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By GEN, ERIC VON LUDENDORFF.
Nothing remained to be done on August 28, 1914, dut to give orders
for the First Army Corps to occupy Neidenburg. In the meantime the
corps had already made a turning movement in that direction. (This
army had broken through the Russian lines from the west the day
before and advanced more ihan fifteen miles. Neidenburg was the prin
v cipal base of the large Russian forces operating around Allenstein,
thirty miles to the north.) .
The Twentieth Army Corps was to earry out the attack which had
been sized for the 2Tth and more especially to push forward the Forty
first Infantry Division., (The Twenti€th had been held up the day
before in an attempt to progress om the right of the First Corps eround
Tannenberg, fifteen miles west of Neidenburg.) Von der Goltz's Land
wehr Division was to attack Hohenstein (on the left of the Twentieth
Corps.) ‘
The First Reserve Corps and Seventeenth Army Corps (operating
against the eastern flank of the Russians) were moved up west, covered
against attack from Ortelsburg (twenty-eight miles southeast of Allen
stein) to positions on a line running from Alienstein to Passenheim.
(These two corps, taken from im front of Rennenkampf while he
held his huge army inactive forty miles away, had driven twenly miles
on the right flank of Samsonoff’s army, and Samsonoff’s force, number
ing up to 250,000 men, was caught in a circular trap of about twenty
five miles circumferdnce with only a narrow outlet to the south, in
which German cavalry were operating.)
Barly on the 28th we went to -
Frogenau (less than 3 miles behind
the Eut!e line at Tannenberg) and
established ourselves in the open
at the eastern end of the village.
A very ineffective field telephone
connected us with the First A, C.
. (18 miles away), but no commu
' nication at all was possible with
.~ the other forceg. 4
| Our first impressions were by no
means favorable. Neidenburg had
eerurl:i}y been taken, but the Kor
ty-fi Infantry Division had at
tacked Waplitz (8 miles east of
Tannenberg) in a fog and been
driven back. This division, which
had suffered heavy casualties, wag
now holding positions west of Wap
- litz and anticipating a hostile coun~
. ter attack with the greatest anx
jety. I sent an officer there by
car to give me a report on the con
- ditian of the division and hig ae
count was not encouraging. The
landwehr near Muhlen (5 miles
- west of Waplitz) were not making
progregs.
» |f the enemy attacked the right
wing of the Twentieth A. C. in
great force, a grave crisis might re
sult, and, at the best, the battle
would be prolonged. Now there
was Rennonkamp"l chance to in
tervene. But the enemy made no
3““5( on the _Fon‘y-firu Infantry
ivision and the Nieman army did
not advance.
Captain Bartenwerffer of the
staff of the Seventeenth A, C. flew ~
over the enemy lines and brought
good reports of the progress of his
corpg in the enemy’s rear,
PANIC SPREADS FAR.
During the afternoon the situa
tion changed to our advantage. The
Third Reserve Divigion, and later
the Thirty-seventh Infantry Divi
sion, too, won ground west of Ho
henstein; Von der Goltz’s landwehr
division entered Hohenstein itself.
The enemy front agpea‘red to be
wavering. General von Hinden
burg wanted to go straight on to
Muhlen,
We ran raight into. a momentary
panic, created by Russian prisoners
who were being taken to the rear
in large numbers. This incident
created an unfavorable impression,
as the disorder spread far to the
rear,
In the evening we went to Os
terode (18 miles north of Tannen
perg). Owing to an unrortunate
mobilization order, the civil author
itles had already left the town.
This must have considerably in
ereased the anxiety of the eivil
population.
We were not at all clear as to
how things stood with the indi
vidual units; but there was no
doubt that the battle was won.
Whether or not it would prove a
real Cannae was uncertain. The
Pirst A. C. had orders to send a
force to Willenberg, whither the
Seventeenth A. C. was also to pro
ceed. The *rereat of the Russians
was to be cut off.
(This movement meant a junction
of the west and east attacking
forces east of Neidenburg across
the only gap left open to the Rus
sians.)
During the night we learned fur
ther details. The Russian Thir
teenth Corpg had aavanced from
Allenstein on Hohenstein, and had
pressed the landwehr severely. The
First R. C. had come down south
west of Allenstein—its further ad
vance would close the ring around
the Russian Thirteenth Corps and
thus conclude the whole operation,
whilst the First and Seventeenth
A. C’s cut off the retreat of the
othr divisions.
