The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 4, 1919, Page 5

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Three sizes—35c, 7c, $1.40.| rUarrreciit Keepithand very convenient. | Ludendorff Placed Military Yoke on Neck of Conquered People in Poland Ladendorff lived to reap the crop of hatred he sowed in Po land and the Baltic provinces because of the policy of ex ploitation and repression — he practiced. Everything porsible Was taken to Germany to belp win the war, the people being put on secant rations and being forced to raise food and muke war munitions fer their con querors. When Germany was in need this hatred showed liself in many ways that hampered her. After the revolution Ludendorfft was subjected to Bitterest crit. clsm because of his failure to win friendship in these prov “MY THOUGHTS By Gen. Eric V Published fyndicate Copyrighted, 1919, by Copyrighted in Great Britain by Hutenin tn inees. He now tries to explain these actions and te put them in the beet light, Miltary ne fonlty ie, an ever with the Ger man roilitertet, bis excuse fer his measures. He hae to admit he suppressed ctyil governments. putting the countries ander the right control of the Army Lines of Communication system He also feels it tk nreessary fo reply to sharp erithetwn thet the Potieh and Balthe adeninte trations were used to give soft berths to favered pervome te save them from fighting and that the administrations were heavily overburdened with these favorites. AND ACTIONS” on Ludendorff by The Star thru special arrangement with the and Mothers * the London Times: & Company end i Canede and Italy by ih Trever reserved for France, eigium, Helland, Rustia eed the The country condition owing to the only where we had been in occupa tion for some time was there any approach te Some of the [habitants had deliberately left in the van of the + retreating Russians jothers had been taken with Numbers of these had hidden them selves in the depths of the forest: and now returned home Many properties, however mained unoccupied. The harvest had not been reaped, and it was impossible to imagine how cultiva tion was to be continued. There was no con The Russian gov ernment judges, adminis trative auth: and nearly all se eret intelligen agents had left the country, There were neither gen darmerie police, and the priests jalone possessed a remnant of au thority This denuded country had to live somehow. At the very outset of jour occupation ef Vilna, Kovno and 'Grodne serious difficulties arose in connection with the feeding of thet ‘population, and these difficulties threatened to increase and spread | and order re “~\to other towns. There was also a . : Carrying a Child While crossing Second ave at Pike st. with her twoyearold daughter in ber arms, Mra. Violet Kostol, 1511 Boylston ave. was knocked down by &@ machine driven by Charles J. Frye, 1420 Fourth ave, escaping with slight body bruises, late Wednesday uninjured. jshortage of wood and fuel. | The population, apart from the German portion, held aloof from us. |The German districts, expecially the/ ‘Baits, had welcomed our troops The Letts were opportunists and/ awaited events, The Lithuanians! believed the hour of deliverance! |was at hand, and when the good jtimes they anticipated did not ma |terialize, owing to the cruel exigen- \cles of war, they became suspicious once more and turned against ur The Poles were hostile, as they feared, quite justifiably, a proLith vanian policy on our part. The | White Ruthenians were of no ac count, as the Poles had robbed them, of their nationality and given noth ling in return. In the autumn of | hardly ple with the Poles, Lith vanians and Letts LANGUAGE CAUSED MUCH TROUBLE The language diXlculties weighed heavily against us, and canmet be overestimattd. Owing to the dearth German works of reference on the subject, knew very little about the country or the people, and found ourselves in a strange world. In & region as large as Bast and West Prussia, Pomerania and Posen together, we were faced with an ap- palling task. We had to construct and organize everything afresh. The first thing to be done was to secure peace and order behind the army and put an end to espionage The land must be made seif-«up- Agriculture had to be taken in hand as soon as possible, The time for the solution of political problems Was mot yet at hand. These matters were handed over to the inapectors of the lines of communteation, who were primarily concerned with the administration of occupied territe These officers were given the duty of maintaining order in the country. The lines of communication were at their disposal for this pur pose, and in the work of counter ewplonage the field police rendered amsistance. FULL. CONTROL BY THE ARMY The inspectors of the lines of com. munication were given special or ganizations for the administration of the district, These were under a chief administrator, who was given special duties and was responsible to fedmintetrat and economM@ ques and dealt with ment. There was government. | fact that it « pieoe of required a” © beer The armies omr The auartermaster al was busy in tb unable to give sufficient attention to affairs | im the east. The latter had to take! matters Into bie own handa The! inepectas were responsible for the exeoution of any order iesued by him, | epert from their own particular! dues | HAD A | RELIABLE BODY | Owing to the absence of any native administrative oF legal =machinery, our administration had » character | of its own, witeh enabled It to with. | stand the storms of the revolution in| November, 1918 (He to the orgenization which has given the supreme council in Paris so much trouble, This! Baltic organization had played now with one faction and now with an-| other, all the while trying to Ger! manize the Baltic lands. Ite