The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 21, 1919, Page 7

FREDERICK & NELSON STREET All was not harmony between Germany =i Austria in the war—from it, Austria had no desire to be absorbed in| the empire of the Hohenzollerns and their military men had FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE their own ideas of how to conduct battles. Ludendorff, in his blunt fashion, constantly reveals these differences. He, now came into contact with the Austrian army, to be its savior, Austria, as well as Germany, had underrated Russia, It had been assumed by both staffs that the czar’s armies would be as slow and awkward in mobilizing as they were in the Japanese war. |@ descent on the fortress chain in Volhynia before the Rus- sian armies could get into motion, The deep race feeling roused by the attack on Serbia, how ever, brought the Russians flocking to the colors and spread disloyalty among the Slavs in the Austrian army. The am- In Beaver-brown Vici Kid, $10.00 UITABLE alike for street and dress wear are these shoes of soft lazed kid in beaver- rown shade, high-cut (9-inch) pattern, with the armies of Emperor Joseph were being rapidly backed up against the Carpathians and threatened with annihilation when Ludendorff went to the rescue, “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff HE dark-brown vamps of these Vici Kid Shoes are contrasted with tops in field-mouse shade. Made on military heel last, in 814-inch high-cut model. Sizes 214 to 8, widths AA to D. those who remained left much to be desired in many cases, and failed to cement the fabric of the army. The old true and valiant soldier-stock had alxo fallen on the battlefield. came uainted with what tx prob ably the most neglected region in Europe, and gained some idea of Polish husbandry The Polish Jew is very backward, $10 " sete reat | 28? Austro-Hungarian army was Price .00 pair. —THE BASEMENT STORE even more so than those of bis ite differently trained from the - a and race in Poland proper. This is German army, Up to that time Gen not altogether the fault of his people, | ora: von Conrad had not but partly attributable to their « very hi of our peace-time t A New Shipment of ernment. ing He now acknowledged to mo In Neu Sandec I reported myself | that he was in or of its principles. Robe ( loth to the Archduke Frederick, & man/In particular he was convinced that with the warm heart of a German |it i# impossible to attach too much and a genuine, soldierly charac remember him with feelings of the importance to anything that strength ons discipline, at 65c Yard highest esteem. The “brain” of the| The general staff of the Austrian operations of the Austrian army was/army gave, he thought, too much \f| General von Conrad, a clever and dix |time to theory, and negl the awaits the admiration of those who have been wait- [J tinsuished general of great mental) practical work, Too many orders " A po adaptability. He was a strategist! were given from above, and any in ing for the new season's designs in these soft, downy- [[| with an unusually fertile mind, andlclination for independent action or always instilled fresh vitality Into|personal responsibility was sup finish fabrics for bath robes, smoking jackets and 4 house slippers. the Imperial and al Army. That R pres must always stand to his credit 4. Communications were well organized, but absorbed an enormous There is an excellent selection of colorings in two- My relations with General von buonecren ny FF Fy . Conrad ere always enti tory, ¢* L » tone effects, patterned in floral and plaid designs— Qi nn yy St bur o Al meetings. |THE G pink, blue, brown, lavender, green, red and gray. The I often had the impression that In preg course of its retreat the Austrian lalson officer on my st did not report facts only, but gonsip jan well. The liaison officer of an | Austrian army had retired over the San and even the Wislok, Its more than 40 divisions were now crowded reverse side is often used for trimming collars and cuffs. * Jallied power has a particularly im-|together on the west bank of the Twenty-seven inches wide, 65¢ yard. [f| portant mission. He can easily do|Wislok, between the Carmathians and —THE BASEMENT STORE harm, and for that reason must be the Vistula. I could not wu retand a man of exceptionally strong char | acter. rd later, the large number of explained the situation. The army was terribly exhausted, Acting on his own responsibility and trusting to Germany's help. General von Con undertook te take the offensive again early in Oc tober, even if t meanwhile FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE retire still further un Russian pressure. The advance of the Ninth army was already protecting the northern jWing of the Austrian army against possible envelopment. It was now |to come up with the latter, |Join in its forward movement north jot the Vistula, The allied armies |were then to attack the Runslari | wherever they found them. At the| Exceptional Offering of and Fiber Silk Stockings Is Scheduled for Wednesday, in Three Attractive Lots as Follows: |keep a sharp lookout on, its exposed left wing and left flank. | On the Rusgan snide there were jonly a few cavalry divisions and rifle | brigades in the broad bend of the Vistula open to the west. These had |not been able to prevent the German covering frontier force from taking |up poritions on Polish soll, or von Woyreh’s Landwehr corps from |marching right across Poland thru Radom to the Vistula and crossing north of the confluence of the San This corps had given assistance to! the Austrian army on the of the river before the latter's PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIBERIANS The main body of the Russian jarmies was still to the east, with weak forces on the west bank of the The groups which had been de eated in East Prussia were behind | |the upper Narew and the Niemen |'The Siberian army corps had not all arrived on the western frontier of | Russia. Some of them were still on |the ws They were particularly | good and gave us a great deal of | trouble. As regards prospective operations it was to be expected that the Rus- |sians would pursue the Austrian jarmy, in spite of all the difficulties an advance involved. ‘The space south of the Sandomir-Cracow stretch of the Vistula was indeed |much too narrow for the Russians. | An invasion of Hungary was out the question for them at that time, as they ran the risk of being de feated north of the Carpathians. It could be taken for granted that |the Russians would also advance be }low the confluence of the San; in what strength and on what extent of front depended essentially on wheth- jer they knew of the new German re- inforcements and how they had taken their defeat in East Prussia. As & matter of fact, the pursuit |by the Russians across the San and |the investment of Przemysl were un: jdertaken by weak forces only, In |the first place they temporarily re inforced their troops 6n the Niemen, Immediately afterwards, however, when they realized the significance of the German ad all their forces, including the newly-arrived Siberian army corps, were employed for a powerful advance over the Vis tula on a wide front from Warsaw fo the confluence of the San. The |movement was in course of develop- ment during our discussions at Neu Sandec |“PANJE” WAGONS CALLED IN We had to prepare for the imml- nent advance of the Russians across the San and north of the upper Vis tula, In order to meet this, and bearing in mind the possibility of a flanking movement from Warsaw, it seemed advisable to bring part of 900 Pairs of Silk Stockings at $1.85 Pair —comprising all-silk Stockings, also Silk Stockings with lisle top, sole, heel and toe. In Black, Cordovan, Gray, Tan and Bronze. Price $1.85 pair. 1,400 Pairs of Silk Stockings at $1.35 Pair —in Richelieu-ribbed style, with lisle top, sole, heel and toe, in Black, Cordovan, Gray and Fawn; also, Plain Silk Stockings with lisle top, sole, heel and toe, in White, Havana and Gray. Price $1.35 pair. 600 Pairs of Fiber Silk Stockings at 85c Pair —tThese are strongly reinforced with lisle to heel and toe. Colors: Cordovan, Gray and and White. At 85c pair. (FIRST FLOOR) — and lisle sole, ‘an; also Black — GERMANY AND AUSTRIA DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE, SAYS LUDENDORFF So Austria’s generals undertook | bitious scheme had been upset by Grand Duke Nicholas and| Goodyear welt soles and PE ey by on All cette teoieee: military or leather in pein by Mt i Bartel : Bayes Louis heels. Sizes A 1| Avetgatia, | an 7 land, Rosia and the 21 to 8; widths y On Be r it, 1914, General| AUSTRIANS Lost Vi AA to D. von Flindenburg arrived at Breslau OFFICERS AND VETERANS with som: staff. Once more} Unfortunately the Austr y| Priced at $10.00 gett Le tnibtary peak |serty. out Bip veld pines th sign in and to|had been done army in times pair. Hf | reac an army from its|Of peace, 1 n openty neglect , If | disaster in Gal ) ed, and. ike our army in Ger self went on t h to Neu/™&"¥, had not that prestige in it Women’s Two-tone Shoes} oi: yse.0ye Se Shot, Walk rian arm The journe sot ton 0.00 air experience for me. It was my firnt| ers’ corps, who ha viait to U + Silewia, with Ite bighty Wsether in spite of conflicting na developed culture. In Gaticia 1 be | “onalities, had fallen by that time; » Austrian army had | and to| ¢|wehr division from THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919. \% In The Star tomorrow Gen. | a otf tells how he ad. vanced to the Vistula and threw back the Kuwsians on Warsaw. Hitter battles were f Russians in attempting to crows iver and launch bi against him, but he w knowing the — grand | plans, which, he says, were found | on the body of an officer, | " * ic Austrian army. which whe crowded up, and our own Landwebr locorps to the north bank of the Vis tule The Austrian army south of tho Vistula was strong enough to meet any demands that might be made on it Most of the transport supplied for our columns ¢ trains wan too| heavy for th lish theatre of war In any case, we had not enough of them, I therefore axked Géneral von Conrad to requisition light transport and let us have all we wanted It consisted of quite light vehicles. drawn by small, hardy horses and peasanta These were soon given the nick |name of “Panje" tra: t. -"Pan jo” horses and wagons also |distinguished th on oon the Western front. The mn of the name was the habit of re ad » | drews another as “Panje,” me r.