The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 27, 1919, Page 9

THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1919. B | eDougall_fathwick Second Avenue at Pike Purchases Charged Tomorrow Billed y, on Statements Rendered January First in ponte mn uaty y and Value Correct Apparel Jor Women EXPLAINED Ludendorff Tells Reasons for German Strategy in 1917 HE OUTLINES METHODS BY EUGENE J A military dimaster, & What Is a Remnant? A “remnant” is a small portion, fragment, or few bits of merchandise which remain from broken lines. A “remnant” may be a hat, a rug, a dress, a piece of glass or china, pair of hose, short length of yard goods, bit of jewelry, or other similar articles. f YOUNG triumph and a woh ix the pleture Luden dorff paints of the great retreat of devasta ion of one of the fairest region of 1917, accompanied by the The Prices on Remnant Day are all drastic reductions. Every remnant” is priced low enough to assure customers exceptional savings. will go down a ma into om erplece of defen certain in his principles justify The Object of Remnant Day is to dispose of all odds and ends of : ‘tee h wafeguard hi ny, he ye merchandise, to enable us to keep yughit $6. thie euphene “i our stocks clean and fresh. feat in the contest for the ¢ will of mankind | “We had to put up with the fact that the entente ¢ our exceed ingly thoro dem) of the ter. ritory and dispersal of the pop) tion to account, in order once to call us 1 and to ph organ of their own nd that milit ruthlews om conte Art Needlework Model Pieces, Slightly Soiled Fram Display Boudoir Accessories 5 Ivory Powder shape; $2.00, Boxes, large bowl $ Infants’ Dresses, white nainsook, fine French eyelet embroidery; size 1 Year, $4.95. 2 Infants’ Dresses; white nainsook, fine French eyelet embroidery; sizes, infants’ and 1 year; $3.95. 1 Infant's Jacket; cream albatross, em- broidered in buttonhole and French eyelet stitch; $2.95, 1 Infant's Gertrude; cream albatross finished with buttonholed edge; $3.95. 2 Infants’ Dresses; white lawn with French and eyelet embroidery; $2.95. 2 Infants’ Dresses; white lawn, French embroidery; 1 embroidered in pink; $3.95. 2 Girls’ Dresses; poplin and mummy cloth, embroidered; 1 in pink, 1 in blue; size 4 years; $3.95. 1 Woman's Combination; white nain- sook; embroidered; $4.95. 1 Girl's Dress; cream needleweave, Bo- lero style, embroidered; $4.95. 1 Infant’s Romper Suit; white poplin, embroidered; size 1 year; $2.25. 1 Girl's Dress; white poplin, pink em- broidery; size 4 years; $3.95. 1 Girl's Dress; white poplin, pink em- broidery; size 3 years; $3.50. 1 Girl's Dress; white lawn, eyelet em- broidery and tucks; size 2 years; $4.95. 1 Girl's Dress; white poplin, black featherstitching and yellow embroid- ery; size 8 years; $4.95. —MacDeugall-Southwick, Fifth Floor. Bedding 4 Comforters, cheese cloth covered; 72 x84; filled with half wool, half cot- ton; $4.95. 2 Plaid Blankets; blue and white; 68x 80; ogy filling on fine cotton warp; $9.50. $ Blankets; 2 white, 1 tan; ‘. wool and cotton mixed; $7.50. 4 Sheet Blankets; white; 72x80; good * quality, slightly soiled; $3.50. | —_MneDougall-Southwick, Gray Linen Shop. 66x80 ; Shoes 24 pairs Women’s Lace and Button Shoes; black patent with cloth tops; sizes AS, 314, 4 and 414; B314, 4 and 414; C3! and 4; pair, $2.75. 10 pairs Women's White Satin Slip- pers with low heels; sizes AAA5'4, A414; B3 and 4; D2, 214, 3 and 314; ___pair, $1.00. 87 pairs Children’s Button Shoes; pat- ent and dull black; sizes B13 and 1314; C814, 9, 914 and 1114; D614, 7, 7%, 814, 9 and 11; E7, 714 and 11; pair, $2.75. —MacDougall-Southwick, Fifth Floor. Women’s Dresses 14 Georgette Dresses, beaded; colors, orchid, flesh and white; only one of a kind; sizes 16, 18, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44; $25.00. Tricolette Dress; hand-embroidered and cuffs; $25.00. Net Dress; white; size 38; hand-em- broidered border, front and sleeves; $25.00. Flowered Georgette Dress; black and white; size 40; $25.00. Striped Crepe de Chine Dresses white and Copen striped; size other black and white stripes 38; $25.00. Flowered Georgette size 40; $25.00. Georgette Dre , embroidered; brown and taupe; size 42; $25.00, Crepe de Chine Dress; taupe, size 40; embroidered around V-neck; $25.00. 1 Satin Dress; black, size 18; embroid- ered tunic, sleeves and neck; $25.00. 1 Paulette Sport Dress; Copen and white; size 18; $25.00. — 2 Satin Dresses; black; sizes 18 and 40; $15.00, 11 Taffeta Dr navy; sizes 36, 38, 40 and 42; $15.00. ¢ 44 Gingham Dresses; some plaid, oth- ers solid pink, blue and green; sizes 18, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44; $5.00. — 1 Cotton Voile Dress; green and white check; size 42; $5.00. —MacDougall-Southwick, Second Floor, size 38; collar white; Georgette one 40; size Dre: navy; 10 Ivory Hair Receivers, 8 Ivory Hair Receivers, $1.50. 