashed the blinds off and broke the glass. Pushing his revolv- er into the room, he repeated his de- mand. The inmates, who upstairs, refused to come out. The soldiers then rushed the house, sT0 ing in the front door They went through the rooms covering men nd women with revolve: Evidently ightened by this qu ction, the inmates made no further resistance. Rev. J. Frank Chase of Boston, president of the Watch and Ward So- hed the information upon which the raid was undertaken, said last night that it was the first of a series to be conduc until every house of the sort in New Ingland ordered nment for | Was closed. had gone | 0 the Board of County Commission- i crs of Hartford County: | The Sein Wein | James M. Butler, Tre thorized b vote of s apply for Clab i€ tificate to title it to have in its possession dispense to its members, and intoxice liquors dent to its social life under the pro- visions of Chap. 296, Public Acts of 1915 at the quarters of said Club, lo- cated at No. 32114 Main Street, Town of New Britain Said Club has for its purposes and objects the following: For study of Irish history and holiday gatherings. It has a membership of 199 and organized November 6, 1906 The Office Director Board of Governors are as follows: Robert J Murray, president; John Melnerny, Club, acting asurer, duly id Club, her and as an inci- Wi | | el spirituous | i its soci vice president; Martin J. Kelly, secre- | ., Constitution | ! and List of members are hereto an- | nexed. ! Dated at New Britain this 17th day I of October, 1918. THE SEIN FEIN CLUB, By James M. Butler, Treasurer. Duly authorized. | and List To the Board of County Commission- ers of Hartford Count The Moose Club, acting by Jamg J. 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