HAD TO UNTANGLE TRPOPS.
On the morning of the 28th I de
cided to go to Hohenstein to try
and disentangle the congestion
caused by the troops getting mixed
up. Operations against Rennen
kampf's army had to be initiated,
whether he advanced or stood
where he was.
Btill another incident occurred
before we were certain of victory.
Barly on the 29th we received a
message by airplane that a hostile
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN 8 e
army corps was marching on Nei
denburg from the south, and was
nearing the town. It was there
fore coming up in the rear of the
First A. C,, which, with its front
facing north, was fighting the re
treating Russiang. Almost at the
same moment we were called up
from Neidepburg and informed that
hostile shrapnel was falling on the
town./
Then we were cut off, All avail
able trpops were set ‘marching in
the direction of Neidenburg to sup
port the First A. C. in the engage
ment we lnticigltod. But General
von Francois had saved himself
already by his own energy, and the
enemy displayed more hesitation
than the situation justified.
After giving these orders, 1 set
out for Hohenstein, and on the way
went over the battlefield, which
made a deep impression on me,
Fast of Hohenstein our own ecol
umns were getting entangled with
masses of Russian prigoners, and
it was®no easy task to restore or
der. The Firgt R. C. and the Twen
tieth A. C. were assembled along
the road from Allenstein to Hohen
stein and the, army command had
thus again at least two corps at
its disposal.
RUSSIANS PRESS ON.
The battle was' drawing to a con
clusion. The Third Reserve Divi
sio£ had broken through the enemy
linés and reached Muschaken, east
of Neidenburg, The Russians, re
tiring through the thick woods,
iried to break through the Germarn
ring at several points. At Muscha
ken, in particular, very heavy
fighting took place on the 30th, but
withotg in any way infiuencing the
issue of the battle.
General Samsonoff shot himself
and was buried near Willenberg
without being . recognized. His
widow, who wa® in Germany in
connection with matters concerning
prisoners of war, was able to trace
his grave by a locket which had
been taken for identification pur
poses from the body of the fallen
general when he was buried.
The Russian generals who were
taken. prisoner arrived at Osterode
and reported to General von Hin
denburg. :
The number of prisoners taken
and the amount of booty captured
are already well known,
The enemy losses in killed and
woundod,r too, were extremely
heavy, he widely oirculated re
port that thousands of Russians
were driven into the marshes and
there perished is a myth; no marsh
was to be found anywhere near.
NAMED !T FOR BATTLE.
One of the most brilliant battles
in the history of the world had
been fought. It had been the
achievement of troops which had
been fighting for weeks, sometimes
unsueccessfully. To the training of
our army in peace time, alope, did
we owe this feat. The battle was a
glorious triumph for tRe generals
and their troops, indeed, for every
officer and man, and the whole
country. s
Germany and Austria-Hungary
rejoiced—the world was silent.
At my suggestion, the battle was
named the Battle of Tannenberg, m
in memory of that other battle long
ago in which the Teutonic Knights
defeated the united Lithuanian
and Polish hosts., Is any German
as then, ever going to let the Lett,
and more especially the Pole, take
advantage of our misfortune to do
us violence? Are centuries of old
German culture to be lost?
I could not rejoice whole-hearted
ly at our mighty victory, for the
strain imposed on my nerves by the
uncertainty about Rennenkampf's
army had been too great. All the
same, we were proud of this battle.
The vietory had been brought about
by a break through, an encircling
movement, firm resolution to win
and intelligent limitations of arms.
Despite our inferiority on the east
ern front, we had succeeded in as
sembling on the battlefield a force
nearly as strong as that of the foe.
T thought of Gen. Count von Schlief
fen, and thanked him for his teacn
ing.
In the Protestant Church at Al
lenstein General von Hindenburg
and I rendered thanks to Almighty
God for this victory.
PROUD OF IRON CROSS,
1 was decorated with the iron
tross, second class, of which I was
exceedingly proud. Even now, when
I think of Liege and Tannenberg,
my heart swells with pardonable
satisfaction. The value of the iron
cross, sécond class, dwindled in the
course of the war. That is quite
natural, although regrettable. But
the order should be worn with pride
by any one who has honorably
won it.