4 Pyralin Ivory Hair Receivers, $1.50. Ivory Hair Receiver, inlaid blue en- ame! bowknot design; $2.50. Ivory Jewel Box, inlaid blue enamel bowknot design; $2.50. Ivory Manicure Set, 5 pieces; inlaid pink enamel bowknot design; $7.25. Ivory Manicure Set Tray; inlaid pink enamel bowknot design; $2.50. Ivory Toilet Set; comb, brush and mirror; inlaid pink enamel bowknot design; $16.50. Ivory Jewel Case, inls bowknot design; 1 Ivory Manicure Set, $2.50. 6 Prophylactic Hand Brushes, with ring handles, 50c. 84 “Wear Ever” Tooth Brushes; 2 for 25e. \ pst Aang Ivory Tooth Brushes; 2 for 35. 9 Fountain Syringes, moulded in one pie Te. Dougall-South wick, First Men’s Furnishings 142 Cambric Handkerchiefs, white; full size; embroidered initials; each at. 13 Outing Flannel Pajamas, striped; sizes 15 and 16 only; double row silk frogs; $2.85. 8 Twill Pajamas, white; sizes 15, 16 and 17; $2.85. 14 Cotton Union Suits, white; 36, 38, 40 and 42; medium weight; $1.6 33 Full Dress Shirts; white pique; sizes 14, 1414, 16 and 1614; $1.4 23 Outing Flannel Pajam triped ; sizes 15, 16, 17 and 18; $1. 12 Wool and Cotton Union Suits ural gray; sizes 38, 40 and 11 Silk Shirts, striped; sizes 15 and 1614; $7.85. - theick, First Fleor, id pink enamel, in leather roll, Floor nat- Women’s Home Apparel 47 Maids’ Dresses; black soiesette ; high and low necks, long sleev sizes 34, 36, 40, 42, 44; $1.50. 26 Bungalow Aprons; light and dark blue percale; sizes 36, 42, 44; 95c. 26 Wash Skirts; white twill; front but- toning; sizes 28, 30; 50c. 24 Gymnasium Bloomers, black sateen; $1.25. 32 Gingham and Percale Dresses; two- piece, straight-line and belted styles, in Alice blue, tan, brown, pink, black and white plaids; sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44; $3.95, Gingham Dresses, apron style; blue, lavender and white, and black and white stripes $3.95, 17 Percale Dr belted, straight- line and surplice styles, in light col- ors; sizes 36 to 44; $3.95. 75 Percale Bungalow Aprons; waist-line; blue white; s 20 Voile and Gingham Dresses; belted models with trimming in self and contrasting color blue, pink, light stripes 40; $2.: bwick, Third Floor, elastic and Notions 2 160 cards Fancy Trimming Buttons; 2 to 6 on card; 8 cards for 25e. 2 Warren’s Negligee Girdles; si 26 and 30; 50c. 21 Celluloid Eye Shades; green; white; 3 for 26 balls Silko and Silkine Crochet Cot ton; light blue, delft, lavender and yellow; 6 for 25c. 60 spools Barbour’s Linen Thread; ecru; sizes 35, 40 and 50; 4 for 60 pairs Shoe Laces; dark gray inches long; 5 for 25c. 88 yards Cotton Beltin es wide; 4 yards 25 172 bolts Bias Tape; and 12; 12-yard bolts —MacDougall-Southwick, Fleet inch- Curtains 6 pairs Net and Marquisette Curtains; white; pair, $2.00. i 6 pairs Voile and Marquisette Curtains; cream and ecru; pair, —MacDougall-Southwick, Fourth Floor, ropaganda with all the stops pulled out. One cannot blame them,” He saved his army on battling no it might go more, but he steoled the foes of Germany #0 that they were ready to go on battling until they crushed the spirit: wh had laid this h sear on the fa of France and the hearts of men Judged by the standards of that militariem and ©, which for cen had t ack Europe, Lu Nant. Given action he turies owledged tr ndorff'n feat wan brit a just cause for the took and hin strateg jmight have won the praixe Instead of the blame of the world | What he did was to apply on a inciple of fort He made bis line of jense and then in front of this put a hu and wide escarpment, an exp we in a foe id find neither cover nor supplies and could be subjected to costly bombardment if he advanced to the k Furthermore, from his point of view, the scheme was a matt utmont necessity. He was fore shorten his lines because he had in. sufficient forces Me had to do it great Roye sali ause this would * and because the po dangerously weak In |the Somme pocket and on t ern flank to the east of Roye the Brt and French were gathering |forr le forces and preparing to lemash ahead with the tanks, whict [had so terrified the German sol Pdiers in the autumn before. The de fenses as they were could not stand against tanks and the Germans had to get back to a line where water Would protect them. Such a retreat, with a modern army, i# no «imple matter. Huge |atores have to be rémoved and the |front han to be thinned to the lowest |dearee. A formidable attack while | h & Movement is in progress | seale a f reas building. nave sition wa south might well thru, upset the and bring disaster waste, no food, no pursuers, was jbest way of Insuring the success of break whole machinery Lay the ce jno roads, no water, for the untry shelter, the retreat What jorff = accomplished of his army tn he to come. Back n the Hindenburg line his center was secure No attack c there until the the erit 4 come | leaving | the| Featured .Friday—Another Collection of EXCELLENT WINTER COATS plush. 