The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 13, 1919, Page 7

Fae aware r7e7Faawezra te FHROnes NS generates FCE9SE SFE OaPaP ear ev sae Eers ie ~ — S PA Reeves ge Ludendorff Clashed With His Government “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By published tal « predicate Royriznted Gen. Eric (Austro Hun: an t Brest-Litovek . n the name of ) declared t with the Rus py force and ‘On this ba ere alvo inv genera pence Ne t given t pm. ¢ ary 4 cid Count Crernin, the leading — ats tt tion: “Had the entente at ¢ t t prepared fon was lacked ra with plain de jes had been f which ong time. ente, too but delay of its being accepted Nothing was in accordance with the decisions arrived at under the ¥ of his majesty on Decem ber 18 at Kreuznhch, Our future in the East was rendered doubtful How the Letts would now act one « anger of the Ruthenes be- es was im qeald not tell, The Lithuanians and Whit ing betrayed to the Ps yeasarably increased, and the latter, je accordance with Austrian inter. ‘ats, were correspondingly favored ‘The necessary military measures for wearing the frontiers were mot) thought of. T spoke to General eiting the way th ere going. 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AND PIKE SF, Vo n Lundendorff ane with the McClure Newspaper Al rights rei previous agreement between the al. stumbling block » TO PROPAGANDA ex of the Bolshevist rep ¢ Russia showed from entente was anx the negotiations to be drawn ut, and that they themselves still hoped that the entente would help them to bring about a general revo. ation They endeavored to develop the negotia tic at Breet into a great prop a for thelr ideas, ‘This was all the more dangerous for our internal conditions, in that the de structive influence of Bolshevism on society was only recogniaed by few.! Aboye all, it was misunderstood and underestimated by the majority par ties in the reichstag. All they saw in the utterances of the Bolshevists at Brest was a confirmation of their own pacifist ideals and the begin ning of universal brotherhood 1 took quite a different view, It was clear to me that, with or without the support of the entente, Bolshe vism was for us an uncommonly dan. gerous enemy, which would have to be kept out by force of arms, even if we did make peace. At the end of December the dete.| gates dispersed without having con uded any a went home, in orde January at the end tom of for uary the field marshal 1 also went to Berlin, in order to of State von Kuhl! and urge hasten the negotiations General Secretary manr him to I also wanted to seo} Hoffmann, who was in| Berlin | On January 2 there was a council} in the presence of his majesty, 1 pointed out that the intended blow in the West necessitated an early! peace in the East, since the required transport of troops could not take place until it was in sight. On mill tary grounds any attempt at drag ging out the proceedings must be cpposed. We were strong enough to prevent it. But Herr von Kuhimann recetved no special instructions to this effect Then the Polish frontier-belt (a neutral area east of the Vistula) was again dealt with, Count Czernin had utilized bis time at Brest to induce Herr von Kuhimann to agree to its being narrowed, in contravention of| the decision of December 18. The latter must have agreed to it, and obtained the consent of General Hoff. | man, who was thereupon ordered to report on the matter to his majesty. The latter quoting General Hoff-| mann, who was thereupon ordered to report on the matter to his majesty The latter, quoting General Hoff-| mann, adopted the view of the sec-} retary of state. ] | Naturally it was for the emperor to decide, but I was pained by the reasons given. I had believed that the field marshal and I were his ma Jesty's responsible military advisers, and I regarded the extensive narrow. ing of the protective belt as a danger to the provinces of East and West Prussia. I considered it my duty again to emphasize my view, and gained the impression that I had aroused the emperor's disapproval. | On the 4th I discussed my relation-| ship to the emperor with General von Lyncker, From what had occurred, | I could only infer that his majesty |no longer gave me the confidence || which I must demand to erable me! to fulfill my arduous duties. I there: | fore placed myself at his majesty’s| disposal! for other employment | General von Lyncker advised me to talk jt over with the field marshal, who had returned to Kreuznach on the Ird. I agreed, and did so on the Sth. The field marshal asked me to give up the idea, and said he would take the matter up himself, to which I consented. CASE OF | PERSONAL FEELING | Much to my regret, something be- came known in Berlin, and was con nected with the Brest negotiations. | That, however, was inaccurate. Now, | as at the time of my resignation in| 1918, it was a case of personal feel-| ing against me on the part of his majesty, which, coming as it did) ‘from my emperor and supreme war! lord, was unbearable, and caused me the deepest pain. | ‘To my regret, January 2, also made trouble between me and General Hoffmann; but we settled it later In connection with these events the field marshal submitted a me moir to his majesty on the 7th. He gave prominence to the responsibil ity resting on’ himself and on me for insuring that the peace should re sult in such a strengthening of the German people and such an improve ment in its frontiers, that our ene mies would not dare to let loose an other war for a long time to come The attainment of this object was jeopardized by the secretary of state in departing from his majesty’s in structions of December 18 regard ing