The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
REAL WAR LORD NOW
IS Won FALKENHAYN
r;cu william II. Awaits the
Pleasure Of His Chief
Of staff.
BRAINS OF GERMAN ARMY

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iyn. In France. when big attacks are
u ~ made. but the Emperor N only a
visitor. lie Is now a%ll-highest in name
alone. FOR the real war lord IL Eric von
rslkcnhayn, Chief or Stan OF the Ger
men armies and directing brain or all
rho others from the Balkans to ago
'rt IL hard TO conve an idea OF this
mans absolute domination. Won Jagow.
no Foreign Minister, has no control over
him. nor has the Imperial Chancellor.
Or. Won Bethmann- Hollweg. No diplo-
macy. no governmental or administrative
influence has any weight whatever with
he head OF the Generalstabler. The
Military tail now wags the German dog.
Inc Central Empires and their allies are
nexorably ruled from the held, where
r%alkenhayn and his STAN carry out the
var IN complete strategic supremacy.
Even popular idols II great leaders
Ike Won Hindenburg and Non Macken
.er-:hat stern ascetic who taught the
7royn Prince in DanZig-are mere In
rument In the Chiefs hands. Falkcn-
avn l. lnfalllble as the Pope now that
Ne Kriegschulc is broken UP and the
maze believe kr!egspiel Translated into
ne epic arena OF real war.
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.ee nt,h -. por.-
%.b.lllou. when his urbane capacity
ickiy made linn German Governor Of
|e'-f-ln after that city was stormed
tie allied tIoops-of course with the
'u--,ar machine boosting all. Count
IN Waldersee had supreme command.
Ia. Ncl1ayn n"xt became President OF
t. prov siouai Government in Tien-tsin
d .ee 80 20 attract the kaiser's notice
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|p'Statcd in that rambling pile on
e koJ gsp,ttz. and wore one more the
oad red trousers stripe of the General
e,H From hat time onward the man
..'cr looked back. mounting higher and
CHER IL thc great machine. aud at last
e,d.nc NJn Moi'ke as chief OF stan.
ttsr TIA Generals disgrace following
he Marine retreat.
"Ar extraordinary fact Of FAiken-
ANS career is mis- personal as%cendcncy.
rs pH"er over the Emperor Is a source
-ou,inual amazeinent to civilian Ger
aHy our sovereign is h~ypnotized by
his General you Will ear people say,
q certain II Is that the Kaiser hunts
e grand headquarters with something
50 nervous fear OF h mighty mill
ar! cansrilla within its humble walls.
HE Law IL Supreme.
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