* Our men also used te them In that way, | litary Sandee med satisfactorily in com. plete harmony of views, A single pmand was not established, for General von Hindenburg and 1 pre.) ferred to remain independent, BRINGS AUS ANS TO TERMS In the course of the about the delimitation of the pective Ines of communication it looked as there would be frie ts Austria-Hungary always toc after her own Inter: has ked te in | measure which is not justified by her military achievements. She acted rightly from her point of view, but !t| was certainly regrettable that the uthorities alway# gave way red that Austria would parate peace with the en tente, which I believed to be a phys teal impossibility However, in September, 1914, the! demarcation of the lines of comma- nication was made in accordance with German requirements, and there was no friction with the Aus trial high command. The Ninth army was ready for op- erations on September 27. Army headquarters were at Bouthen. The dispositions were: Eleventh army ps, due hortheast of Cracow; 4 reserve corps, Twentieth army Jcorps, Seventeenth army corps, Thir ty-fifth reserve division, between Kattowitz and Kreuzbure; Eighth cavalry division, Count von Bredow's Landwehr division, between Kempen and Kalise. The three Inst divisions formed one unit under General von Fromme! .| The Landsturm formations guarding the frontier were made fit for sim. | plo duties in the line by being formed |into brigades and supplied with ar. tillery from the fortresses. ATTACK BY RENNENKAMPF To the east of the Vistula the near. ent strong German force was a part ot the Eighth army, near Milawa l(north of Warsaw). Von der Goltz'« Landwehr divisign was bombarding Osowiee (northeakt of Warsaw). The rest of the Eighth army had pressed |forward ax far as the line of the Nie men between Grondo and Kovno, in lorder to give the impression that the ermans intended to continue the of | fensive t On | 29 Rennenkampf, | reinforcements, attacked here, and during the following weeks forced | jthe Highth army back to and, near Lyck, over the frontier. ‘The Eighth army was, of course, under the command of General von / Hindenburg. But we were so much Joceupied with our own affairs, and |farther, communications became so | increasingly difficult, that we were unable to exercise any control over the operations of our old army. This was not possible until November, when the Ninth army received a sep- te army commander and General | von Hindenburg was relieved of the direct command of it in the field. | The coming operations of the Ninth | army were in no way affected by | nts on the front of the Eighth | army. On our right wing the situation of our allies had considerably improved The Russian pursuit across the Wis- »k was only half-hearted. The Aus: tro-Hungarian army able to take breath and begin its nee October. The First army unde eral von Dank! (destined for the ad. vance north of the upper Vistula), and the Landwehr corps were wait ing south of the river, between the Dunajec and Cracow, to join in the} adv » of the Ninth army, PRAISES WORK OF OLD MEN This corps deserves more detailed | notice rly in| ten: | It wag composed of a Land: | Posen and one We had originally in-| from Silesia. | tended to use it principally for fron-| tier defense. But, as always happens, | wherever troops may be, they get drawn in when it comes to fighting. Thus in August the Landwehr | corps had joined in the advance into Poland and across the Vistula. This involved a good many improvised | arrangements among the divisions. After the crossing of the Vistula they joined in the heavy fighting in which the Austro-Hungarians were engaged south of Lublin, They then accom: panied the Austrian army in its re treat thru the Tanew region, a road- of marsh and forest east arly a August the Landwehr EYES OUR SPECIALTY Years of ex- perience tn fitting and = making glasses, and our low operating ex- pen: able us| to make better Classes for less money. Broken Lenses duplicated om short notice at reduced prices, hit by the | | duke's 's conferences at Nen| discussions | pros: | | v corps had been placed under General did not offer any resistance, but re-jtour to avoid them, same time the Ninth army was to|who had*received not inconsiderable | vor Hindenburg's command. |that these were such of the archives | |ing its way | they | tillery. | them with lexcessive regard for the cost of em- ae FREDERICK & NELSON F vaboba AVE —PINE S7Re ET—SIXTH AVENUE 2,000 Yards of Drapery Cretonnes In a Notable Offering WING to an advantageous purchase, Cretonnes of quali- ties that usually command considerably higher prices are featured at this attractively-low price—35c yard. They offer designs of exceptional merit, in rose and foliage effects, com- bining blue and green with taupe, rose and blue with taupe, gold and green with tan, green and taupe with orchid. 