I had not a moment to spare for
relaxation. 1 had to work out the
regrouping of the army for further
operations. It was an uncommonly
difficult task simultaneously to
finish one battle and make plans
for the next. Innumerable other
matters had to be attended to be
tween whiles. One urgent matter
was the removal of the prisoners.
Having regard to the uncertainty
of the situation their numbers alone
was a heavy burden.
On the western front the victori
ous progress of the German arms
was still unchecked. Accordingly,
general headquarters considered
that they could reinforce the Eighth
Army with three army corps from
the west. The telegram announcing
the proposed reinforcements ar
rived just at the commencement of
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“Now was Rennenkampf’s chance
to intervene. But the Nieman army
did not advance.” 7
Ludendorff thus completes his
revelation ofone of the greatest
acts of treachery of all the ages.
Rennenkampf, “star agent” of the
Czarina and her German cabal at
Petrograd, had succeeded in hold
ing in leash for three days a great
Russian army, within sound of the
cannon, while another Russian
army was surrounded and annihil
ated, Rennenkampf lived to carry
his treacherous designs to the end
while Samsonoff, who had been
condueting & brilliant march to
ward Berlin, until betrayed, com
mitted suicide on the battlefield.
Ninety thousand prisoners taken
by the Germans and a few strag:
glers who broke through the iron
rini forged by Ludendorff were all
that were left of a host of qmore
than 250,000 that had represented
the elite of the Russian army.
Ludendorff makes plain just how
the idleness of Rennenkampf's
army brought this great disaster
for the allied cause—a disaster
which saved Germany from im
minent peril and gave her time to
collect her forces for new efforts
after the defeat of the Marne.
It will be recalled that Rennen
the battle of Tannenberg, Later I
was asked whether one army corps
could be retained in the west, and
as I had not aslged for reinforce
ments, I assented. So only two
army corps arrived, the Guard Re
‘serve Corps, the Eleventh Corps
and the Eighth Tavalry Division.
-FEARFUL ERROR IN FRANCE.
The decision to weaken the forces
on the western front was prema
ture, but, of course, we in the east
could not know that, for the reports
from the west weer favorable, But’
it was particularly fateful that the
reinforcements destined for the
eastern front were drawn from the
right wing, which was fighting for
a decision, instead of from the left
wing, which was stronger than was
necessary after the battle in Lor
raine had been fought. The corps
which was to have been the third
for the eastern front was left in
Lorraine. ¢
(It was the crown prince’'s army
which he says was left too strong
at the expense of the armies which
were later defeated at the battle of
the Marne. The battle of Lorraine
was the vain attempt to tike Nan
cy, which whs watched by the
kaiser, all prepared to enter the
city in triumph.) .
The situation in Galicid had al
ready become threatening. The
Russian main forces had hurled
themselves on the Austro-Hunga
rian armies and heaten them east of
Lemburg at the end of August.
The critical condition of the Aus
tro-Hungarian army at the end of
August, opposed by greatly superior
Russian forces, was.not to be mis
understood. General von Conrad,
,chief of the Austrian general staff,
insisted, quite properly, from his
point of view, that we should cross
the river Narew.
But seeing that the Eighth Army
was stil] inferior in numbers to
that of General Rennenkampf, it
was impossible to accede to this re
quest. An advance in the direction
of Mlawa-Pultusk could at any time
be stopped by the advance of Gen
eral Rennenkampf. There was,
therefore, no alternative but to deal
first with the Russian Niemen
army. #
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In the next instaliment General
Ludendorff tells how he cleared
East Prussia of Russians by driving
back Rennenkampf’s big army. Aft
er this battle he was hurried to save
[ the beaten Austrians.
Commander Pleads for
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Better Salaries in Navy
| wy International News Service.)
| ASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-—Comman
der Radcliffe of the Atlantic fleet ap
‘poaled to ‘he Naval Affairs Commit
tee of the House Friday for better pay
for officers and men in the navy, He
told of the necessities of the naval
men to “keep up appearances™ on
ship and on shore, and said the pres
ent low pay and high prices made the
task almost fmpossible.
‘ The burden fell most heavily on the
married men in the service, he said.
.
Huge Bomber Airplane
~ Lands in San Francisco
(By Universal Service,)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oet. 11.—~The
Martin bomber airplane making a
flight around the rim of the United
States arrived here Friday afternoon
and landed at Fort Presidio Field.
