The Washington herald., 1918-09-07
STATEOF SIEGE
BERLIN DECREE
DUE T0UNREST
Fine or Imprisonment for
Rumor Spreaders New
German Order.
CONSOLATION OFFERED
Fight Not in Germany, Says
Ludendorf, So People
Should Be Glad.

Amsterdam, Sept. GA decree
signed by Gen. Won Linsingen,
'commandant of the Brandenburg
province, according to the Col
ogne Volks Zeitung, places the
city of Berlin and the province of
Brsndenburg under "the law re-
lating TO state of siege, which
provides for a fine or imprison-
ment for persons inventing or cir
eulating untrue srumors calculated
to disquiet the populace."
e. A notice accompanying the de-
cree calls attention to the circu-
,lstion of frivolous and sometimes
.mslevolent and traitorous gossip,
'exsggersting the transitory sue
eesses OF the enemy and casting
doubt upon Germany's power for
an economic resistance and de-
preciating the wonderful achieve
ments of the German troops who,
it declares, are VIGOROUSLY with
Standing the enemy.
similar DEGREES Elsewhere. ~
Gen. Won Linsingen expresses the
hope that this admonition will suf-
srce and that II will not be. neces-
ssry TO cnforce tue decree The
sNolks Zeitung adds that similar
dscr<es have been Issued in Eres-
lau and other cities. ell operative
Immediately.
Vienna newspapers received here
continue to print interviews with
Field Marshal Won HindenbuTg and
Gen. Ludendorr. the latest appear
ing in the Neues Wiener Journal
and AZ Est
The war has now been concen-
trated upon French territory" Gem
eral Ludendorn Is quoted as saying
'iand by the enormous utilization
Of troops and materials has assura-
ed PROPORTIONS which have thrown
everything hitherto accomplished
in the shade. We thus far nave
stood the bitter struggle honorab'y,
and are confident that we will con-
tinue to do so.
we may all be thankful that the
war. in the forms IL has assumed.
has on the whole been spared US
ia our home territory. The armies
of the Central Powers are safe
guarding their homes"
aInsane Rumors- Alleged.
Copenhagen, Sept. 5-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg. according to a dis
patch from Berlin, has issued a pro-
cIamation to the German people, de-
cInring that the enemy. in addition
10 the armed offensive, is conducting
an offensive by printed matter con-
tanning most insane rumors" which
are distributed in Switzerland, Hol-
land. and Denmark, from which coun-
tries they are spread throughout the
whole of Germany.
The field marshal warns the people
''to be unonir1ous against this enemy
who fights with scraps of paper and
rumors intended to SOW dissension
and disunion among ourselves and
between US and our allies and ex-
horts all Germans to remember
these poisoned craps" come from
the enemy
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg.
whose vigor and fresh appearance are
emphasized by the correspondents,
said:
The fact that the Austrian otren-
sive on the Piave was not carried out
must not be taken too tragicaIIy. 1t
certainly was not for lack of cour-
age. for the troops fought spIendidly,
The reason must be sought in the
flooding OF the Piave."
APerseycres watchword.
The field marshal said he looked
with confidence to Albania and
Macedonia, while in Palestine the
English hal not succeeded with nu-
merous bloody attacks in shaking
the resistance OF the Turks" He
also referred to the British expe-
dition' in Persia and on the Murman
coast OF Russia, and then said:
The decisive battle for the Cen
trail Powers. however. is taking
place on the Western front, where
the Central Powers are standing
shoulder to shoulder in a defensive
battle.
TT is true We are suffering sriev-
ously from the war. but we shall
emerge stronger from it. We shall
return home after the glorious bat
tie to assure peaceful labor and
then pluck the fruit of our fight.
To this end the watehword ia
'persevere.' We may look sereneIv
into the future"