The Glenwood post., 1917-10-20

toAeu, HIS udIT SllBuiy TuHleu, ny WHICH
knew that he had been writing hard.
"Von Heltzendorff," he said, as I
stood beside his table, "you were wit
ness of the insults placed upon me this
afternoon. Does anyone except our
selves know what occurred in your
cabin?
81 have not told soul, your ma
jesty," was my reply.
But the officer who has raised his
hand against the sovereign to whom
he swore allegiance may have donep'
he said. '"There Is but one way In
which he may atone for his offense
against majesty. Hand this to him."
And he gave me letter addressed
in his own hand-addresse with all
Won Lantzsch's titles and, distinctions.
1t was sealed with the. emperor's well.
known black wax.
Ten minutes later handed the cap
tain the emperor's letter.
He tore it open, read its contents,
and then gave a queer nervous laugh,
it seemed to me.
"Thanks, Heltzendorff. It was my
majesty, but did not feel equal to 1t.
Goodnight"
Early next morning one of the i'm.
perial stewards entered and, awaken
ing me, asked me to go to Captain Won
Lantzsch's cabin.
On entering I found him lying dead
on his berth with blood oozing from
nj CT In h.,
Upon the little shelf Of the folding
washstand was q note addressed to
me. .
On opening 1t found these words
scribbled in pencil:
"Dear HeltzendOrff: I have taken
my life at the order of his majesty.
Am I not loyal subject after all?-
Rudolph" 90.
By noon the body Of the kaiser's
victim had been landed at Bodo, where
it now reposes in the little cemetery
beneath those high snOw-clad crags
which rise against the gray, turbulent
sea. a4 "E.
Many fantastic reports ihave been
whispered concerning the Incident, but
/ am able here for the first time to
reveal the actual truth,
Copyright. 1911. wheeler Syndicate. Incl
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or four men can carry as they run
Its aim is most accurate; 1t can, when
necessary, fire from 500 to 800 car
tridges per minute, sowing death on
every side with incredible speed. But
against trench 1t is pOwerless, and
therefore 1t Is pre-eminently the arm
of defense. When properly handled,
1t is so redoubtable that one alone has
been known to stop IN entire regi.
ment. 1t is indisputably The most ter.
rible instrument of war.
Yet well-directed battery of "75'
cannon, sweeping space Of ground, is
more certain to leave nothing alive.
These, then, are the primordinl
means of defense, to which naturally
are to be added the numerous rifles
Of the defenders of the trenches, those
trenches in which are invisible loop.
holes where the enemy awaits our ap.
pelrance.
Heavy Shells for offense.
What are the adversary's means of
annihilating these hidden, powerful de.
fenses? Only heavy artillery; the large
shell, the huge torpedo, the heavy pro.
jectile of steel, inclosing violent ex.
plosive, is capable of demolishing a
netting, of demoralizing those occu.
pants of the trench whom 1t does not
kill and keeping the adyersary's nerves
on edge by the menace of its sudden
arrival several kilometers behind the
lines Thus the means of offensive are
the heavy cannon, the large trench
mortars, the large caliber howitzers,
the formidable marine gun mounted on
rails, all that is longest, most difficult
and costly to manufacture, to trans
port. to set in motion. A machine gun
can be Installed anywhere In two min
utes or less. A month is required to
install the 1920" trench mortar. To
put naval gun on rails in running
order necessitates months of work and
the installation of railway. Even
guns that are easy to handle, such as
the "155," are moved with difficulty;
Mt times it takes two or three days to
place them in n battery.
And this Is not all. The heavy ar
tillery is naturally less accurate than
the field artillery: When one consid-
ers that heavy gums soon wear out, as
the big gun can fire only more or less
limited number Of shots, hsits cnliber
increases, and as ritrmust constantly
be replaced, ono understunds why 1t is
so much easier to talse the defensive
than the Offensive. 'ahe Why tI,e sItua-
tion on the westers fraHs, mt az .,ointsj
/ well defended, was stNt3onar, fnr 70
long time before tho mean II at
tack were sufacsent -m permi ut an