Five men are in the crew of the
‘huge airplane, which has an 81-foot
wing spread. The plane started from
the east coast
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
- kampf, after defeating the Ger
mans at the eastern end of East
Prussia, had pressed forward with
his 400,000 men, until he had turned
the line of the Mazurian lakes.
Only forty miles away was the
right wing of Samsonoff’s army,
which was turning the other end of
the lakes and fast sweeping to
ward the Vistula and Berlin. Sam
sonoff had no reason to fear for
this flank. Rennenkampf’'s divi
ssfons and swarms of cossacks were
close by to guard him. But Luden
dorff, knowing through the Czar
ina that Rennenkampf wds a trai
tor, dared to leave only two brig
ades of cavalry to watch*that._army
of 400,000 and to move the army
corps it had already defeated for
a surprise attack on Samsonoff's
flanks and rear while he struck,
another blow from the west.
The map shows how his plan
worker. His first drive was in the
region southwest of Allenstein.
The Russians, flushed with past
_ successes, met and held it. Sud
denly, however, the two army corps
of the east descended on ' their
right flank., It was evidently weak
and unprepared and Samsonoff was
at once’ faced with ‘the necessity
of fighting on opposite fronts. It
is to be supposed that he diverted
3
| FITZGERALD, Oct. 11.—Success of
’the Fitzgerald Agricultural and Live
Stock Exposition, which “eloses to
night in one of the worst years that
}Suuth Georgia has experienced, re
‘tutes any belief, that even the full
fury of the bpll weevil combined with
lthe worst sort of wea!er can hurt
rthe prosperity of South Georgia.
| The exposition was staged hy eight
co-operating counties, Ben Hil, Irwin,
Wilcox,, Turner, Tift, Coffee, Berrien
gnd Cook, and each county was well
\repl'esented with exhibits of agricul
tural products and live stock. The
purpose for which the exposition was
‘promoted by Editor Isidor Gelders of
‘the Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise; R.
L. Jones of Fitzgerald and G. 8. Wil
cox of Ocilla, was to demonstrate the
‘great possibiliites of the central South
Georgia section in diversified farm
ing and live stock raising.
| NEXT TO ATLANTA.
Poultry and swine exhibits were de<
clared by several experts, including
President Julius Otto Pf the State
Fair Association, to be 'the bes ever
made in Georgia outside of Atlanta
and Macon, and the agricultural dis
plays proved an eye-opener to thou
sands of farmers who inspected them
as to agricultural resources of this
section without its great product of
the past, cotton.
The various items of the prize list,
which toaled more than §5,000, were
hotly contested for in each of the sev
eral departments, and the winners are
considered about the best South
Georgia has to offer. The pig clubs
of the eight counties had some excep
tionally good swine in the contest for
the S3O scholarship to the Agricultural
College at Athens. Rayford Hender
son of Irwin County took first with
his hog, and little Miss Inez Harper
of Irwin County took second prize,
The first prize awards in the poul
try and live stock departments are as
follows: «
POULTRY SHOW AWARDS,
White Leghorns—
First pen, W. R. Skinner, Fitzgerald;
first hen, V. N. Williams, Van Ngss Poul
try Farm, Jacksonville, Fla.; first cock,
W. R. Skinner, Fitzgerald; first' cockerel,
W. R. Skinner, Fitzgerald; first pulliet,
Van N. Williams, Van Ness Poultry Farm,
Jacksonville, Fla,#
Rhode Isiand Reds—
First pen, J. . Entenza, Jacksonvilie,
¥ia.; first ken, O, J. McCrary, Thomas
ville; first pullet, J. N. Moore, Jackson
ville: first cockerel, O. J. McCrary, Thom
asville; first cock, O, J. MceCrary, Thom
asville. &
Buff Orpingtons
First pen, A. G. Raby, Macon; firss
cock, A. G. Raby, Macon; first hen, Mrs,
E. Meorgan, Americus; first cockerel, Mrs.
E. Morgan, Americus; first pullet, A. G.
Raby, Macon,
White Orpingtons-—
First pen, first cock, firgt hen, first
cockerel, first pullet, Mrs. C. R, Morgan,
Amerijcus.
