Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-29
BITTER DISAGREEMENT
BETWEEN HUN GENERALS
Hindcnburg and LudendorT at Dag
gers Point, Differences &c.
ing IrrcconciIablc.
ELDER LEADER IS ACCUSER
Declares Foxr,cr Quartcrmastcr-
General Has Played Politics and
Attempted 10 Interfere in Ger
maDy's Policy"
ELDER LEADER is ACCUSED;

AMSTERDAM, October "S--A bitter
feud has arisen between IIindeuburg
and l.udcndorn
There arc hints In to-day's German
dispatches that irrcconcilablc au-
tagonism between tho two has been
fcrmcnting for months Amid the fran
tic ticking OF the Berlin telegraph one
hears the undertonc Of rafting skelc-
tons.
The historic clash, OF which the true
history is yet to be written, between
lfindenburg's defensive school and
Ludendorh's old Prussian aggressive
Ideas. from which the quartcrmaster-
general emerged victor last spring.
thanks to the sword-eating crown
princes aid. is recalled.
Ludendorffs retirement and the sub
scquent revelation that IL was he who
kamerading move. appear to have torn
down the camoufagc of bosom friend
ship and handin-slovc cooperation.
Tonight the two men who, through
four years. have been represented TO
their compatriots and TO the world as
'one heart. one soul, and one brain"
who. on the surface. always acted and
talked jointly. arc facing one another.
each backed by his own camarilln and
probably by his own section OF the
army: in the frs! round of what
end Of which no one can forctell.
IIINDENBURG OPENLY
CHALLENGES LUDENDORTF
With the aforesaid camoufage veil
up appearances have been abandoned.
Hindenburg has at last broken his grim
silence and has openly challenged his
former amunuensis--sOm have called
Ludendorf the field marshars brain
before the judgment of the Father
land.
Late this evening there Was indeed,
will order i-udcndorm 10 appear before
Il court martial"
l.udendorT, after the Kaisers accept
headquarters in the field to take leave
from tho army. Within a few hours
afterward HindenburE received news
paper men and threw his bombshell.
He openly accused Ludendorff or hav-
ing played politics. not once, but often.
fIc explained that the auartermaster,ss
control of the army.
He said further: that Iudendorf
had first advocated the bid for an
tion in the west desperate. but had
later changed his mind and attempted
TO interfere in Germany's policy. as he
had often done before"
LUDENDORFF DUG
HIS OWN GRAVE
Reports and rumors that Ludendorff
was behind the first peace move had
pecn lSlHS lul'h anu ihSl ioI "tehS.
In the last few days they had been
openly mentioned in the Reichstas
Leading Berlin papers repeated them:
IT was said Ludendorf's change OF
mind" came when he saw the German
retreat in the west could. after all.
be managed without incurrinG disas-
ter. But by that time the peace
respondence was in full swing and the
political leaders had driven clear
through tho breach In the miiiturist
front. r.udendorff. when he tried TO
arrest the drive of democracy found /,
had already swept away his autocratic
regime. He had dug his own grave.
Frantic with fury at the giant form
tho political pigmics. so long puppets
in his hand. had assumed overnight.
force. Ever a gambler. he hit upon
the scheme of 4 coup d'etat. II is said
in Berlin he planned a counter-rcvolu-
ton. Some liken him to korniloff
With the aid Of the Junkers, he pro-
posed to make himself Chancellor
But meanwhile the old man Of the
Masurian Lakes was not idle. He had
bided his time long enough. When
Ludendorff was about ready to turn
the desperate trick he found the cards
were stacked against him. All that
remained for him to do was the for
m"'ity of rendering" his resignation
Wha: he will do now is profile matical
However. that he will die hard is re-
known to be strong 8and widet His
leaninrs toward the ctown prince and
through him to the tottcring dynasty
and It's junkerist pillars are exDccted
to play an important part in his future
actions.