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Ludendorff, Knowing His Army Was Beaten, Urged
An Immediate Peace Before End of September
Before Hindenburg Line Was Broken and the
Great Battle of Argonne Fought, He Knew
He Must Sue For Peace Could Hot
Wait For Berlin To Act
SENT FOR FOREIGN SECRETARY VON HINTZE
AND DECIDED TO APPEAL TO WILSON
Ludendorff thrw up the spongo before the end of September, 1918.
Such wee the pate to which he had come in consequence of the defection
of Bulgaria, hie feare for Auetria end Turkey end the condition of hie own
army that he could not wait ♦or the Berlin government to make peace. He
took the matter up himeelf and sent for the Foreign Secretary to prod him
into taking action immediately. Hr wanted to get termo before the Alliea
became aware of hie debacle. In thia deaperate equation it wae decided to
appeal to President Wilson.
Those who fear the Germans in future may claim that their army was
not really beaten should take note that Ludendorff himself had decided to beg
terms even before the Hindenburg line wae broken and the Americans
cmashed hia front in the Argonne. These greet military feats he dismisses
as mere details of a disaster ho had already discounted.
BY GENERAL ERICH LUDENDORFF.
It vary hoop became Hear that nothing more was to be expected
from Bulgaria < about Hept 22, lft 18.) The division from Hos la was
«eni to Nish. Tho King abdicated and left the country. The gov
ernment threw Itself Into thr nrmn of the Kentene. The army scat
tered or allowed Itself to be disarmed. The conclusion of the armis
tice. which would hand the country over completely to the Entente,
'w.ti to be expected at any moment
The position In Roumanla remained In the highest degree obscure
and anxious. We could bring but few troops thither, even Including
those from the Caucasus
In tho East the Bolsheviksc were still hostile Our policy in
Great Britain had won us no friends who could now help us.
There was the utmost doubt as to whether we could succeed in
establishing in Serbia .md T^oumania a new flank protection for
Austria Hungary n"{l our W* st« rn Front, and In keeping up commu
nications with the Roumanian oil fields
In Italy on attack w»s sure to come, and It was quite uncertain
hovv ihe Austro-Hu nearlon troops there would fight.
Th# general military position could only become v/orse; whether
»t would move elowly or with terrifying epoed could not he foreseen.
It wee probable that matters would come to e definite conclusion in
r relatively short time, at actually happened in the Balkans and on
th# Austro - Hungarian front in Italy.
DECIDES HE MUST SEEK PEACE.—CALLS HINTZE TO
H EADOUARTERB. , #
in thee* cj icu ms's nee* I felt .com*
ft*li*l to undertake the responsible
•ssk of hastening the *rd of tne war.
*nd for this purpose to move fh«-
tovernrmm* to dec alva actb n Sine
the 9th of September O.HQ. had
heard nothing of th#- peace proposals
priced before the Queen of Holland
Since (he middle of August time bad
ussseri without any tiling b inn
achieved Count Burlnn’s not hud
had no niece*?. Our dlplomsc* In
♦he face of the enemy** determine*
Mon to destroy us, had a hopeless
task
With all this In mind, I came, not
• udrienly, but hit by.bit, from the be
glnnlnp of August onwards, snd
through many hard inward struggles,
to the conclusion that I must act,
and I called Secretary von Hint! to
ftps September 26th
Meanwhile the position in Berlin
had become most discouraging, th**
struggle for power coming ever more
prominently into the foreground
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The outward and visible sign of this
•Urugglo was Erabarger’a attack an
Couht on Hcrtllnpr. which had rais
ed passlnna to n very high pitch
The Emperor’o appeal of August
14th for a unltod and resolute gov.
ernmant had remained unanswered.
I have never fully und« rstood the
events of those days 1 did not re -
irarrl the position of the Chancellor os
seriously shaken, his great I’arlla
mnniary eaperlenco having hitherto
enabhd him to ride every steem
Events In Merlin caused von Hlntge
to fix his arrival as Into um .Sunday,
September 2*>tlt
The Chancellor was also invited to
attend b Count Limburg-Htlrum On
this ocraslon I hsd not a*U*d for his
attendance, us early In September
his advanced age had been put for
ward ns a reason for not on using htrn .
to travel bit I was very glad Indeed
that he was coming, especially as T
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my own mind as to the stops that
ought to be taken
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BV ALLIES.