plot ings cateed the threat to enforce kade agai ermany if the ntrigue did net cease and the Ger | man troops withdraw. The Baltic lands have also recently been & @ath ering for tan monarchists) At the end of October first thing to be done was to introduce Our administration Inte the newly | eccupied portions of jcommunication area, as had already been done in the western portions A belt of territory along the front remained the operations sone, under the direct control of the army com mands The various lines of communica jtion areas had adopted different methods, but centralization was im perative, as otherwise it would be very difficult to supervise the ad ministrative machinery. This has to be done with tact and caution, or We shoukt do more harm than good. DENIES MAKING FE BERTHS © weet, an refers of the lines From the magnitude of the task | and wide region to be administered, « large personnel was necessary, in | spite of all efforts to be as economical possible. Altho I hold the view) that it is not numbers that matter, but individual quality, this principle ia necexmrily subject to limitations. | I could mbt carry on without « cer tain staff, and no organization could | have done with less than mine. | Everybody did his best. I could not) | have dispensed with one of them. | | Gile thus replies to German criti |cimm that many soft berths were |found im the eastern district for fa | Yorites, who thus got out of fight, ing) i | 1 was careful that the military | Joharacter of our administration in the area under the contro! of the | inepectors of lines of communication | should be maintained. and, above all, that those should be selected who) 1915 I thought I would like to ob | bis particular inspector of communl | were no longer fit for service at the tain some idea of the distribution of this race. At first they were, titer} ally, not to be found. Subsequently |e discovered they were a widely-| cations. The commandants on the lines of communication and the administra. tive bodies were subordinate to the lecattered people, apparently of Pol suthority of the inspectors Causes jish origin, but with standard of civilization much | time would be required before we) jeould @o anything with them. / t The Jew did not know what atts | difficulties tude to adopt, but he gave us no trouble, and we were at least able to converse with him, which was! such a low/of friction, of course, there were, and therefore, among Germans, friction was bound to arise. However, thanks to our excellent inspectors, all these were eventually over. come. In the area under the control of the commanderdnchief tn the cast, 4 Bake-Day Satisfaction . Right here in Seattle you can buy a flour that will measure up to all your needs. Patent EXCELLENT Flour —than which there is none better—is made right here at home. Only the best grade of Washington Bluestem wheat is used in the milling of this flour. This is the wheat that absorbs the moisture and gives such wonderful texture to your bakings. Try it for breads, cakes, pastries and the many flour is used other things that for. You will be delighted with the results. Have you tried Patent EXCEL- LENT Flour since the govern- ment regulation was removed? We guarantee satisfaction or money back. Your local grocer has no occa- sion to ask you to accept any ‘other—he can supply you with Patent EXCELLENT. Novelty Mill Co., Seattle, Wash. | front. But I also used civilians. My | chief preoceupation was to obtain) Men with techmica! training, for I am | Net one of those who believe that the majority of men are capable of hold ing any post. For purely administrative posts I | was compelled to take men without | previous experience. A resolute will, general experience and sound com- limon sense had to make up for what |was lacking. For agriculture, for | eetry, law, finance, ecclesiastical and educational affairs, experts were ab | sotutely necessary. The extraor dinary demands on the man-power of the nation for military duties made, it at first dificult to obtain the nec ensary men. FEW NATIVES EMPLOYED } | Later on, when the administration of the cormmmanderin-chief in the east | Sttained @ certain reputation, it was jan easier matter. We used to make! | searching inquiries about aji candi-| dates at the employment bureaus at home. The subordinate poste were filled by the various administrations | and lines of communication inspec torates in the same way. I insisted upon having reliable men on this foreign soil, Natives were only em tradition. As I became better acquainted with the country, I realized that some measures could not be carried thru, but would have to be modified. Here and there, of course, things might have been done better and more lachieved. But my duty was to act promptly and decisively in these un- ome conditions. | EXPLOIT, THEN | CONSIDER } In particular, any omission (He thus answers charges that his brutal methods of exploiting and Ger. manizing the country turned the populations against Germany and in- terfered with the conciliatory meth-| ods of the chancellor.) | The chief administrators of Cour. land and Lithuania have attracted | much public attention, | Major von Gossier governed Cour. | land in an unobtrusive and tmpartial | manner. He was a member of the) reichstag, a landowner and an ex) Landrat. Since 1905 the Balts had) been very embittered against the | Letts. He understood not only how to make the former more conglia- tory, but also how to win the sym- pathy of the latter and gain their active cooperation. In Courland they still speak with gratitude and appreciation of his just and far-see- ing administration. ADMITS A PRINCE ERRED Lieut, Col, Prince von Isenburg, in Lithuania, was more impulsive, perhaps too much so, He was an | divided into circles, often Y) West. * | own eee ees eee ‘The