Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17


knew that he had been writing hard.
'von Heltzendorff," he said, as II
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
cabln7"
II have not told q 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 done 2"
he said. "There is but one way inI
which he may atone for his offense
against majesty. Hand this to him."
And he gave mo a letter addressed
in his own hand--addressed with ALI
Won Lantzsch's titles and distinctions.
It was sealed with the emperor's WELL
known black wax.
Ten minutes later handed the cap,
; tain the emperor's letter.
He tore 1t open. read its contents,
and then gave a queer, nervous laugh.
1t seemed to me.
Thanks, Heltzendorff. 1t was my
turn tonight to be on duty with his
majesty, but did not feel equal to It.
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 found him lying dead
on his berth with blood oozing from
pistol wound in the temple.
Upon the little shelf Of the folding
washstand was a note addressed to
me. t....
On opening 1t found these words
scrubbed in pencil:
'Dear Heltzendorff: 1 have taken
my life at the order OF his majesty.
Am not a loyal subject after all2-
Rudolph"
By noon the body.>of the kaiser's
victim had been landed at Bodo, where
it now repOses in the little Ssnetthy
beneath those high sno~-clad crags
which rise against the gray, turbulent
sea.
Many fantastic yeporta AayQ been
whispered concerning the incidqat, Rut.
being one Of the actors In the knhna,
am able here for the first hnfe to
reveal the actual truth.
Copyright, 1917. Wheeler Syndicate, Incl
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or four men can carry as they run.
Its aim is most accurate (; ttr can when
necessary. fire from 500 to, 600 car
! tridges per minute. so~mg oath On
every side with Incredible spe4 Bot
against trench 1t Is powafieM HDd
therefore 1t is prominently &8 I'm
of defense. When properly ttN6fcd.
1t Is so redoubtable that Sns sstts has
been known to stop an eut&l4 SSSi-
,ment. 1t Is indisputablE tha thds& eh-
rtble instrument Of war,N II. &C.,
Yet a well-directed battery of '7y'
cannon, sweeping a space OF ground, is
more certain to leave nothing alive.
These. then, are the primordiai
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 ioop-
holes where the enemy awaits our an.
pearance.
Heavy Shells for offense.
What are the adversary's means of
annihilating these hidden. powerful de-
fenses2 Only heavy artillery; the large
shell, the huge torpedo the heavy pro-
Jectile Of steel, inclOslng a violent ex-
plosive, is capable of demolIshing a
netting, OF demorallzing those occu-
pants of the trench whom IL does not
kill and keeping the adversary'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 Oh
rails, all that Is longest, most dificuls
and costly to manufacture, to- TRIMS
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 necessities months OF work and
the Installation of railway. Even
guns that are easy to handle, such as
the 1885," are moved with difficulty:
at times It takes two or three days TO
place them In battery.
And this Is not all. The heavy ar
dllery Is naturally less accurate than
the field artillery. When one consbd-
era that haavv Onna aeon x,,aaa nrt -
the big gun can fire only a more or less
limited number OF shots, as Its caliber
increases, and as 1t must constantly
be replaced, one understands why It Is
so much easier to take the defensive
than the offensive. and why the sltua-
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