The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-13
GREAT TRIUMVIRATE NOW RULES
THE KAISEKS MILITARY MACHINE
Into the Hands Of Won ndenbg Won ackensen and LudendO
Masters Of War Proved in the Awful Fire Of the Last Two
Years. the German Emperor Has Committed the Con-
duct Of the War-kneOdOes OF the Three Chiefs

Berlin. 90 Itlhdenburg, Mnckensen
Ludendorr these are the names ia
conjure with In Germnny today. intu
the hnnds Of ,hrpe masters uf war;
tried Ia the nwftH fire Of the Inst two
years, the kaiser has committed the
gregtest military machine in the world
and all lesser chiefnins now bow
down before them.
There comes time In titanic strug-
giles when diclnturs hecume impem.
tive. Grgut lenders give way 90 the
greNteat. A Grant or Il Napoleon of In
eNOrube will curhs the mighty ami
fuses an the vast forces OF n nation
into united effort
That Is Gcununy's situation today.
Inclrclcd by the Iron band" a. enc
mics the kuiscr hus sacrificed even the
ustute Won Falkcuhayu, who himself
succeeded the clever Won Multke IN the
early days of the war and for TWO
years had been head of the great gen
eral sluir. Now he Ia turn must yield
place Ia II more splendid genius, Hin.
denhurg.
lllndgnhurg Is the great rock on
which the formidable armies Of Ger
many ana her allies center. Luden-
dorH Is his "ulter ego" his second self,
his understudy, who stands by his side
watching with eagle el ready to polish
and round of his chiefs plans.
Muckenscn Is the thunderbOlt, The
master Of olIeuslves, the mail-clad fist
with which llndenburg strikes. lie Is
now In charge OF the desperate situa-
tinn around RuuuaniH, where he Is at
tempting to shock Gcrmany's latest EN-
emy by such smashing blow from
the south rlnt the Rouuunian attacks
on other sides will weaken.
German soldiers often call Macken-
sen the Archangel Michael with
tlamlng sword" TeutOn officers taken
prisoner Ia Russia recently told "Pe-
trOff. the famous war correspondent
of the RuSskoe Slovo. how he made n
score Of Austrian generals cover be-
fore him and how he burned "a message
from the kaiser.
Petron describes two war councils
held by Mackeusen this sumner. The
first took place at K0vel, ~ Austrian
generals Of high rank being present.
AT the opening Of the sitting says
PetoG, prince Leopold of Bavaria
especially sent by the kulser, handed
to Won MGckcnsen letter from the
kaiser. Won Alackcnsen rose 10 his
feet and began a. read the important
document. Prince Leopold also stood
up. Nou Nuckensen read in silence,
becoming pensive often frowning. It
was evident that the letter contained
numerous questions, and that Prince
Leopold knew their order and chay-
acter. While Won MackenSen was
reading Prince Leopold was> actually.
as It We're, counting every expression
on the face OF the Cmpathian ar
changel As he read, Won Mackcusen
sometimes paused to think over the
question dealt with in the letter, re-
plying with determination and reso-
luton, Yes At other moments he
uttered reSoiute No Prince Leo
pOld marked these down.
No Answer TO Kaiser.
"Iiaving finished reading. Won Mack |
ensen again became pensive, closed
his eyes, and shook his head. Thea |
he rolled the letter up and lighted |
it at gas burner used for TIE pur-