The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 1, 1919, Page 9

Germany's “blackest day,” the defeat in the ond disaster to the Saeind army on August 8, 1918, was fol- Towed by a panic in the higher circles of Germany and Aus- tria, General Ludendorff reveals in The Star today. The kaiser and emperor of A ria made haste to consult! with Ludendorff and Hindenbur, Chiefs of the German ae a rushed to army headquarters, summoned there | be told what the disaster meant, and what they must do at once to get peace before the allies should become of how serious was the condition of the German army. The kaiser ordered peace proposals. put under way, Fock was launching more of his _ smashing the German front wherever he struck, “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff Published by The Star thr Ryndicate. Copyrixhiod, 1919, ed in Great Britain by by Messrs Seix and Harte! Australia, All rights reserved for ‘Beandinavian eountrics, aware blows and 4 special arrangement with the McClure Newspaper by Harper and Bre AN rights reserved. Hutchinson & Company and the London in Italy by Fratelli Treves; in Can France, Beigium, Holland, Russia thers Times da and and the As soon &@_T had obtained a grasp | calculations, Of the Whole situation brought about | necessitate a withdrawal of the front poe ioe ecents of August 8, I decided | 1 sin y hoped, however, that the confere as soon as/army in France would stand fast with tho imperial The state of affairs on the western secretary of state for for) front was naturally bound to make These took place on AU-| an unfave 13 14 at Spa lies. In t the 13th there was a discussion | of our the chancelior, the fleld mar-| matter Becretary of Stato von Hintae | than bef in the field marshal’s|on thts. at the Hote! Britannic. | particul: Teviewed the military situation, | Princ “condition of the army- and the |™m4n ambassador to Lon Our alties, and explained | ¢*Posed Germany's guilt no longer possible to| the war on the world). y to sue for peace by| T again emphasized the necessity Defense alone could] for speeches by our ministers calcu achieve this object. and so the| lated to make an impression abroad, ation of the war would have to|and the importance of even now in- about by diplomacy | sugurating & propaganda depart Moment our line on the| Ment for educating public opinion. | front was holding, tho, in| KAISER GIVES ORDER TO ‘the element of uncertainty | TRY TO GET PEACE insubordination of some of' The field marshal sald nothing had introduced into our about the state of feeling at home; he Are You Prepared | To drive your car safely in rainy weather? first drop of rain | Windshield Cleaners That Really Clean “Marvel” Cleaner, cleans the whole windshield. 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The following me « there was a presided over by his maj first matter to be discussed of public at chanc n nee The }was the state }home, The introductory statement of the re previous day about moral endurance His majesty then called on Secre tary of State von Hintze. Von Hintze Joffered no opinion about affairs at home, but went straight to the mili tary and political situation, adopti the I had given the p vious drawing the same manifestly same view day clusion was moved ars stood in his MAKE PF ‘The emperor was very calm. He reed with Seeretary of State von) intze and instructed him to open up peace negotiations, if ‘thru the medium of t Netherlands, He also p desirability of enlightening the peo ple and the necessity for a united and firm govern polley. he chancellor emphasized the need for upholding authority at home. } Diplomatic negotiations must be opened at the right moment. The conference then closed; deeply moved, I shook hands with Secretary of State von Hintze, | Meanwhile, the had arrived in Spa with Baron Bu rian and Gen. von Ara. The states men are said to have discusmed peace questions, as demanded by the situa | on; in particular the step taken by Baron Burian (who had addressed vague peace offer to the allies). I was not informed of this at the time, but | learned it later from a remark made [by von Hintze. | Further, the Polish came under discussion. Baron Burian adhered to his own conception (of an Austrian prince on the Polish throne). We had missed a portunity of coming to agreement with Austria. His majesty meanwhile, supported by the chancel lor, was inclined to favor a solution by which Poland waa to * |prinee of her own choosing, whilst |retaining her economic dependence fon Germany | With such divergent views, &n lagreement with Austria-Hungary was impossible, His majesty’s pro | posal seemed to me really practical jand indeed corresponded to my per sonal convictions. I must expressly question also [state here that the emperor was al-| | ways agninst the idea of a personal junion with Poland. DEMANDS AUSTRIAN TROOPS The general military situation, which had developed, was discussed with Gen. von Ars, and also the necessity of reinforcing the western | front with more Austrian divisions; so far only two bad arrived. Gen yon Arz had not abandoned the idea | [of an offensive in Italy, but was now j of opinion that the Austro-Hungarian | army was no longer in a condition) |to hold out thru the coming winter | That was my last interview with this | general, whom I held in the highest esteem both as a man and a