Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-10-06
GREAT TRIUMVRATE NOW RULES
THE KAISERS MILITARY MACHINE
Into the Hands of Won ~Hindenburg, Won MaCkensen and LudendOrf,
Masters Of War Proved in the Awful Fire of the Last Two
Years, the German Emperor Has Committed the Con-
duct of the WaT-AneCdOteS Of the Three Chiefs.

Berlin. 49, Hindenburg. M~ackensen,
Observation-Disclosures are the names to
conjure with In Germany today. Into
the hands Of three masters of war,
tried In the awful fire of the last two
years, the kaiser has committed the
greatest military machine In the world
ana all lesser chieftains now bow
down before them.
There cOmes a time in titanic strug-
giles when dlctatOrs become impera-
tive. Great leaders give way to the
greatest. A Grant or a Napoleon Of In
exOrable will cUrbs the mighty and
fuses all the vast forces OF n nation
into united effort.
That Is Germany's situation today.
Encircled by the iron band" of enc
mics the kaiser has sacrificed ever the
astute Won Fafkenhayn, who himself
succeeded the clever Won MOltke In the
early days of the war and for two
years had been head of the great gen
eral STAFF. Now he in turn must yield
place to a more splendid genius, Hin
denburg.
Hindenburg is the great rock on
which the formidable armies of Ger
many and her allies center. Luden-
dOrR is his "alter ego" his second self,
his understudy, who stands by his side
watching with eagle eye ready to polish
and round Off his chiefs plans.
Mackensen Is the thunderbolt, the
master of Offensives, the mail-clad fist
with which Hindenburg strikes. He is
now In charge of the desperate situa-
ton around ROumania, where he is at
tempting to shock Germany's latest en-
envy by such n smashing blow from
the south that the Roumunian attacks
IN ether sides will weaken.
German soldiers often call Macken-
sen "the Archangel Michael with q
flaming sword" Teuton officers taken
prisoner in Russia recently told "Pe'
trOff." the famous wal correspondent
of the RusskOe SlOvo, how he made q
o Of Austrian generals cower be
fore him and how he burned a message
from the kaiser.
PetrOf describes two war councils
held by Mackensen this summer. The
first took place at Kovel, 10 Austrian
generals of high rank being present.
AT the opening Of the sitting" says
Petroff, 'Prince Leopold of Bavaria
especially sent by the kaiser, handed
TO Won Mackensen a letter from the
kaiser. Won Mackensen rose to hi.
feet and began to read the impOrtan'
document. Prince Leopold also STOOD
up. Won Mackensen read In silence
becoming pensive, often frOwning. |
was evident that the letter contained
numerous questions, and that Princt
Leopold knew their order and char
acter. While Won Mackensen wal
reading Prince Leopold was actually
as Il were, counting every expression
on the face Of the Carpathian ar
changed. AS he read, Won MackenseI
sometimes paused to think over tn,
question dealt with in the letter, re
plying with determination and reso
luton, yes At other moments h
uttered a resolute No Prince Leo
pOld marked these down.
No Answer to Kaiser.
"Having finished reading, Won Mack
ensen again became pensive, clOsel
his eyes and shook his head. The
he rolled the letter up and lighte,
1t at a gas burner used for the pun