The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 4, 1919, Page 14

FF TELLS KEPT BUSY DOR W HE ‘One thing that greatly troubled Tadendorft when he came write his defense for the German People was the idea that he had Deen a dictator. Many times ho Fefere to it. He tolt Count Geernin over and over that he Wes not one, and took occasion to deny it for the benefit of those Mberals and radicals in Germany ‘who were constantly pressing the to ‘This sensitiveness ts shown tn the chapter he devotes to his life at headquarters. Ie under takes to demonstrate he was no dictator, even with the army. He | “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Lundendorff od by ‘The Star thru spectal a Copyrighted, 1919, by Harp Poubdtian Hea os ehted mm Great Britain by Hut to in by Messrs, Seix and ariel; in Australia All rights reserved for Fra Beandinavian countries BY GEN. ERICH LUDENDORFF | Mine has teen a life of work for @Ur country, the emperor and the a, During the four years of war Hed only for the v My days followed a regular plan All the time 1 was chief of the start tn the east and had direct control Vet troops everything was determined D by the requirements of the military tion. I was in the office from or seven in the morning until Tate.at night. When I was first quartermaster ®eneral I used to start work when the front was quict, about eight @olock. The field marshal arrived ps an hour later, and we would @iscuss military events and | ‘Plans and any pending questions. | At twelve noon we made our report! Eto Ris majesty the emperor | * At one sharp we went to luncheon, Which lasted half or ef an hour. Before half-past three DI was again in the office. At eight we had dinner, and after an interval of @n hour and a half we resumed | Work until twelve or one at night 5 This monotony was but seldom in | terrupted. Even during my four or five days’ war leave I was not alto- ether free of duty three-quar' n with all parts ¢ front and with the general heac | tere of our allies. The armi fm regular morning and ever Porta, but continuous reports furnished when « un oveurred The telephone formations belong: dng to the staff of the eommander-in- hiet in the east, and the field tele- Braph service of genera! headquar- | re anyth sual OF BREUMATIM Suffered Great Pain for Years Until He Built Up His Blood _ and Drove Out the Poison ‘The poisons of rheumatism are in Bhe Blood. Building up the blood and | ‘making it rich in oxygen burns out these poisons In rheumatism the blood becomes | thin with great rapidity and no per | But decision did not mean deapot LL Te et TEN DOLLARS Stems Like A LOT OF MONEY FOR A HAT LeT me se SOMETHING ELSE interfered as little as possible with the commands at the front He was ready at all times to listen to counsel, He gave his staff the greatest latitude pousible. He was ready to con sult “ith rulers, ministers or rep r tatives of capital the proletariat Possibly he was not a dicta tor, but the scope of the consultations at his headquarters suggests that he was the center of all things In the G Hance at the own very man al me he apoke; and t exercise of power detracts from the fact tho beneve in no wi of pewer re or Italy by WEDLOCKED — Some tuing FOR. You, sir? IEEE TE DOINGS OF THE DUFFS Just A Mommny, MR, DUFF - . THAT GUY 1 WANT wwsT Look Like Reavy MONEN x aks Is WAS ELECTED THAT PRESIDENT OF TH’ LODGE LAST NIGHT DEAR 5 ters, which were responsible for the details of mmunication, Worked extraordinarily well On the hand it was to obtain a clear idea of a that took place on any part of the enormously jed fronts, but, on other it was uncommonly ult the of the y. But it wae ntial that 1 * should be informed of t events at once, as only shortage of reserves obliged us to make immediate deck sions of the very greatest im-| portance. | or necessary events ext hand. pulse absolutely dgui too often ¢ COULD LOOK INTO THE FUTURE The work of commanding the troops, looking after the welfare of | the army and maintaining fighting | efficiency at home took precedence of | everything else. 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At the prearranged stations | the daily reports’ were handed in as they were at general and, if necessary, nicate with where. My personal relations with both staffs and troops were harmonious I enjoyed much confidence The chief of the staff of the Ger man crown prince's army group, Col | onel Count von der Schulenburg, a very clear-headed and energetic offi cer, always gave me sound and re-| Mable support. I often visited the army group of | Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria lalso. His alert and uncommonly in | duatrious chief of staff, General von Kuhl, was an acquaintance of long standing; I had more than one oppor tunity of admiring his caim self-pos-| session even in very serious witua- tions. | During my visits to the front the| various chiefs of staff explained the| situation to me, in the presence of | thelr army commanders, They a! ways @poke as freely as if they had| been officers at general headquar-| ters. They knew I ted to hear! their real views @ Dave a clear) idea of the true situation, not a fa- | vorable report made to order. Somo-| times the armies were instructed to report bare facts, only, whether fa vorable or unfavorabl OFTEN ENCOURAGED STAF! After the general statement we would discuss matters and the army commanders would join in, unless he had explained matters them- | 8, & thing for which I was al | ys particularly grateful. As a rule I used to extend my visit ana this enabled me to discuss every kind of question with the army com- manders. My intercourse with the armies was not limited to the weekly jour. neys. Every morning I spoke on the telephone with the chiefs of staff of | the armies and was admitted to their |@pprehensions and their hopes. They |¢rs! headquarters which would joften had requests to submit and| Sever have approved of; whenever [they Knew that I would help them |*Paurted © 10K Sete MiRRRUNS, Oe tT could. I have often had to give| The frontiers which we mists them encouragement, but 1 always|*¢auire by the war were a matter o felt that they went back to their | Sreatest concern to the future secur- heavy tawk with all the more conti. HY Of the country, and all questions van leonnected with them formed an im- At times one got a better and fair.