The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-12
General vo Fakenhayn Bearing the Blame tor the Verdun
Catastrophe-Man Who May Be William ILL.,
Practically Without Authority in the Army.
,rared to distribute III" Iron crosses
Did Not Get Cross From Prince.

peared to Distribute the Iron Crosses
Did Not Get Cross From Prince.
TX sor.c miShap The buy'S nam" was
left of rhe list The trOWn tF'hC'
did not speak 10 him rs H. Ul,t 10 'l"
other soldiers and officers who were
recommended fuv bravery: !hSh,al 49,
,,.rpiyrd rn. cross Il week later. but. ne
newer forgot the fact thar NJ uiH MOI
I,.t rho cross from the Crown Prince
himself.
Another thing which makes INC
Crown Prince. popular win the peot1l
! ihr tirrlcsS activity OF his VIE; iile
crown Princess Ccrci:I. III hchalf uI
rh. wounded and the wives 0t soldiers
in Berlin. The Crown Princess can be
seen AT almost any time riding IN li"r
,hig military automobile To some nos
piIal or soup Kitchen. She ana hrI
u0ther-in.Iaw, the Empress. rival earh
other in This work. ANA the people 60
NOT forget these activities. II Il Woura'
I'D soldier. 4 p0nr widow ny Il Grr'iid'l
schoolboy receives Il Hover. a postcard
or picture FROM either III" Empress or
r!le Crown Princess il is preserved IN
the family Bible a$ IN n"'rInonl.
But the Crown Prime" Is not 30 nopu,
lar with his father. As q matter ~
fact. he is said to br ore Hrrinau VINO
;rr;t,irs his father mnrr than any on"
n}S". During the wa lii"y nave h1u
,oopv controversies. Snm" HAY" b'"ii
sn hittcr that many Germans have
doubted thai they would ever b" Tor
co:iru. This is in marked contrast ~
the attitude az the Kaiser toWar" ms
second son Prime" E:'"l F:i"'l"rrh'
vino although he is at Ii" front all th.'
time, stands The highest in 'hc MAJ
srr's estimation OF any member o; tn"
ROYAL fatnilr.
Tho rnrark has often hr"m made m
R.r);-, that il tn" k"iScr ever haI u"
nnwrr h. would max" Prince. Er"i
Frinderich king ri hungary. y" or,
..y.r ventures to say wna' Il" "ou!u
like To do with tn" r:nWn prince nii'
!; is ,lrinnbtcGly r;iH Of ~" biz dis
aonoin;mnntS of William II that tho
crown prince mus: succeed nun.
Ouiside Of Germany H." crown
nrinrn is generally criticised for III"
Failure TO take Ecrlun. hut. ms Il maj
t,- of fact, tho operations th"r" Wee
urdnr Tho direction III General Won
Ir.!kcnhavn. who WAS chief OF tho
general staff. and Field Marshal Won
FIacsler, ,hr old Pruss;an noble who
was = friend OF the crown primo"
.randfa her. 49,.
tack a. Ncrdun because h" hCtlrN"!
fh.. decision of thr war would TAIL on
,hs western font and because n" was
confident that he could break through
ami win Z great moral victory over
;hn French. The name" 90 the crown
prince was linked with The operation
hrcsusr Won F'alkenhayn h"ii"Ted 1t
would be crowned with success a:lc
thus the crown prime" would Obtain
ne glory which would result from
str.h q biz decisive operation.
In ia" midst If operations. because
,h, German losses Wcr" SD great there
was tremendous opposition 10 the fur
thar execution Of pla.ls.. N" NalS"r vas
compelled to Interfere and stop Won
Falkenhayn. This 4uCCrcd 'hc crown
prince. and reports which W" received
in Berlin stated thar IL" meeting be-
tween the Kaiser and his son al Yer
dun was so hot th:t when il ended
he two men agreed not 10 meet again.
at least during the war.
Authority Taken From Prince.
The Kaiser recalled his intimate
friends who had been working With
the crown prince. including Field Mar.
shal Won Uacslcr Tn" crown prince
vas lcfr in command Of the operations
N Enrcun. buf AL authority WIS ta-
ken away from him aeld the genera!
staff stopped its plan OF attack.
For several months nothing was
heard about the crown prince. Ills
name was not mentioned in the Ger
man newspapers, and it was not until
the battle of the Somme was several
months old that the Kaiser again rec
oGnized his first son. Friends Of tho
young prince had been working with