In the meantime tremendous fight
ing had broken out again in the
West Last of Tpt-rs the Entente
attacked, nnd over all the.old Flan,
ders battlefield drove us out of our
foremost positions, and. In part, also
b»< k ov. r ths artillery protective
l|ne We were compelled to with?
draw the Army to n rearward posi
tion.
In the direction of Oamforgl. on the
57th, a strong enemy attack gained
ground beyond the Canal, although
every posit bV step had been taken to
resist them Farther south, up to
the Vesle, ths front netu
, In Champagne and on the western
hank of the Meuse a big battle had
begun on* September 6th. French and
American troop* attacking with far
reaching objectives Westward of the
Argonne we remained masters of the
slQiatlon, and fought a ITtie defensive
battle,
Between the Afgcnne and ths
Meuse the Amerlcane had broken
Into our position*. They had mem.
bled a powerful army in thl* region,
and their part In the campaign be.
came more and more Important. We
held their pu»h, however, the 27th
being in the main a day of euccee*
for us. while on the 26th, too, we
held our line*, apart from certain
modification* of our front which were
carried out In accordance with our
plgne.
AMERICANS WENT
SEVEN MILES.
iThe Americans were "held” afiei
thev had advanced seven miles
.■'> r«»as the moat formidable defense*
of the Western Front, a labyrynth
of trenches and all aorta of obstacles
which Itad defied every attack of the
French They took 12 towns, the
great Mount Sec and o.oon prisoners
Their idvanes was "he >I In iims
I hey were unable to bring up guns
and supplies over the difficult eoun.
try but was resumed when these
supltes could be brought up In suf
ficient quantity )
The whole Western Front was thus
again the scene of tremendous fight
mg
On September ?Bth nnd following
da's there was further fighting,
bringing the usual difficulties, hut
not compelling us to sudden, mo.
mentous decisions
tll%* thus briefly dismisses the
great feat of the Americans am!
British In breaking the Htmlen
burg line, that great system on
which the Hermans had expt nded
every possibility of their engineering
skill and wormannhtp It was the
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"HAD TO ASK
FOR PEACE."
T wish to Inwls: on the statement
Above tn what follows as earnestly
as T do upon the fact that since the
m'ddla of August the government
had done nothing whatever to se
cure peace. TMe did not surprise
, me Was it for 'IIIQ. to wait until
Turkey or Austrlfc-Hungfiry, who
were more urgently affected »har wo
were, moved In the matter’ That
would have been easy, but did not
seem to me to accord with my duty.
Were we to hope, after all our
pressuro, that the government would
at this ; tage spur the people to fur
ther efforts, or would really take a
s’ep toward peseo through the me
dium of Holland? Were there any
real prospects of this? Duty com
pelled ns at last to substitute action
for Idle time-wasting and empty
words
The enemy had to be asked for
pear* and armistice. The military
position, which could only get worse,
demanded this.
We were not yet hound to surren
der. unconditionally. The enemy
would have to speak Would he talk
of conciliation or of violence In my
judgment of Clemenceaii and TJoyd
George, I fenred the worst. Wilson,
however, had often stated hie terms
In the roost solemn form imaginable
lie, and the great country he repre
sented. must feH themselves bound
In honor by these declarations
PINNED HOPES
ON WILSON.
Beeidee, the decisive help given In
France by the United States, without
which the Entente would long before
have suffered a military defeat, made
It highly likely that Wilson would be
able to maintain his views, which he
hid expressed In the most binding
manner, against England snd France
We had to secure a clear vision on
th s mailer if our views of Wllaon
were right, then we could accept as
the basis of negotiations his fourteen
points, hard enough, but. at any rate,
clear and definite. If. on the other
hand. w« w**re disappointed In him, If
the enemy Imposed too severe condi
tions. if even ohelr military chiefs
refused us the respect to which our
brave struggle# entitled us, then the
f/ght would have to continue, how
ever hard It might be. and then at
last the government and the people
might be brouchl to hiroio n tee.
uri'H. when at last they aaw clearly
what wae at stake for Germany In
this war
It was itt this respect that I aim
ply could not give up hope of « new
moral reinforcement at home. If the
enemy gave the same answer aa he
did In January. 1917, then, with any
proper leadership, a i.*w spirit of de
termination and unity would surely
appear among the people, which
could not be without a favorable ef
fect on our moral.
RAW CHANCE
TO FIQHT ON.
1 cannot doubt that this would
have bad w powerful effect In en
couraging the Army and the whole
wur Industry, and the sooner It eam*\
the more powerful would he the ef
fect We would thus have the
strength to speak once more with no
uncertain voice. If the enemy would
not listen to reason.