4933 5 group are many at- col- lars of cloth or fur. THE ASSURANCE OF SATISFACTION GOES WITH EVERY PURCHASE Second Avenue at Spring Street energy and long weeks on the re-) Moreover, we had on certain sectors | the and} communications bringing up equipment and nance thru the devastated He could take from the center large reserves to guard his flanks, Even with the defection of Russia these reserves proved none t the allies launched their great blows of the summer and autumn. With out them Germany would have been brought to her knees in 1917 In the military classroom this re- treat will be a clastic in the years to come. But any fledgling gen eral should be careful not to over/ look what in the end it cost the mili building of jew bad spent vast |tarist who conceived and executed it “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff "Al rights reserved for as human juder everything to the front @ { our ve fighting in 2 Ith struggle was also going on ation with As far ent could foresee stern tef de a sever in the east the Austro-Hungarian was not so ne ry as had during t campaign against FR nia, after the mn stern front had been less cated Direct cooper high com mand be been mand on the reorganized in a form. The supreme importance of the western theatre of war now demand ed the of the com comp presence the chief. 1 suggested Spa or h as the new headquarters Kreuznach mander-lr Kreuzna rejected was cularly suitable, as many of the the front paswed near the 4 it had suitable hotel and ommodation. Orders accordingly for p established Spa was were general head quarters to t Kreuz ach, Munster am Stein and Bingen. and th cond fortnight of February was contemplated the wher the transfer take place. he Austro-Hung n high 4 wax transferred to Bader com near submarine-cruiser campaign Jon Febri 9 me evide troops that had bee on the frontiers of Holland and Den et a possible attack from rs, would not be re forces and their staffs, held in reserve for this y were liberated for use » the western front In the west a contin British attac haps extending t be reckoned with. It that this would t accompanied by a French offenst between Roye and Noyon, but the probabilities were that France would choos Sols. sans-Rheims-Argonne front for at tack, as she had done in the autumn of 1915, ‘The entente a strategic which ation of the Somme, per the north, had to would thus have advantage by ks of the salient we had pushed into French terri- tory. It was impossible to fore which part of the front the Frenc would select might cause a diversion at FP and reports also was possible | 4 Russia and engagements were to be ex and it was only with difficulty that we could bring up re ements. Verdun also occa mentioned, as the French nys in a position to open k at this point. Lastly, ar British offensive to Neated e ntona ward the PUZZLED OV COMING ATTACKS Consequently we had to be pre- pared to offer a stubborn resistance at any point along our whole front Tt was ir ible to tell what was going to happen. was ir pubt about the con. mn of the struggle on the front. Trieste w Italy's acks were more than likely the Vardar Palestine and nia and in Turkey I anticipated an attack »Hungarian troops in section of the front. A sudden Russian advance in the direc tion of Mittau ( ar Riga) at the end of January alarmed both ourselves and the commander-in-chief on the ern front It was however stemmed by reserves, which were brought up n yet possible to foresee 6 would take | On the eastern front it was ted before April advance in the in March, anc scareely to be exp The big Rus «pring of 1916 t was considerably bad weather and the the ground, It was unlikely the Russians would repeat this at- tempt so in the year, It was also possible that the entente woultl cordingly postpone thelr offensive in the west, The situation on the Somme, however, was so tense that we had to be prepared for an earlier attack condition of The general situation made it nec. | essary for us to postpone the strug: gle in the west as long as possible, | | ures of art were removed from the in order to allow the sui arine cam paign time to produce decisive re- sults, ‘Tactical reasons and a short- age of ition provided tional reas for delay, At the same time it was necessary to short- en our front in order to secure a more favorable grouping of our jot defense by the | that addi-| | ‘The |longing to the inhabitants | | stroyed was to be deplored, but it] Very Specially Priced‘ HESE values are particularly prom- ising to the woman who has not as yet purchased her winter coat. In the $49.7: tractive models in velour, tweed, silvertip Bolivia, crystal cord and These have beautiful faney linings and high gonvertible 6520 The $65.00 coats also offer extensive range for selection in all of the most desir- able fabrics and colors. Many have deep collars and cuffs of natural raccoon, nutria and French seal, while others charm with high convertible collars and smart cuffs of self material. a Take Elevator to Third Floor of Our-line to endeavor by prevénting our adversaries from concentrating strong forces in front Of them. At the same time we secured positions in which weaker divisions, wearied by fighting, could be employed. These considerations, taken in close connection with the opening of the submarine campaign, led to the decision to straighten our front by withdrawing to the Siegfried line (better known as the Hindenburg line), which was to be in a condition beginning of March, and methodically to carry out the work of demolition over an area of 15 kilometers in breadth in | front of our new position. | FIVE WEEKS OF DESTRUCTION Under the rubric “Alberich” the group of armies under the Crown Prince Rupprecht had worked out a program for the work of clearance and demolition, which was to spread over five weeks. If an attack on the part of the enemy made it neces. ary we could at any moment in terrupt this program and begin our retreat Our first battle, our se object was to avoid a ond to effect the sal vage of all our raw material of war and technical amd other equipment that was not actu built Into the position, and finally the destruction of all high roads, villages, towns and wells, so as to prevent the enemy establishing himself in force in the near future in front of our new position, Poisoning of the ells was forbidden to retreat was not without a painful struggle t implied a confession of weakness bound to » the morale of the nd lower our own But as for military rea- we had no choice; it had to be carried out The field mari and the kaiser gave their consent. On February 4 the order was given to carry out “Alberich” according to plan. The first Alberich day was February 9 The retreat was to begin on M 16, but und start at any earlier date. 1, however, have involved great loss of material, not to mention the partial abandonment of the work of demolition decision enemy an it was necessary hampered by the|) ns to mis- ny by furnishing them |the idea of a great counterattack, |far as possible, He and Colonel) ce the | closely on the heels of our retiring | set al! my forces, and tried to make out that} of the 8. |our retreat was a great success for with special news. acften had so to influe nd neutral press that ling of the intentions abe seribed should be given, I personally informed the of our scheme. 0 in The Alberich program was carried} ceed. As It was suc Many tree out according to plan cessful in every detail zone we were evacuating, and in ¢ cordance with the terms of the Hague convention stored in places of safety in the oceupled territory fact that much property be: could not be helped r enemy pressure might | This | Jon a jieut.-Colonel | myself | chancellor | been so de-|of the too much fresh strength in the form of recruits and laborers, and on the other we wanted to foist on| | him as many mouths to feed as pos- sible. FEARED ALL WOULD ATTA On the Somme front fighting with the British had never quite come to a standstill At the the battle north of the Somme might break out esh. South of Roye, too, French preparations for attack | became ever more conspicuous. Whether the attitude of both armies was the outcome of measures we had taken it is impossible to say. It was a severe strain on the nerves of the local commanders to keep, in spite of everything, to the date originally fixed upon for the retreat to begin. In the event this did not prove entirely practicable, as in the north from about the 1th, and in the south from about the 13th, minor modifications of the line were effected in order to evade the attack, which se every day more and more imminent The great retreat began on March 16, according to plan, and was car ried thru without a break in a few ges of moderate length. The ob ject of general headquarters was in general to avoid battle, and to al low the troops time to prepare the Siegfried line before the enemy d it in superior force. Some of t divisions in reserve at the time were ordered to the new posi tion, in other places divisions had to remain at their places in the front line. Only south of St. Quentin was the enemy to attacked after crossing the Somme and the Croat canal; this was done, but the attack was not carried out with sufficient energy. Its success was not conspicuous. COUNTER-BLOW NOT POSSIBLE The group of armies under the Crown Prince Rupprecht and we at general