Rhodes Co. x: Leather Coats Reduced Two Attractive Selling Lots Priced to Attract Conservative Buyers Lot 1 , $38.75 Garments that were marked $49.50 and $55.00 are in the lot. The colors are Brown, Gray and Tan Natural Leather and Suede. Belted or box styles with and without yokes. Sizes 34 to 44 bust measure. Lot 2, $58.75 The garments in this lot were formerly priced $65.00, $75.00, $85.00, $89.50 and finger-tip lengths. $95.00. In three-quarter and The colorings are the same as in lot 1, but there are several reversible garments with cravenetted cloth on reverse side. in sizes 34 to 46. All full belted styles The sketch shows one.of the coats offered at $58.75 in brown suede. Draperies * A special sale of 60-inch Draperies ar ranged for Wednesday will include colored materials for side drapes of old rose, light and dark blue dark brown, green and corn values. Special, yard also two-tone colors, Two assortments feature splendid $1.00 anc $1.25 —Upper Main Fioor. Men’s Dress Shirts $1.95 Attractively Priced for Quick Disposal The Men's Wear Section will offer an assortment of 60 Drees Shirts which bave been selected from reg+ ular stock on account of being slightly soiled and mumseé from di y. There ts a good variety of pat terns and coloringn to choose from, and the sizes rum — from 14 to 18 with sleeve lengths to correspond. Each size is not represented in every color. Formerly priced” $2.60 plain in shader light and Three Groups of Untrimmed Velvet Hats © Special at $2.95 $4.95 and $6.50 New Second Floor. ce You as a patron or visitor to this store know — how comprehensive are our millinery stocks and their high style character. ~ Knowing this, you will appreciate the a@ vantages of the substantial price reductions: made on these three assortments from the reg+ ular stock, which are made for stock ment purposes. In one group or another will be fi the three models sketched which are ti dicative of the exceptional values vailing. Special at $2.95—I5 this lot are two dred Velvet Shapes, modeled in chic tu sailors, chin chins and tams, in colors and Formerly $4.95 and $5.95. wale to . Special at $4.95—A group of one and twenty-five fine Panne and Lyons’ Vi Hats in tailored and dress models, adapted street and dress wear. Assorted colors black, which sold formerly at $650 and Reduced for this sale to.. pee: Special at $6.50—Panne Velvet and combinations and plain velvet models in Gress etyle feature this group of 75 Hats, played in Purple, Taupe, Nutria and Black. merly $10.95 and $1150. Reduced for sale to Se long as I remained in Kovrno politics played no part in the admin- istration. Prince von Isenberg had full opportunity of interesting him- self in the affairs of the other dis | trieta, and enlisting the sympathies! |mmall district then under his control. | I am sorry I cannot give the! names of various other deserving ad ministrators, The personality ‘of the | lines of communication tnxpector, Gen. Yreiherr Von feckendorff., made iteelf felt, particularty in the Bialystok district. He gave his ad- ministration a character of its own. Nowhere cise did the lines of com. munication commandants and the heads of districte work so weil to gether and with so little friction from the start } The administrative districts were large as @ line of communication area in the The onus of the administra. | tive work, as regards its economic | and agricultural aspects, lay on the! president and the head of the circle, He had nothing to do with the law, which had equal authority with his) The heads of the circles) ranked with town mayors of the larger towns. } MADE PEOPLE AID GERMANY Subordinated to the district com mandants were the mayors of the small towns and the area presidents tn the country, and under the latter were the village premdents te the district commandants were specialist agricultural officers, whose duty was to supervise cultivation and ratate management and to take steps for Increasing and utilis Ing the harvest. Other officials asaist- ed the commandants in producing ail ~ Lift off Coms! . Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a few cents, ‘With your fingers! You can lft off any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be- tween the toes, and the hard skin cal luses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of “Freezone” costs Mittle at any drug store; apply a few drops upon the corn or callus. In- stantly it stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or cal- jus right off, root and all, without one bit of pain or soreness. Trvily! No humbug! provinces they were formed into de | numerous armed bands, en tachments, and in the district under|them lost their lives. the commanderin-chief in the East | never be forgotten. they were formed into a corps. I deeply regretted the lack of German police forces y could not) spare sufficient gendarmes, and I/ was therefore compelled y mandeer older men from the front. | They received instructions to | | efit of duties Griswold’s Erie Cast Skillets and Griddles at 98c Special for Wednesday G cooking can only be accom- plished “with good utensils. Gris- wold’s Cast Iron Skillets will fry steaks and chops just to suit the taste—Griswold Griddles make those delicious brown hot cakes. No. 7 and No. 8 wood handled Griddie or No. 10 bailed Griddle, special at 98¢ Ruberoid Roo At Special Prices $3.50 1-ply Ruberoid at........ $5.50 3-ply Ruberoid at... Ruberoid is a roofing of the very highest quality. It is made of the best grade materials and on ‘it noé coal tar. Each roll contains 108 square feet comes complete with nails and cement, Cobbler Sets at 98c These Cobbler Sets consist of a stand, lasts, hammer, knife and awl. Special at ae < ——————— $1.50 Just arrived—a carload of K. T. & K. B can now fill in your sets out of open stock patterns. dinner