There was nothing unduly optimis
tic In this view, France, .Serbia and
Belgium had suffered far more than
v*n had. and held out.
If the war should approach our
own territory, If the feeling that he
wm protecting home and all that tne
word meant entered into the heart
of each man at the front, who knew
full well the meaning of such terms
ae “theatre of war,'* “battlefield/*
“L. of C„" If the war with all Its de
struction threatened German toll,
then I felt that our seventy million*
of Germans would stand like one
man, determined ana ready to eacrl
| | for their country all the mighty
strength that still rsm-'ned to them.
Whether France herself. Med white
nnd suffering worse than we rrrr,
would remain In tho field for long
after her territory «\gs evacuated,
wan also doubtful In any cnae, our
position wns not so bid that we
could hnvi justified n capitulation *o
our people or our descendants or
the other hand, we pialnlv must sue
for peace If peace could be had
HE AND HINDENBURG AGREE.
1 had slowly com** to this fateful
conclusion, and now felt bound and
eager to ad upon It, whatever other*
might say. who were not so well in
formed as to the military situation
as I was In all the great decisions
of this war 1 have followed my own
views with a full sense of my own
responsibility That 1 should be all
the more abused and held responsi
ble for every misfortune 1 knew well,
but personal considerations could sot
weight with me In the mutter.
At 6 o'clock on the afternoon of
September 28th 1 went down to the
Field Marshal's room, which was one
floor below mine. I explained to him
my views ss to a peace offer ar.d a
request for armistice. The position
could only grow worso, on account of
tho Balkan position, oven If we hold
our ground in tho West. Our one
task now was to act clssrly and
firmly, without delay.
The Field Marshal llstensd to me
with emotion. He answered that he
had Intended to say the earns to me
In the evening, that he had consider,
ed the whole situation carefully and
thought the step necessary.
NYc were also at one In the view
that the armistice conditions would
have to provide for controlled and
orderly evacuation of the occupied
territory and the possible reeump
tlon of hoat Hit lee on our own bor
ders From the military point of
view, the firet was a tremendous ad
mission We did not consider any
abandonment of territory In the Sait,
thinking that the Entente would he
fully cons* ous of the dangers threat
ening them as wrll as oureelvea from
Bolshevism. *
“BURIED DEAREST HOPES"
The Field Marshal aud I parted
with e etronq handshake, like men
who have buried their dearest hopes,
and who are resolved to hold to.
gather In their hardett trials as they
have held together in success Our
names were associated with the
greatest victories of the world war,
and we now shared the conviction
that it was our duty to sacrifice our
names to ensure the step being taken
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that we had done everything human
ly possible to avoid. 9
Tho lineo of tho discussion to be
held with Secretary von Ilintze had,
been settled even in detail at my
conversation with the F.ekJ Mar
shal The discussion took place at
10 o’clock in the morning of th*- 29th,
at the Hotel Brltannlque, Colonel
Heyo being present.
After the usual courtesies, the s c
ratgry bgan at one# to explain the
political situation at home, without
referring to International matters. He
describ'd the position of fount von
Hartllng as so shaken that ho could
not remain any longer in offTce, and
•van hie own position, I *he stated, was
by no means secure.
The domestic position wae euch
that a complete change of system,
and tho formation of a Parllamen.
tary Ministry in Berlin, was essental.
He even spoke of the possibility of
e revolution.
DID NOT LIKE
THE BELAY.
Up to this moment. I had assumed
that Q.H.Q. would have to discuss
the further steps that it thought nec
essary with the existing Chancellor
and Secretary for Foreign Affairs. A
change in these offices at this mo
ment would of neceaa ty bring de
lay, confusion and disadvantage. .
With such deep changes a govern
ment is bound to lose continuity and
the grip of business for a time
To whatever, conclusion His Maj
esty might come, of course, th*' gov
ernment would remain to G.H.Q, tho
government, however, changed it
might be in form or personnel. Thn
incoming Ministers would b fully
conscious of the responsibility they
would b*ar if they took office in tho
existing situation. G HQ. would have
to urge its views upon the new gov
ernment Just as It would have done
on the old, and would have to en
sure, If nn honorable armistice were
really obtainable, that the Army did
not suffer by reason of the change of
government.