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At Kieice we had decent q rte Headquarters went to Wolbrom, |@s2in, with good rooms for then to Miechow and Jendtuscheiev. |@nd that made the work easier, Wolbrom was only a factory; the two| The strain to whicn vur places had all the characteristics of |were subjected during the the small, dirty Polish towns, Bugs | was enormous. The roads were were all in the day's work. At Mie |mud and the weather bad. In sj chow we were very near the front. of this, very long marches of 30 Cossack patrols were reconnoitering | metres and more had to be in the neighborhood, and General von | plished if the enemy was to be | Woyrsch, who reported to General |crossing the Vistula or held von Hindenburg. had to make a de- far bank. But we were unable to interfere and had to leave the corps commander complet freedom in making his decisions. This was all the easier for us as that ex cellent officer, General von Woyrsch, and Colonel Heye, his splendid chief of the staff, were well known to us Shortly before my departure from Insterburg a motor driver turned up with some documents, and reported of the Landwehr corps as had been saved. He explained that the corps had been annihilated and General Woyrsch and his chief of staff killed It wag not until some days later that} We Will Gladty we were able to ascertain the facts|Examine Your Teeth and Give You Our Expert Advice, and realize that the rumors were false. ‘se The dorps had succeeded in fight thru, We, at Breslau immediately got in touch with them and saw to it that they were re equipped and brought up to strength as far as possible. At their request also received some heavy ar. We were only able to supply a Landwehr battalion which had old field howitzers, They very heavy for the bad roads But tho value of heavy artillery wag estimated so highly that all diffi- culties were overcome. The mobility of artillery is often sacrificed to an | smile without embarrassment! Forget It— That's our answer to you when you say you are afraid to have the | dentist attend to your teeth. To such people we can say they have the greatest surprise of their lives in store for them when they | find they are absolutely compelled to call on the dentist. The great — “fear of pain” that been a bugaboo in their mind for so long will vanish in thin air. ‘There ain’t no such animal.” ploying it. ‘The achievements of the en corps may be looked back upon with pride by all who took part in them. | They afford conclusive prow of the high quality of our arm, fe per: | fection of its organization and the remarkable value of the training and education of our soldiers before the war, These things enabled us in in-| creasing measure to conduct the war | in the East with Landwebr ced Landsturm formations. The advance north of the upper) Vistula began on September 28. The First Austrian army wheeled to the right toward the lower. Nida and advanced against the Sandomir: | Opatow line. | The different units of the Ninth jarmy received the following instruc \tions for the advance: Isn't it much better to go to the dentist before you are com: pelled to—before pain forces you to go? ‘There isn’t an argument in the world against it—you know down deep in your heart that it is the proper thing to do, but you put it off from day to day or week to week with the result you suffer a lot of pain that is unnecessary and pay more for your work than you would have done had you gone when the first sign of decay set in. For mercy’s sake heed the advice of people who have made dentistry their lifelong study and put a little ACTION into your Landwehr corps: on the Proschow thinking. Uintschow-Opatow line. | Eleventh army corps: Jendtrs- ‘ “ chelev-Lagow; Guard reserve corps: |} Modern methods — high-class dentistry — low Chentziny, Kielce, Ostrowiec; Twen. prices. These we offer you. Electro Painless Dentists Laboring People’s Dentists J. R, VAN AUKEN, Manager Located for years at S.E. Corner First and Pike, Phono Main 2333 tleth army corps: Vloszeowo, Bschin, | Ilgha; Seventeenth army corps: Novo Radomsk, Konsk-Radom; Thirty-fifth | reserve division: Petrikov to Tomas-| sow; Bighth airy division and Count von Bredow's Landwehr divis- ion: in the general direction of Ko- linazki, to the east of Lodz. RUSSIANS REFUSE® TO FIGHT | No further news of the enemy had 4828 Wiret Ave, Main 6477, been received, and at the start they