soldier After the Emperor Charles had left for Vienna the field marshal and I jimmediately returned to Aveanes. I had thought that the chancellor would leave Spa as welt, In order to Jacquaint the secretaries of state and | |the reichstag with the situation {n/| |the light of our conference. The od ucation of public opinion was one of | his functions, | He remained in Spa, however, and | left ft to Vice Chancellor von Payer to talk to the party leaders, Ebert, Groeber, Stresemann, Count von | Westarp and Wiemer. They were re | quested to attend at the ministry of | the interior on the Zist. At the con |ference there Secretary of State von Hintze explained the military and po- | litieal situation, and arrived at the same conclusion as had been reached | j at Spa, that the war must be brought to a close as apeedily as possible, He | | announced his intention of taking alt | |ateps to procure peace. Gentlemen who were present at this conference told me how they had been very gravely impressed by our military situation, Of course, mill |tary considerations and the pro | AN USE MENTS THEATRE PLAYERS WARME That Hits the ¢ Hilarity ej; Mats, Today » le to Ble, PAIR. AND The Comedy Spot PANTAGES Matinee: 7 ana o ALL THIS deville’s Smartest Musical Comedy “REVUE Dy ® Dashing geoun Gowns Three a breeze the Wert; sation; Long Yard, Two and a Word"; stan rel, comedy playlet; Three Barto, niet athletes: Pantagescope. Mondays), " Ladies’ xcept Sundays), 10¢, Mata. Nights 7:15 and Continuous Dally, 1 to 12 x BiG AcTs oy [Moore THEATRE ORVHEUM VA N YET MARIE" Martello Donald and Com andCompany, 1be to Emperor Charles | and Secretary of State von Hintze) of the} L DENDORFF to- morrow tells how the hard blows of the allies, in which the Americans were again figuring, forced him to bring his army back to the Hindenburg — line and to order prepara- tion of two other lines, the destruction of the Lens coal district and other regions and re- moval of loot and sup- plies to Germany. powed peace negotiations imponed the necessity for reticence on Secretary of State von Hintze; it was bound to injure both seriously if, @ happened later, intentions were to advertised broadcast had to a extreme our such as we | this could only mean the « ‘tion of the war, and the 4 iia would completely destroy us Yor similar reasons to those which |must have actuated & ot State von Hintze, I waa not in a po on to give my views on the peace nm to the world In general, I it with a few of the mem bers of my immediate circle, Gen. |von Bartenwerffer knew About the conference of August 14 thru a note from the secretary of state. ¥ MARSHAL STILL, HOPEFL In addition, I discussed the situa tion with various ministers. tary of State Solf came about this time to Avesnes, A private letter from Welmar informed me of the im promsions he had received he It was said there, by people standing in close touch with Solf's family, that, in Solf’s opinion, 1 no longer belie in & victorious issue of the war whereas the field marshal still had hopes that with God's help it wae not beyond attainment Vice Chancellor too, and in the chancellor's name placed before me a proporal with regard to the Belgian question which corresponded to the turn in the military situation, I ac cepted ft. I thought it was to serve 4s @ foundation for the negotiations lof the secretary of state for foreign affaire, Instead of this, Vice Chan cellor von Payer mac retary Secre sennation be. towards Bel it caused a its attitude Stuttgart cause of gium, Days of great anxiety were to fol low our return to headquarters, Our | position on the western front became | 14th, | m werious. When, |his majesty ordered peace negotia tions to be opened, the front was still holding, tho it guve us cause for anxiety, After August § General Yon Boehm took over command of \Sis army gfeup—the Second, Might eenth and Ninth armies—a few days earlier than had originally been in tended. He, with his chief of staff General von Lossberg, did all they lof their sector. | The fighting between the Somme and the Olse was «till continuing tn the middle of August; the center of gravity of the enemy's attack lay on both sides of Roye, which waa held thru severe fighting, A reserve po |aition in rear, which meant that the left wing of the Seventeenth army would have to swing back, was p: pared and consolidated on a line run ning thru Bapaume, west of Ham |the bills northeast of Noyon, Where possible, old trench systems were in corporated. FORESAW BRITIS! ATTACK | Rupprecht's army group had with drawn the front line of the Sixth army in the Lys Plain a few ktlo metres. A further straightening out of the salient, entailing the evacua tion of Kemmel Hill, ration. Here, too, reserve lines were established, and our former lines evacuated, There was no fighting of any importance. Nothing beyond o¢ casional enemy raids disturbed our About the middle of the an English attack seemed | peace. | month | pfebabte. | The position of the Seventeenth jarmy was similar, Here, after the 16th, there were indications of} jan offensive between Arras and the jAnere, expecially toward Bapaume |The Seventeenth army was not to| hold its front line but to give battle in a position three to four kilometres (more than two miles) in rear; the |front line was merely held out posts, who were to fall back the main position, before the att |There was thus a possibility | bringing the enemy's first onslaught |to naught, and getting notice of his |intentions in time. Southeast of the battle front be- n the Somme and the.Oise the Ninth, 1 the Seventeenth army had made all preparations to put up a stout resistance, An attack be tween the ¢ and the Aisne was anticl d and might be launch at any time about the middle of Au |wust, The reserves surrendered by this army the Second had been fully replac nd it was now well equipped in every way. n to m7 tw ack divisions were held liness near Cuts and Nouvron, about seven miles apart on ja line between Soissons and Noyon where nemy's main thrust was | expe army headquarters t out anized ything with the ¢ \ere was less probability enemy offe ve on the [the Americans held a large part of | the line). There were no indications of an offensive on the by the German Crown Prince's, |Gallwitz’s and Duke Albrecht's army |sroups The situation might alter very quickly, however, in view of the advanced state of the enemy's preparations on all fronts | General headquarters had to pre Pr for extension Of enem: offens. ive to Crown Prince Rupprecht's army group, expecially between ras and the Ancre, and to the Ninth army covering on and Soissons | without neglecting the other sectors |The divisions of the Seventh and First armies (defeated in the Marne pocket), which had been withdrawn from the line at the end of July and beginning of August, could not be given a long rest, Some of them had already had to be put into support behind Rupprecht’s army group, and this was, of course, very hard on of an Vesle (where re von Payer came, | unfavorable | use of it in| September in a speech delivered at could to Increase the resisting power | was in prepa | of | Ar-| | SAYS LUDENDORF F| An additional strain waa thus the railway communica: ! Weat } them. thrown On August 21, the English at tacked south of Arran between Bols jeux and the Anere; this was the first ot a of attacks on Crown Prince Ruppreeht's r, whieh lasted almost uninterruptedly to the end of the war, and made heavi-| est demands on the group headquar: | ters and thelr armies | The Seventeenth army had fallen back in time, and the English attack | broke down in front of the new line (This army had fallen back two miles | and left only outposts in the front lines. It was stationed east and south of Arras) On the 22nd the! enteenth army, by perminsion of ral headquarters, counter attack ed on its whole front, They were suc sful but it would have been bet not to attempt it | Immodiately afterwards the Eng lsh offensive spr uthwards, On both banks of the Somme there was heavy fighting, the main weight of the attack being directed between | Albert and Bray; the Australians had no suc ‘The first two days had thus gone well for I began to hope that here, at least, luck going to turn. During the following days, however, the English, who had but few fresh re at thelr disposal gained ground toward Rapaume after very severe fighting | The characteristic of their tactics Was narrow but deep penetration by tanks after short but extremely vi lent artillery preparatior with artificial fog. Mans attacks by tanks and artificial fog remained hereafter our most dangerous mies, This danger increased in pro- portion as the mora our troops deteriorated and our divisions afew weaker and more exhausted. DIVISION REFUSES TO aT ‘The depth of penetration was soon known, but not the length of front | to be attacked, Well-timed counter attacks by reserves generally suc: | Jceeded in restoring the situation, | There remained the danger, however, of the local command throwing in| thelr troops too hurriedly and piece | meat | As the offensive developed, tnemy succeeded on the north pushing us back from the Anere. this point & Prussian division, known to be a poor one, it is true, and for that reason given a sector covered |by the river, had refused to fight. | This threw the whole line into con |fusion, The natural difficulties of fighting In the ahell-hole area of the Somme battlefield, east of Albert, were increased by the fact that owing to bad railway communica. | tions, it was very, hard to get re nerves up in this region. The situa tion there became extremely critical | about August It was certain that the enemy offensive would con Unue. (Ludendortt here suffered from the | devastation he caused in 1917, for he found it hard to move his troops and supplies over the blasted region.) — | South of the Somme, on the Per onne road, only local attacks had been launched. The Eighteenth | army Was constantly engaged, but | — put up a splendid fight. In view of | us wan rven combi: ene the events east of the Oise the left | 4, | INDIGESTION GOES, GONE! “Pape’s Diapepsin” at Once Fixes Your Sour, Gassy, Acid Stomach i$ Stomach acidity causes indigestion! Food souring, gas, distress! Won: | der what upset your stomach? Well, | |don't bother! The moment you eat | |a tablet or two of Pape's Diapepsin | }all the lumps of indigestion pain, the sourness, heartburn and belching | Jof gases, due to acidity, vanish truly wonderful! Millions of people know that it is| needleas to be bothered with indi | gestion, dyspepsia or a disordered stomach. A few tablets of Pape's | Diapepsin neutralize acidity and give! f at once—no waiting! 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