In spite of my objections, von
Hlntse regarded a change or our
whole system of government as es
sential. He did not think It would t>e
difficult to carry out. I was unable
tg form any view as to this, as I was
not au rrursnt of affairs In Berlin
The, secretary further informed us
that the proposal to approach the
Queen of Holland had not been car
ried out, and that no other steps
had been taken toward securing
peace. Nothing positive, thus, had
been done.
TELL KAISER
OF DECIBION.
After this explanation, the Field
Marshal and I explained the military
position and our views as to the arm
istice conditions. Von Hlntse thought
the bat course wav to approach
Pres id ant Wilson w:th a proposal
for an armistice and peace. The
Swiss Ambassador In Washington
had again spoken to our government
of Wilson’s high ideals.
It was dear, of course, that com
munications with Paris and London
via Washington were pound to work
alowly, and that an armistice could
not be secured by such means at a
moment's notice, but only after a
lapse of time. The Field Marshal
and I were quite In agreemnt with
what von Hlntse said, and we fully
agreed with his proposal, although
we suggested that an Identical note
with that to Wilson should be gent, .
for Information, to the English and
French.
After the discussion wo went at
once to His Majesty, who had come
from Gass i to Spa Von Hintze gave
the same explanation of the intern
al situation, adding his proposals as
to the offer to President Wilson for
an armistice and p*ace The Field
Marshal then described the military
situation which I shortly confirmed.
Ills Majesty was unusually calm.
He expressed Ills concurrence with
the proposal to approach President
Wilson.
KAISER'S FIRST
SURRENDER.
In the afternoon, at von Hlntze's
suggestion, an order of His Majesty
was sent to the Chancellor, who had
arrived In the meantime, for the In.
troductlon of the parliamentary sys
tem In Germany. G.H.Q. did not
know of this order until after Its
publication. Count Hertllng thought
himself unable to carry It out. and
resigned. The tearch now began In
Berlin for the new Parliamentary
Chancellor. It was a curious proee'J-
Ing, In which the Sovereign aban
doned all Initiative.
To my inquiry, when tho new gov
ernment would b' formed and In «
position to come to decisions, and
. when the Note would b* agreed with
our allies and ready for despatch,
von Hints# answered with the date
of Tuesday, October Ist.
For the time I held fast to this
limit.
,
Ludendocff tell, tomorrow of the
vaet sensation In Germany when he
made known to the Relehet«B the
real conditions at the front. He had
not Intended to make th'ngs ae clear
aa he did and regretted that the
Entente quickly learned of hie pa»-
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WOMAN CRUSHED TO
DEATH UNDER TRAIN
Mrs. Mattie Bowman, of 105
King Mill Street. Killed Sun
day Morning—Attempted to
Crawl Under Freight Car to
Reach Her Cow. Which Was
Grazing Nearby
Mr* Matll* Bowman, aged SS. of 10S
Kin* Mill etreel. *u killed alntoal In
stantly Sunday beneath the wheel* of a
frßtahl train on !h* «' and W C tra.'ka
near her horn* when aha crawled beneath
a atandlna oar to roach her com which
was graaln* a ahort distance away and
»a« crushed haurath th# wheel* which
began to inova Immad lately after ah*
crawled under Both leg* warn almost
crushed ors She was rushed to the
I'nlvaratty hospital. wh-*re she died an
hour later
Thinking that the tratn would not tw
ain to move before' she could clear the
trrrks. Mra Bowman djelded to crawl
under the cars A moment later ehe
»a/ caught beneath the wheals the en
able aot in motion. The aialdcrt oc
curred at about IS SO a m.
Coroner K E Elliott, after an Invoe
llratlon. decided an Inquest unnecessary
aa there were witnesses to th* acc'dent
Funeial services for Mre Bowman wtih
he conducted from the King M'll Mia
uion Monday afternoon at « o'clock. Rev
A F Nunn officiating Interment will
b- at West View
Beside* her husband 7#oh Bowman, j
the deceased leave* thrae anna, l)tl*. I.nn
nle and Ernest Bowman, ail of Augusta .
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was not made public, it was nndersfboq
that the ord*r was given to keep faith
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Lyons. Ga.
Brown Trading Co
G H. McJlrlde
Leetvllle. 8. C.
T. W Asbill
J. C. Sw-vgert & Son
1-eultvMl*. Ga.
T R. Preskttt
Mrs W. It McKSnxl*
Millen, Ga
Wilson A ‘lorbatt
M. Brtnfvn
Parker M-rcantll* Co
Week* A Steven*
J. F Stev-na
Reynolds si Buna
McCormick 8. C.
