The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-15
Nv CARL w. ACKHRMAN


Copyright. 1871. The Tribune Association
Rumania was the NTH victim o!
German invasion in this war-brCal'r
she was unprepared and because there
we're traitors in her army. ! Travelled
for three weeks with the attacking
forces OF General Won Falkrnhayn'
from the Transylvanian Alps 10 IN"
ArSuSu river, where The decisive DaI-
tie for Blu, harest was fought. In IN,
mountain passtS--the famous trd
Flower pass. for eXamplc--lhc Ruma-
nian QpfrnSrs were so Simpi" and 50
well exposed to the enemy that Ger
imam officers remarked TO the corr'-
spOndenis: This is child'S play:
These people have learned noIliin%
during Two years Of lighting.
II was "child'S play for the inVAd'
ier, too. because, as one genera boast
ed:
We have an army Of spies back Of
the Rumanian lines. Any non-roi:l-
uissioned officer" he added. wi!
give us all the information we ASK
and then for few francs hr will -
hack 10 his army and bring us any
thing wr want.
Although had been al The various
German fronts nine times before. |
had never heard such Dragging. And
were ii not for the incident ! observed
before Rumania's capita fell would
have hesilaied 10 take thr genera =
remarks seriously.
Plans Were Delivered
On the evening nj December Mr.
Philip VI. Powers nf !oStun. two cor
respondents from Stockholm anu Ma
drid and myself wrr" invited! !" dllIi'
1T the headquarters III H." former
chief Of the BdNaran general SIAN .
Kraft von lIvimn9Sin"cfI. Th"T" W''i'
.lbOut forty German. Austrian AEi
Hungarian officers there. MIR. Tow ~"
sal next 10 tn" place reserved for me
chief OF staff. sal "pposit" "ENn"'-
ienz." About y o'clock tn" Cniun" !:
entered. salutrd IN" general. "ali''h
him from III" labl" and frad iEi"'
written document. Ten minutes iAt'r
Won Dnlmingsingen returned to ~
table. handed The document 10 an
Austrian captain and explained that
the chief OF staff had just received I
copy OF 'hr orders Of tn" Rumanlan
general STAFF for III" h"ttlr which was
TO begin December IN ucCld" me
fate of Bucharest. TIL" ducum"nt wao
dated December | III IN" NeHuuu;lr-
lers of the king OF Runlania. north nt
the capital. II was four liI"wrlllrn
pages and ga:r the rOlnnI5lt ituu IT,
tailed pIans for The Itumdnian attack
against Non MarkGns"n'S forces. which
were then within SiNi".n Kilometres
Of The city.
rh" captain. wh" Ms = I"rmI'r police
Ii. uir,rnni IN ii.rr.:.:3t~ Hungary
translated The. "r'!rr~ int" t''rI!hii ana
H.. "rti,.r$ at th"r" wits 'IuI"i Sn'il"~
nj delight an th"ir faces. Ih'% MAJ III
their minds lh.. .u,rry most important
orders. That might ln' iat' "i f;itthn-
rest WAS sealed Thu contents Of ihiS
,Iur'iin-u' w-r.. i"lrGvaih'd imm"dlairlE
- TIN. headquarters ~ every t':in:ii!
army CORPS i'r.id Marshal Won Aa"!."n
sen and v"u f'alk"uha,n pr""ar"d lmin"-
iini.lv fer ih.. attack ~ making 'h",''
''I,nrk. Is nrniIih Bucharest :" bot II"
ar tn, l;Gm;inian forces. Th" Germans
.i,rw The. exact strength ~ tn" "n''InN :
nr artillery TIL I,rmaliian G"i"ra! SiHi
htd UrG,i '..I"TN soldier ;" III" Tor ',i''
snk, OF his ,'"llnlryS chief city. and Inc
Iu,ur Snl,li. - charged In reckless Ai"3
IN An attempt Ia say" Eu"harrSl. tiI
the. ,ii"d III vain. Tor S";n" traitor hht
given lhn Germans ilI.' most valuthl" m
formation in The pusS"SSnn az the 'uiii-
try
Ru1na niar Morale Shattered.
Bucharest foil on. December Il. The
morale. Of ih.. I,umauiam forces vas com
ulrtrly Shattered Won MarkcU Srn III
irrr.d IN. capital in triumph. Oh" h.%-
lnvaI EumaUian a. In" king : h"adp'iHr-
tors was Responsible.
This inrih. ut wn> only III" beginning