Pigeons~—
Carneaux, G. C. Petty, Fitzgerald;
maltese, G. C. Petty, Fitzgerald; all other
classes, GG. C. Petty, Fitzgerald,
Rabbits—
New Zealand, G. C. Petty, Fitzgerald;
all other classes, G, C. Petty, Fitzgeraid
SWINE SHOW AWARDS,
Hampshires—
First and second sow, Pine Forest
Farm, Ashburn; first boar, O, J. McCrary,
Thomasville; first and second giit, Pine
Forest Farm, Ashburn; first and second
bhoar, under six months, Pine Forest Farm,
Ashburn; first and second gilt, under six
months old, Pine Forest Farm, Ashburn
Berkshires-
First boar, G. W. Rogers, Fitzgerald;
first and second sow G w Rogers
Fitzgerald
roland-Chinas-—
First boar, John Kirkland Nicholig;
first gow, John Kirkland, Nicholls; firsr
and second gilt, J. Roberts, Ocilln; firs:,
gecond and third gt onder ane year, H
forces to meet this mnew threat.
Then his western front was broken.
It was not easy for the Ger
mans. Samsonoff and his brave
men put up a fight that more than
once threatened-—as Ludendorst
shows—to turn the tide of the bat-
All the time Rennenkampf was
tle. Once, even, there was panic
behind the German lines.
in position to turn the tide. An
order to his cossack, such as he
had more than onee given in the
Japanese war to save worse situa
tions, and his cavalry in a day
would have been on the rear of
the two corps that were making
the flank attack. “If the enemy
had attacked the right wing of
the twentieth A. C. (one of these
corps) in great force, a great crisis
might result and, at the best, the
battle would be prolonged, “testi
fies Ludendorff.
Rennenkampf did nothing. The
Grand Duke, gomehow was Kkept
from forcing him to move. Doubt
less the Czariha had a voice on
that. The ring was closed on Sam
sonoff and, because of the hesi
tancy of the Russian corps that
did come up from the south, was
kept ' closed. Rentenkampf, not
Ludendorff, had won a great vic
tory for Germany and Berlin.
it s
(By International News Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11.—That Capt.
Carl Dammann and his aid, Lt. Bd
ward J. Vorheyden, two balloonists,
who started from St. Louis in the
national balloon championship race
October 1, were drowned when their
balloon fell in Lake Huron was inai
cated in a message received by offi
’ciuls of the Missouri Aeronautical Re
serve Corps Frday afternoon. The
Imessage said that the balloon, which
was entered by the Wichita (Kans.)
Aero C'lub, had been picked up in the
lake near Tobermary, Ontario, Can
ada, and that no trace was found of
the airmen. -y
Maj. A. B. Lambert, commander of
the corps, immediately wired to To
bermary offering a reward of SSOO for
|informatiun as to the whereabouts
(of the balloonists. It was believed
that had the Fah' been able to make
land they would have sent some mes
sage. No word has been received
from Dammann and his aid since Oc
tober 2, when they spoke to another
| balloon in {he race while passing over
{ Lake Michigan., : g i
H. James, Fitzgerald; first boar, undor‘
one year, H. H, James Fitzgerald. ‘
Bpotted Poland-Chin: s—
' First boar, W. T Paulk, Fitzgerald;
| first and second sow, W. T. Paulk, Fitz
lgeruld. 1
Duroc——
First bhoar, Peacock-Hodge Stock Farm,
|l‘m:)zmn; first sow, Peacock-Hodge Farm,
Cochran,
I THTEATTL ESHOW AWARDS,
Black Angus—
i First bull, Horace Paulk, Fitzgerald;
first cow, Horace Paulk, Fitzgerald. ‘
Jersey
l-“i,r:;vhull, H. H. James, TWFitzgerald;
first cow, H. H. James, Fitzgerald,
l Hereford— ‘
First bull, Willlam Lewis, Fitzgerald;
first cok, Willimin Lewis, Fitzgerald,
The awards in the agricultural show
and in the domestic arts show are too
numerous to mention.
. .
Allied Envoys Violated
.
14 Points, Says Senator
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Oct, 11.—Allied
representatives went to the confer
ence with an “agreement to carve up
It‘no world” and “with their peckets
bulging with secret treaties,” Senator
Norris of Nebraska declared in the
Senate Friday afternoon in attacking
the Shantung clause In the peace
treaty.