J. C Talbert
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,
stein ar.d Mavor Smith and some podc<
! officers started for the freight elevator,
i The lan men into the elevator were
Mayor Smith. Commissioner Ringer ana
Chief Eberstein.
Screaming Women.
i "The women prisoners were screaming
!at the top of their voices. We took 15
I women prisoners and released them
rather 'hail have them burn in their
! cells They escaped from the building.
•uJater we took the male prisoners out
of their cell? when it became too hot
there and led them to the roof of the
huildinr. They were panic stricken.
The < o.ored prisoners seized Brown ana
irmd to push him over the cornice into
the crowd h iov but white prisoivers and
deputy sheriffs restrained them.
"X wad on my way up a stairway to
the roof when a mass of bodies tumbled
down over my head and spraled on the
fioro beneath me
The Colored Prisoners.
• The colored nrisor.ers had bolted bv
nie with Brown in their clutches They
1 hurried him to the floor below- and turn
i rd him over to a crowd of thirty or
l more who had crawled into the window
l from an extension ladder. That as the
J last I saw of Brown.
"We had 126 prisoners in the jail sun
day morning. We released 15 women.
Three men prisoners escaped two who
were confined for petty offences and one
fer burglary."
Since the present city administration
rame into office May 1, 1918, the mayor
has supported the police administration
of Superintendent Ringer which has been
known a? a "reform" administration.
Mayor Smith is 59 years old and is »
in Politics. He was born at
Mount Pleasant, lowa, and came to Ne
braska in 1885 and io Omaha, in 1890. He
Is a lawyer and practiced his profession
until chosen mayor a year ago last May.
to succeed .Tamc-s H. Dahl man. who had
held the office for twelve vears.
Mldvllle Ga.
C 1. Beit
R. C. Neely Co
Medoc, Ga.
J W. Kea
Montmorenel, S. C.
C SI. Caylor
Mayfield, Ga.
Donham Cason
Willett. S C.
J A. Bailie
Midvale. Ga
Mtdvale Furniture
A Trading Co
Martin, S. C.
Martin Hdwe. Co
Mv*rs Mills. 8. C
J H. Swett
Oik Park. Ga.
Strange Williamson
A. L. Powell
Plum Branch, S. C.
W. R. Free I And
Rocky Ford, Ga.
G. Morris
Starr, S. C.
Clyde T Bewf«
J. L. Tettlgrew
Statesboro. Ga.
The Brannen Co
Trnpnell-Mlkell J>
Summit. Ga.
St. Daniel*
Vs !. ->urden
Swalnshoro, Ga
Gtddcn* A idlnaon Brea
Glddep-llioaon
V. H Cadi*
Sylvanla, Ga.
Palace Market
Sharp Spur. Gs
F. Si A W. O nharo*
Staedma, 8. C.
R B. Hall
Peptlron
S A Real Iron Tonic '
Ts both medicine and food for the
blood and nerves; good treatment
for anemic and nervous conditions.
Made by 0. X. Hood Co., Lowell, Mas,.
We make exactly
the same guarantee
with
®=iBLACK SHELLS
leu.k,l,u .-, !l—ea Rgegen
They have reached
such a high state of
perfection in water
proofing, in ipeed, in
power, and inuniformity
that we can guaran
tee them without limit.
You can get your pet
load for every kind of
shooting, in smokeless
or black powders, in
The Black Shells, and
your money back if
you want it.
Trenton, 8. C.
Trenton Fertilizer Co
J M. Wise A Son
Thomson, Ga.
R. M. Stockton & Co
Ulmers, S. C.
W. W. Myrick
Q. A Beet
W. H. Wilkinson
J W. Wilkinson
W. W M yrl ck
Uvalda, Ga.
W P Calhoun
Vaucluae. S. C.
Qulnby & Co
Waynesboro, Ga.
F M Cate*
Wadey, Ga
c H. Moore
Redinpeieid * Pedlngfleld
8. C. Evans A Co
Overstreet Bros
w p. A W. A.
Bedingfleld
C. H. Moore
Wllllngton. 8. C.
Ovln A Leßoy
Gilbert Bros
W. H. McNair
White Pond, 8. C
P M. Lewis
Windsor, 8. C.
11. C. Weeks
Wllllston, 8. C.
Wllllstcn Hardware Co
Farmers' Fnlon
Mercantile Co.
8 P. Porter
Woodeilff, Ga
H. H. Parker
Waqener. 8. C
Tyler Bros
D. K Gantt Co
Zeblna, Ga.
_O. S Farmer A Co.