The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-12
VON H|NDENBURG
IS HEARD FROM
German Field Marshal Dispels
Rumors of His Re
tiremcnt.
mo TIME TO BREATHE y
Expresses Savage Satisfac-
ton" at the Replacement
of Or. Richard Won
Kuehlmann.
mo TIME TO BREATHE

Amsterdam, July 11.--Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg is reported te
hive expressed savage satisfaction al
the replacement of DIR. Richard Won
kuehlmann by Admiral Won Htntze as
foreign minister.
incidentally. this is the first time
in many weeks that Hindenburg' s
spatches from Berlin. It appears 10
dispose of the multifarious rumors Of
the field marshal being i'll In n sani-
tariun. demented, or even dead.
Writing TO General Roehl. OF the
Fatherland League, Hindenhurg says.
Things are going well, hut the dis
tinguished chamber strategists in Ber-
lin should give lis time to breathe,
which Is indispensable today. when
battles last eight days or more. when
one cannot group the whole army
upon a single battle field, and when
two world powers have artilleries that
are able to enter into action stimuli
taneously along the whole front. In
these conditions patience is impera-
tive"
Hindenhurg's reported joy over Won
Hintzes appointment Is further con-
firmation that Won kuehlmann's en-
forced resignation constitutes the
greatest political victory of the mill
tarists since the fall OF Bethmann
Hollweg.
The admirars appointment has not
yet been officially confirmed. how
ever. There is strong likelihood OF
an eleventh hour reconsideration, in
view of the defiant attitude of the
socialists. The latter are supported in
their opposition to this out and out
swashhuckler by the remnants OF the
once all-powerful majority block in
the reichstag. Already there are
signs that the shrewder elements OF
the military clique dominating affairs
in the empire realize the error OF call
very name is a slap In the face OF
every semblance of striving toward
a peace by understanding and is
bound to ALLEVIATE influences which
have been of great help to the militar-
lists in preserving home front" unity
during the many internal crises. These
wiser ones in the high councils OF
junkerdom begin to realize 1t would
have been far hetter-and is not vet
sure to be tool in their hands, Is
we'll camouflaged as one who will dc
the best he can" for peace.
''Slapstick Blunder."
In hitting upon Won Hintze the mil
itarists made one of their typica
'sia pstick blunders," for all the WORLD
knows that the admiral--the French
press calls him a highly placed
tough Il dyed in the-wool advo
cate OF brute force and would no,
raise his little finger for peace unit
what remains of the empires manhood
were bled white. And It is dangerous
business to have such a man In the
foreign office during the coming fall
and winter. when a starving. freez
ing. barefooted populace is sure to
cry louder than ever for comprc-
mise,
For these reasons. a section of the
militarists is now believed to be cast
ing Its eyes about for a man who
conceals a heart of steel under a
suave and gentle policy: man who
yet does not commit the unpardon-
able sin of crying out into the world
that the peace cannot be won by
purely military decisions" alone.
There is such a man in the offing
but the military chiefs are not abso-
lutely sure of him. He is Count Won
Bernstorff, now ambassador to
Turkey. The revelations of count s
plots in the United States--which he
carried on. as is now known. while
he was posing as an ardent advocate
Of peace-have conciliated his former
opponents to certain degree; but
they have not quite forgotten that
Bernstorff did repeatedly try to win
the emperors ear for pleas OF peace.