|Portant part of the work of géneral er general impression of the strategi.| Neadauarters, wean al cal nd tactical situation from the rd ine” onthe “ye aaa pert office chair than one could on the Sucted by the political department. spot where personal impressions had HINDENBURG #o much greater influence LIKED STORIES My conversations on the telephone| We all met together for meals, had the object of collecting informa-! which were marked by peculiarly in- dquarters we could commu anywhere every OTTO AUTO | th y in cases of emergency did 1 issue orders on these oceasions, and then they were always confirmed in writing to the headquarters con- corned. HE “TOOK STRONG | MEASUR! It was an understood thing that |these conversations were reported to the army commanders. I strongly objected to a “staff officers’ com- }mand,” besides, the army command. ers themaeives were men of far too independent character to tolerate such @ situation I did hear of cases where orders were given on the authority of gen- ANA Cm ao [1 always followed up CAN GET Hin! ( LLING-TW WORLD AND SUBURBS THAT A Use MAWAIL UKE PLAYED IM ITS NATIVE : { COMPLE KION WOULD WIGGLE A ZEBRAS ——) STRIPES WTO KNOTS - timate and pleasant inter field marshal was fond o| stories and lively con 1 used to join in, but liked to discuss service matters also. Of course, we took the greatest care not to men tion anything connected with oper- ations, We often haa visitors, either meals or only in the office. Some: times guests appeared during very critical times, I remember in October, 1914, some gentlemen ar. rived at Radom with a trainioad of gifts for the troops, and talked about the prospective capture of Warsaw. while at that very moment I was already contemplating retreat. On such occasions guests rather got on our nerves, but generally speaking, they cheered us up. From officers of all arms and be- longing to all the divisions on the front we heard how things were go- ing in the army, someumes better than from official reports. 1 attached the greatest importance to our keeping in close touch with the front, and received many hints which I wag ‘par: tleularly fond of these military vis. its and greatly valued them, at long WHILE You LOOK UP- }HO-EVEN TH PALM TREES START TO HULA-SHIMMY WHEN THEY HEAR DECEMBER 4, 1919. for Tom. non ation Ver pecoming | ‘The Pract 15 YES, YOUR BROTHER ART TOLD Me Doreininal T DIDN'T Go IN Tu’ YARD -THEIQ DOG CANE RUNNING DOWN T TH GATE AN WE WAS BARKING AN! WAGGING WIS TAIL AY MB. THEY RE Gone? THEY'RE GONE’ WHATLL T Do? THEYRE GONE’ —By LEO NO - HE TOLD ME HOW IDLE YOu USED % BE THAT WAS VERY NICE OF ART— DIO HE TELL YOu HOW POPULAR | USED ‘TO BE, ANNIE ? —By BLOSSER: NES, BUT T DIDNT KNOW WiC END OF WM T° BELIEVE! SEWELS ME EYE! HE Got AWAY WITH THE ONLY Four QUARTS OF PRIVATE “THANKS For TH’ FEED- THERE'S A DIME — REMINDS ME OF BACK HOME ~~~ Often we had members of the Kov- from all parts of Fast and West | strained, and we felt that his majesty } particularly frequent | liked to be with us, rnment from B of the empire and the states imperial ch: jus a visit at Poren in the autumn of 1914, and again in February, 1916 at Lotzen. The other chancellors also came to see us often REICHSTAG GOT |NO SECRETS | Sometimes we had visits from members of the reichstag. T always jhad the impression that these gentle- |men enjoyed being with what ever party they belonged to, Towards |them and other private individuals us, discretion in speaking of the military | Ject of peace, Representatives of industry, com- merce and the employers’ and work |men's unions came occasionally and sat at our table, Neutra! military attaches and mili tary missions who e visiting the front, German and foreign reporters, representatives of the press, scien. tists and artists, all visited at various times. At the table of the commander-in- chief in the east representatives us I naturally observed the necessary | situation and of my ideas on the sub-| Prussia were | visitors. jeellor, von Bethmann-Hollweg, paid | Many princes were our guests at various times. A visit from his majesty the em- peror was, of course, a special honor. Even then conversation was unre- HARD LABOR NOT THIS LAD’S STY LONDON, Dec, 4.—Gentenced one month's imprisonment at Sund land, Peter Lee, shipyard tal yawned and asked languidly if it © ried “hard labor. I was particularly pleased to have guests at meals, because it gave me an opportunity of bringing up various questions that required dis- cussion. In this way I saved time later for other military duties, CARBON MAKES MOTOR KNOCK Waste-Clogged Liver end Bowels Cause Thumping Head and Other Misery. Take ‘Cascarets” seeenene: Like carbon clogs and chok Motor, so the excess bile in liver, the constipated waste in the bowels, produce foxgy brains, headache, sour, acid stomach, indigestion, Let gentle, harmless “Cascarets” rid the system of the toxins, acids, i rae eS @) FASes, and poisons which are and) you upset. sallow | ever skin, sleepless nights, and bad colds.| gripe, sicken, or | “No,” said the magistrate, and ter yawned again, PDIVORCE A WHY? READ THE ichueionaiinsibetile Vv keeping | i= Take Cascarets and enjoy the nicest, gentlest laxative-cathartic you | experienced. Cascarets never ‘ause inconvenience. They work while you sleep, ‘They | cost so little, too, /