The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-31
GROENER SUCCEEDS
GEN. LUDENDORFP
Prussian Minister Committed
to "War to Eternity Be.
comes War Factor.
IDOL OF MlLITARISTS
Former Food Dictator Goes to
Headquarters as Chief of
German Army.
IDOL OF MlLITARISTS

LONDON, Oct. 3o.--Gcn. Grocne-. IN.
Prussian War Minister. after an
audience with the Emperor. has gons
to German Headquarters as FRY,
Quartermaster General. succeeding Gen.
Ludendorff, who resigned several day,
ago. according to a Central News des.
patch from Copenhagen.
Gen. Groener Is the third member OF
the once adj powerful triumvrate Of tina
German military Observation-Disclosures
Won Hindenburg and Groener To the
Germans he has been the super-organ.
izer. committed unalterably. upon his
own word. to the policy of preparing
for a war lasting to all eternity" He
made that statement in the early winter
OF 1916, when the capitalization OF
British effort had definitely thwarted
the German boast that the war would
be won in the preceding summer.
To Gen. Groener was delegated the
task of "girding up Germany's economi,
loins for a finish fight" and lie did 80
by compulsory mobilization, not only
OF man power, but women and child
power as well. He became stimuli
taneously the autocratic food dictator OF
Germany. and his power reached 10 the
smallest hamlet and hillside farm in the
Kaiser's kingdom. ...
Planned "war to Eternity"
At the time he was made dictator
OF economies Gen. Groener was head
Of the Department Of Munitions
Adolph Won Batocki was then president
OF the German Food Regulation Board.
h,,A
ter, 1t was explained unofIicia.ly. Won
Batocki would be placed under
Groeners orders. unless. "as expected"
Won Batocki preferred TO retire Under
the mild methods Of the er-organizer
even the women Of Is and so wore nut to
work by Groener as the first step In the
war to eternity"
THE new War ONCE" said Groerer At
the time-about four months before this
country entered the war-"represents
Germany Is a colossal firm which In
cludes production OF every kind. inditfer.
ent to the kind of coat. whether civil or
military, which the employees wear Tbs
new measures are intended to mobilize
all effective labor, whereas at present we
only have modified the army Of indus.
try. All labor, women's as we'll as mems
must be extracted from the population
II voluntary enlistment does not suffice
we will not be able to avoid compuson.-
Greater Idol Than Hindenburs.
Groener is about forty-tuo years Of
age. Because OF his supposedly great
genius for organization he has been
spoken Of as perhaps Germany's greatest
figure in the post-bellum transition
period. He has been represented as al.
most A greater idol among the German
militar!sts than even Hindenhurg
"Wc must not bother our hearts" he
said, as TO whether England ~ any
other state will want to make peacs
sooner or later. or ever. We rlU., rot
organize for the next few mont. Only.
or allow ourselves to be infucr, d or
guided by any other consideration- 'Nan
the determination to continue n, win
ming fight so long as It may h, 10 es-
sary. That would only shunt u OF 70 a
false track. We must make ou. Gives
absolutely independent OF the re, ,hs
world
Gen. Groener succeeded IN Tho Vim
istry OF War only In the FIRST rses o.
this month upon the resignation ~ zen.
Won Stein. For time. it also wss "a
ported. Groener had been chief O. an
in the Ukraine