headquarters had weighed the pos&ibility of a general counter: attack along the whole of the Sieg: |" fried line, for we should have liked to wipe out our confession of weak ness by a great tactical success. ‘The condition force: battlefield rendered impassable, and general headquarters nad, there, fore, for better or worse, to, give ap armies foilowed ‘The entente But the cleverly nanipulated that they did not sue- a matter of fact they had any military triumph. themselves. press not gained | Thanks also to the false intetlgence | we had circulated, they had not even interfered with our work of demoli- tion and clearance, The whole movement a brilliant achieve: ment on the part of both com |manders and troops, and is evidence eful foresight and work of the German general staff. one hand It was desirable not | & to -avoid to make @ present to the enemy of | ord: | strong enemy attacks as long as pow region. | nible | meet it. beginning of | | March signs were not wanting that | nd numbers of our troops, | | however, were Fuch that it was im- | | possible for us to throw in sufficient | and had not ever gone as far as the to guarantee a real victory | belligerents in the American civil war, j case had | small that the country had to m and effectively | severely handled, the disgrace of General Nivelle and the fall of the Painleve cabinet, was due to the fact that the Germans knew in where the blow was to fal aaa had made all preparations 5 Failure of Marshal Haig to press an advantage he had gained earlier gave the Germans a) chance to pit thelr strength against the French, These are high points of Laden- dorff tomorrow. p Rascsadeal ata: longer able to attack in th same ai: rections jhad traversed was devastated, in order to carry on war there | certain amount of restoration essential, be launched amount of road and bridge bi would have to be done, as before. The country Before an attack could over it an in . The enemy, therefore, estab himself in relatively slight st in front of our new line. our part, forces visions. We had completely achieved the lobject of the which was to reach and occupy the — Siegfried line. stead The retreat had beep well worth | while. We, could now thin out Alberich program, It stood us in good for some considerable time, Indeed, all our commanders: wished that the German army had ssed many another Siegfried . with its concrete dugouts, for the conduct of the war during 1918 would then have been easier, labor required for their construction, however, was not available, over, the best lines ultimately gave _ way before the tanks, which were: able to overcome the greatest ob- | stacles, 3 | CALLED HU a | ADMITS REASON The More- We had to put up with the fact that the entente turned our exceed- ingly thoro demolition of the ter- _ ritory and dispersal of the | tion to account, in order once more 0 call us Huns, and to play the 3 an of their propaganda with the stops pulled out. ONE ‘OT BLAME THEM. Nevertheless, we had acted in ac- vordance with the laws of warfare, During our retreat in Poland in 1914 we had spared the country as_ for there, on acy count of the vast distances, I had hopes on the destruction — But in the present the area evacuated was 80 In Poland we were able to leave | the inhabitants of enemy territory | alone; here both humanity and prus dence drive them out. demanded that we should In all the measures we took, exigencies of war alone proved decisive factor. tates of humanity were obeyed as far as possible. Otherwise the dics We were too p by taking away whole di — ore Ought we to have left them to perish in the devas+ | tated districts? |THE OBJECT erful to wish to increase the 5 ing of others by unjustifiable This was the not only here, but everywhere, only acted with severity where tary security demanded it—inm ters of contreespionage | pointed to the pe lity of an of-| forces and create larger reserves, |fensive on the L » front and! In France and Belgium we had |Sundgau (upper Alsace), where we! 164 divisions facing 190 divisions, had made very little progress to-|some of which were considerably ward the consolidation of our lines. | stronger than ours, In view of our We had always been conscious of | extensive front, this was an exceed- a certain weakness in this section, as| ingly unfavorable balance of forces. The bulk of the population was| FULLY ACHIEVED driven eastward, only a small pro-| We were now more compactly and) ness and spite, portion being collected in certain) firmly established than we had been places, such as Noyon, Ham and|along our previous extended line, Nesle, and provided with rations! The tactical measures of the enemy for several days and left behind, On had been frustrated, He was no No “Phone Calls” Nor “Return on Remnant Day “Specials”