the Polish frontier, supported tho, indeed. he was by his majesty’s later decision, The memoir also alluded to what | vad occurred at the conference on| January 2, and to the difficult posi- ton In which both the field marshal ind I found ourselves in regard to lls majesty. It ended as follows: | “As long as we only discuss matters and no action is taken, | the differences (with the for. | cign office) are not so apparent. But when, as now, action is taken against Austria in the Austro-Polish solution, or against the Russians at Brest, they become painfully evident. | This wif recur on every ocea- and so will the present situation in consequence, | “It is your majesty’s exalted right to decid@ But your maj- | esty will not demand that up- | right men, who have falthfully | served your majesty and the | country, should lend their au- thority and their name to act which, they are profoundly con- | vinced, are dangerous to the crown and empire. | “Your majesty will not expect | me to submit proposals for oper- ations which are among the meet difficult in history, unless they for attalning are necessary deft. 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[for the pence had expressly “Most humbly I beg your maj | of the government itself, which often) Count Czernin’s Christmas ch. | ters. esty to decide on the fundamen. | enough had proclaimed our agree So he was, as was his right, follow perraentisseinpsteseapniemaslee tal principle. Personal consid | ment with its views, or had shielded | ing his own policy absolutely, and erations regarding General Lu- | itself behind our objection to plans! did not hold himself bound by any ST iF NECK LUMBAGO dendorff and myself cannot be | and wishes which it had been unable| agreement with us, What it was) ‘ ’ allowed to count in matters | to eativr that caused him to change his atth mes touching the needs of the state.” | Count von Hertling himeelf had tude in this way I cannot under|Aches and Pains of Rheumatism REBUKED BY hot done #0; he was obviously trying | Stand to this day : | Sometimes Almost Unbearable, + - to f himself from the pposed We considered his majesty’s de - - CHANCELLOR : : t f general headqua Ilcision of December 18 as binding,|. There are weather conditions His majesty handed the paper to now and again, surpr <a Leper, ki that make rheumatism worse, They the imperial cha lor for reply. 19} way in which he did ao , Tn the mid.{2%4 could not but expect that helare not the same in the cases of| the middle of January we had an} 4,” |» January, “160, he expressed would inform us of any change. !all_ persons. Some victims of this! interview with him |himself strongly to thi effect, Un-| Otherwise grave misunderstanding | disease suffer more in dry warm Above all he opposed the views | fortunately, in public, the govern-|and personal such as had| weather than in moist cold weather, | peace terms. responsibility was his alone, field marshal did not intend now, any more than he had in the time of to impede the functions of the tm-| perial chancellor in any way. this matter our moral re#ponaibilit was involved, of which we were pro foundly conseious, and of whi one could relieve us. It was further the ease that in th army and among the people the field | marshal and I were very definitely | considered to share the responsibility | \that the field marshal and Thad a} in: |share in the responsibility for the| and cmphationiin that He insisted that the| General Lu: The} command iw lChancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg,| "ACKED CZERNIN But in| doubt “onal responsibility of the imperial) geld marshal made y difference, chancellor, and the allent rorall gn perticulas dont iB 8 infor-|eases. Do not fail te give it a Joint responsibility of the field mar-| mation as to the objects of smititary | ("il shen tive’ a‘ Healihe, inks (oD nya myself, But the more! policy which were being pursued. lesan sittin anal anes ined ake feet Arid anne marked out|Up till then Count. von Hertling’s | 100% ey ,Gonit Srpe | his own Bivdin ishgantde: § became | object in the West had been to pre-]” Let's go buy Boldt’s French pas-, : vent Belgium becoming a concentra-|iry, Uptown, 1414 Third ave; down HE'LL PUT ME IN RIGHT WITH THE WIFF' HES DIPLOMATIC AN CAN TALK SHE SAID? ae I'VE OF Tan WONDERED vhlent GoT WERE ¥! CHINA HOw [1D STICK TO TH’ RORD, BUT 1K GOWG ALL MGHT~ You FOLKS j BACK HOME Loox Mi UPSIDE Down FROM WERE - age nate yy POY TURYY WHILE SETTING a HAIR OTH’ CEILING. G' WONDE! You [4 “We FREES reus NE NOUVE BEEN A Good BON, TLL GIVE You ITS ABOUT TINE HE WAS GETTING BACK, 1 WONDER WHAT PERSHING HAD ‘ NOTHIN’ ON THE RECEPTION YOURE GONNA GET Bi! ! That was the fault} Hertling nt did not state suffi ot be avoided.| but all suffer more or less tly clear | now occ it, and not| They would, however, have been) time Jendorff, was in supreme] ® if we had been kept in| ‘The cause of rheumatism ts an| i fe 1. The opini the fleld)excess of urle acid in the blood, ERTLIN marshal and myself would have rej affecting the muscles and joints. RTLING mained the same, but it would have| Hence the blood must have atten- been differently expressed, |tion for permanent the | treatment of this disease, Neither the discussions nor | w = decision which hix majesty gave the| | Hood's Sarsaparitia has As a matter of fact, there was no whatever as to the constitu We now learned algo that Count tion area for our enemies, This was] town, 913 Second ave, ¥ approvedyalso the view of genorat headquar-| GIRL DEAD; BROTHER all the results in the | given entire satisfaction in thousands of SPOKANE, Wash. 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