“Ali of the fourteen points were
violated” at the peace conference in
direct contravention to an agreement
with the President of the United
Sttacs, Senator Norris said.
He referred to the Shantung clause
as “the rape of China.”
» .
Trolleys Again Plying
’ .
Old Route on W hitehall
Street cars which operated on
Whitehall street before the paving
project between Alabama and Mitch
ell streets was bewun, driving them
temporarily (o other 'ines, resumed
the old routes Sa‘urday morning and
he traffic sitaation was restored te
Pt
| normaa
| Cars on these routss made the
| change’ Forrest-Capitol, Vine. Wood
| ward, Peachtree-Whitchall, Ponce de
Leon-MeDaniel and sSouth Pryor-
Wesgt Teachirepe,
LA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1919.
[IRPITZ 15 ANGERED bY
U-BOAT RESTRIGTIONS
By ALFRED VON TIRPITZ.
Grand Admiral of the Germanr
Nevy.
Charleville, April 18, 1915.
T is rumored here that England
will show us some mercy. If
this is believed we shall rush
into her arms despite all the 1
flourish of trumpets and bragging.
Our small u-boats now shoot
down everything that comes in
their way. The Chancellor is tear
ing his hair because of it and is
doing his best to influenve the
Emperor. Any liberties may be
taken with us, but our modesty and
good behavior when our very ex
istence is at stake causes the neu
trals to doubt of our power to win, ‘
(Editor's Note.—~March 28 the |
British steamer Falaba was at
tacked and sunk by a sugmarine
with the losg of 111 lives, includ
ing one American; April 8 the
steamer Hipalyce, chartered by the
Amg:cln Commission for Relief
in igium, was torpedoed by a
German submarine, 15 lives being
lost. These Incidents greatly in
flamed the English and American
public against Germany.)
It is on the whole, very satis
factory that England’'s abusing us
so immoderately—a sign that
things are uncomfortable for them.
if only the new kind. of U-boats
could be ready sooner, and show
effects before England consents to
p‘g?{ce negotiations.
ere the chancellor and his set
are against running round with
hair on end because a little U-boat
sank a Dutch ship.
Instead of making a proud and
resolute stand against unfriendly
“neutral” Holland we whine and
are already apologizing without
cause.
BETHMANN WANTED COUR
LAND.
Emanuelssegen, July 20, 1915,
(To my wife).—Our guards which
have been hard hit are now con
fronted by the Russian guards who
have been brought up from Pe
tersburg. From this it is thought
that the Russians are staking their
last. Falkenhayn has told Bach- ©
mann that the Chancellor wants
to annex Courland. England wilt:
be delighted at this. If we do it
we will have run aground for the
next century and run against the
Russians too. Enpgland will laugh
in her sleeve and we will retire
from Belgium. England will then
have attained her aim and we will
‘be !orcedépack to a purely contin
ental state.
(Editor's Note.~Further indi~
cations that Germany's war aims
were from the start the annexation
of territory. With her shaken
army, Germany began the new of
fensive against Russia at this time,
and succeeded in capturing suc
cessively Warsaw, Ivangorod,
Kovno, Brest-Litovsk and Vilna.)
Kalkenhayn is entirely deaf to
the pleas from Turkey and the
Balkans. The entire set around the
Emperor are quietly dozing, The
Emperor himself spends much
of his time before a large map,
filling it in.
Emanuelssegen, July 24, 1915.—
Today we are expecting the Ameri
can note. (Third Lusitania note).
In case it is harsh, Bethmann, Ja
gow and the others will say, “We
owe this 'to the navy.”,
(Editor's Note.~—~The third
United States note on the Lusi
tania sinking was sent from Wash
ington July 21. It called Ger
many's explanations made on July
8, “very unsatisfactory.”
Emanuelsseien, July 25, 1915.—
America is so imprudently and
openly pro-British that it is hardly
creditible we will knuckle under.
Still 1T think anythiny possible. A
remark in the note indicates that
we have already secretly prom
ised to restrict the U-boat war
fare. We are sliding on.
