Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-25
DEATH or yOy MoLTKE.

TVS dispatches announce the sud.
den death, from heart failure, o.
Count Won Moltkc, tho greatest mill
tary sira,egist Of modern times. Ger.
many owes much Of liz present prcstig,
70 the deceased veteran and Prince
Bismarck Combined. The same may
be saii regarding the greatness OF the
late Emperor william. without two
such props-the one conversant with
all The details pertaining 10 tho sci.
ence Of war, together with phenomenal
ability TO prosecute and operate his
own plans, while the other has shown
himself master hand In the field Of
statecraft-the Emperor could not have
reached the degree Of fame with which
his name IA associated.
Count Helmuth Won Moltke, formerly
Chief Marshal OF the German Empire,
and Chief Of the General Stat, was
born IN Mccklcnburg on October 20,
1900, He belonged 10 an old family,
whohad their seat for centuries In the
place where he was horn. While he
was boy his father settled on an
estate Ia Holsteln. then In Denmark,
He an1 brother were sent 10 Copen.
hagen 10 receive military education,
aud Ia 1929 he entered tho PrlssIan
army a. q cornet, after period OF
study In the Prussian Military Acadc-
my.
As n member OF the general staff be
pas-ei several ycnrs In Turkey, where
he served In one campaign. He TO.
turned 10 Prussia In 1915, when he
was appointed aIJutaDt 10 Prince
Heavy. Amer rapid promotion In the
rubofilnate Offices, In 1855 Won Moltke
was made chief OF the grand general
staff Of the Pru-sian Amy. The next
year he became n lieutenant general.
In tho successful ways with Dem
marx, ls63.i; with Austria, 1865, aud
France In 1901, Won Moltke's strate-
gical powers were Of tho greatest scr.
Vice 70 the side he served. He not
only sketchcd the plan OF these cam.
paigns. but assisted la carrying them
out. For his services against Austria
In 1885, especially In holding the chief
command at the decisive h tile OF IA.
dowa, he was decorated with the order
OF The black eagle. His title Of count
was given him In 1870, the same year
In which he was decorated with the
order OF 81. George, the highest mill.
tary decoration OF Russia. The year
following, 1871, the Emperor OF der.
many conferred ON him the grand cross
OF the order Of the Iron Gross aud made
him chief marshal Of the German En-.
pire.
Won Moltke was very tall, thin
MAJ, with light yellowish hair, and a
snlow, beardloss, wrinkied face, out
OF which shone n pair Of stony gray
EYES.
His wifo died some. years ago; he
never had child, and his nearest re-
Iations, with the exception OF nephew
aud niece, seem 10 have been kept Mt n
distance by him. lie was known an
Mollke the Silent, aud his appearance
was 10 mystoriousIy quiet and cold,
thai he seemed 10 no tbs incarnation Of
concentrated thought.
No one, II is said, ever saw Count
Won M0likc excited, not even ut Sedan,
where tn. greatest victory Of modern
times decided the fortunes OF the two
.most powerful empires of the Cont.
oenl. On the battlefield his cold, clear
eye passed slowly from one point 10
The other, aud his cold, clear mind
weighed the chances Of victory and
defeat with tho Intensity and serenity
OF mathematician pondering over the
solution Of some grave problem.