The Harrison times., 1915-01-23
IS GERMANYS HERO.
Won Hindenburg Hailed as Liber-
atOr of East Prussia.
Correspondent Gets First Interview
With Field MarshaI-Has Implicit
Confidence In Ultimate Sue.
cess Of German Arms.

Yienna,--A correspondent OF the
Vienna New Free Press has obtained
the first interview given by Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, the hero Of
Germany, A translation Of the main
portion of the article follows;
General Won Ilindenburg cordially
greeted me, led the way to the din
Ing room and requested me to take
a seat by his side, supper was sim
pie consisting Of soup and one
course, Whatever delicacies the table
held were love offerings from Ger
many which the liberator Of East
Prussia Is daily receiving In plenty
And so II Is that champagne was
served, and even Hungarian wine Of
old vintage, which, in this city, &c.
cordIng to ancient tradition, Is ccnsid.
cred the acme Of dolicacles on an
epcurean table,
In answer to a question relative to
what experience he has had since the
cooperation Of the German and Aus.
trollunRNran armies General Won
llndonbOrg answorod'
"Tho Austrians and HungarIOns are
excellent soldiers, Men Ns well rs
officers are brave and courageous, We
have been fighting shoulder to ghoul.
der and have implicit confidence In
the ultimate success Of our mutual
! fighting, We cstcom the AustrlOn8
and IlungOrIuns az oXcolloGt com
rados The relations between tho two
armies are very cordial At present we
are maintaining lively connections
with General Dankl, the leader Of the
First Austrian army corps, with
which we have established lines Of
communication"
The conversation changed from
| friends to enemies, In answer to u
question 0luut tho Russians General
Won llndcnburg auid}
"Tho Russians too, are good sol
dora They have discipline Rnt dis
eiplme will eventually decide this war
llut Russian discipline is entirely dit.
forent from German and Austrollun.
goran discipline In our armies dl8'
cplno IN the result Of spirit and
morale, while In the Russian army It
| Ia u combination of silent inano 0bodls
enee, The Russian soldier stands Bllll
because he was told 20 stand BtllL
and ho stands az # nailed TO the spot
WBEt Napoleon said Of the Russians
hold good even todty' II is not Bul'
hcIont 70 shoot the Russian dead II
Ia also necessary 10 throw him down
"fhe Russians have learned much
since the war with Japan Their
strength conBlala In the establish,
monl Of fortified positions In the field.
They understand thoroughly how 10
dig themselves into the soil No SOON
or have they occupied position than
they disappear ten minutes lateF IN
the oOrlh like moloa lut our noldIora
have learned that too they didn't
like to do IT, but they had to do Il
In seltdefeRse
YES the Russians are good sol.
diers," the general repeated "But
nevertheless one needn't fear them.
We are not Mt all afraid Of the Rus.
sian superiority Superiority Ia char,
aelorIatIc Of the Russians, Il Is their
bfineibal weapon, lie who fights
against Russia fights against super
iorily At Tannehberg they we're
three times stronger than our forces
and yet II has been shown how much
that helped them oh, no, this eu'
befIorIly Ia not half as dangerous as
| il appears Numerical superiority ls
not decisive, especially not at the
present stage OF the war