The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-21
GERMAN SOLDIERS
OPENLY TALK Of
REVOLUTION SOON
Ludendorff Worried Over New
Developments at Home,
HUNS BAlk AT FIGHTING
COurt-MartiaE for InSubordi-
nation Show Big Increase,
BY The Associated Press.


BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Aug. 2l,-GcrmanyS mill.
iary leaders now have become dis.
tinctly disturbed over the prospects oi
revolution in Germany.
General Ludsndorii, in a captured
secret order, has taken steps to EN-.
ploy the assistance of his command.
ing officers and various government
agencies to help him stamp out the
glowing spark which has been seen
The order, which is more Illuminating
than anything which has come out of
Germany in many months, follows:
Plan Revolt on Leave.
ut has come to my knowledge
through letter addressed TO the
ROYAL Prussian ministry OF war
that men on leave have spoken pub
licly OF a revolution which is TO
break out after the war.
"A soldier. said to have come
from the Industrial region OF Rhen-
isb WestphSlia, declared in a train
that in his home district men were
going on leave, taking weapons
with them for the aforesaid object. Y
and that il was easy to take home
1. German or captured rsyolvers, as
well as hand grenades separated
into two parts.
Search Soldiers for Arms.
u desire that the clothing of
tnen going on leave be searched as
test cases before their departure.
IT will be possible to carry this
out at the baths and dressing sta
tions.
Il wish to impress upon all sol
ders who happen to hear such OBJ
jectionable talk or who hear OF il
through others, that they must deal
with il at once and without hesi-
tation. The home authorities and
the director of military railways
have been directed to take cor
responding rheasureS -
Courts Martial Increase.
Another order, just captured, bear
Ing the signature Of the chief of staff
OF the Fotty-first infantry division, re-
cites that courts martial have had an
increasing number Of cases where sub
ordinates emphatically refused TO ac-
company their units into the line and
where the superior officers have neg
lected to enforce obedience by failing
TO compel the towards to 20 into the
front line"
Obedience in this respect. the order
said, must be enforced even though il
may be necessary TO resort to force
and use OF arms.
They Can Be Shot.
II is right, tho order said, even to
go to the length of shooting a man
as an extreme necessity.
Another captured order deals with
the investigation into a case where a
German airplane was sh down, prob
ably in mistake by German troops and
the occupants secretly buried. "Such
procedWe," the order said, "is un-
worthy OF the Germany army"
In still another document, General
Ludendorff says thsre are constant re-
ports of German officers on leave
voicing utterances that are calculated
to awaken feelings OF doubt as TO Ger
man preparedness for battle. He men
tions an officer in Berlin who said
that further offensives were impossi-
bic on the western front because Of the
shortage Of horses and oats. General
.Ludendorff warns officers against
spreading unfavorable rumors. He de-
clares that II Is remarkable that they
never bring encouraging news home
from the front and adds that II IL bet
ter TO color the sun with a rosy hue
than with black paint"