But now it becomes a case of
\{ormal acknowledgement before
‘ he world and before the German
people. The answer can easily
~drag on for weeks. I cannot agree
~ to a formal renouncement of the
- U-boat warfare. We should there- |
by give up the onily weapon of the
future against England. l
The refusal of Falkenhayn of all
hel£ to Turkey weighs heavily
(Editor's Note.—Germany anxiety
upon me. :
over Turkey lay in the increasing
pressure which Italy was bringing
on the Turkish Government, and
which, unless relieved by Turkish
military successes, was certain to l
provoke a declaration of war. This |
Berlin realized would only. be the
prelude to an Italian declaration of
war against Germany, thus over
riding the purely local territorial
questions which provoked the Ttal
ian declaration against Amuastria.
Italy did declare war against Tur
key August 20, and against Ger
many soon after.
Emanuelssegen, July 27, 1015,
A year ago today I reached Berlin
and was told that all was in order. '
I did not trust the assurance and |
unfortunately 1 was right, We
have already lost 500,000 men on
the batlefields and over 1,000,000
wounded and still there is no end
in sight.
I think that the shamefully harsh
tone of the American note is not l
a disadvantage to us. As yet we |
know nothing further from Berlin. |
At Wilhelmstrasse oppinions are i
said to be divided. Herr Kriege |
(head of the legal department in |
the foreign office) is said to have |
gone completely over against the '
U-boats. He probably thinks his |
time has come and that a new, |
modern international law is devel- |
oping.
Personally I think the American
note is not to be answered and the
U-boat warfare will die a linger
ing death. !
KAISER DENIED ANNEVATION |
Emanuelssegen, July 29, 1015 |
Today I was informed that on
August 1, the Emperor will issue a |
proclamation which in spite of the ;
flourish of trumpets and beating |
of drums will be very like a cham
ade, It is said to contain the !
statement that we are not making |
war for conquest, Other passages, ;
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wJi 1 THINK OF ||
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- asserting that we do not intend to
extend our frontiers, and that. we
are ready to make peace, contained
in the original draft, have been
struck out.
Such an admission of our defeat
would make the worst impression
both here and abroad.
It is true that all inspired news
papers take the same attitude as
1 at once telephoned to Berlin to
the proclamation.
obtain further proof of such a
proclamation being contemplated.
In Pless I went to see Wild von
Hohenborn who also was horrified
at the idea.
- of the Greeks at England's oppres
| A report of our military attache
in Athens describes the indignation
I sion designed to force them into
_the war. To judge by their news-
Ppaper articles they show more
~ courage in this direction than the
Dutch.
Emanuelssegen, July 31, 1915, —
Accordingly to apparently reliable
reports, after the sending of our
note to America, Jagow went to an
vAmerican official and implored him
to do his utmost to assure its fa
vorable reception.
Behncke writés beside himself
about the decreases in the use of
the U-boats in consequence of the
restrictions. That the U-boats act
only under these restrictions has
doubtless been signified to Ameri
ca. From the very ‘beginning I
have always fought for an energet
ic stand against America but with
out result.
Emanuelssegen, Aug. 3, 1915.—
We have intercepted British wire
less messages which show that
they are putting armed parties on
neutral ships and shooting our
U-boats down. It cannot go on
long thus with our U-boats unless
the restrictions are removed. .We
are planning new methods.
I cannot see any reagon for our
men in the foreign office being
proud just now. We have yielded
far more than we should have and
in return have received more than
one slap in the face before the
whole world.
This was much easier for the
Yankees, as doubtless they had al
ready heard from Jagow of the
restrictions put upon our U-boats.
Now the English know it, too, and
are jubilant. A prominent Amer
ican in Berlin told a journalist
that Germany's worgt ememy was
her foreign office,
Emanuelsesegen, Aug. 4. 1915.
I am sure that the procla
mation was altered because of the
great excitement it caused in Ber
lin. It is stupid of the press, in
spired by the chancellor, to talk so
much about non-annexation. They
read into the emperor's words
things he never meant to say.
Even if, as the chancellor wishes,
we do not keep Belgium, it is of
no use at the '?rmnt to influence
the minds of our people in this di
rection. Under all circumstances
we should conceal our purpose in
order to enhance their value to
turn the bargaining at the conclu
gion of peace in our favor,
I do- not quite believe in the
Reichstag ‘since they veered round
in the U-boat affair.
The entire chancellor press ad
vocates the keeping of Courland to
- make the loss of Belgium plausible
to the nation.
Berlin, Aug. 24, 1915.—(T0 my
wife)—l have not yet heard how
the Arabic case is going on.
Good Barnabe (Spanish ambass-
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