Evening journal., 1918-10-28
LUDENDORFF QUITS:
ARMY CHALLENGED
Abdication of Militarism
Seen in German Generals
Action
RIOTS REPORTED
IN MANY CITIES

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2s.-General Lu.
dendorff, First Quartermaster General
OF the German army and Field Mar
shal IIlndenburg's "right-hand man."
has resigned.
LONDON, oct. 2s-The Reichstag by
a great majority has adopted bin
placing the German military command
under control OF the civil government.
according TO an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen.
General surprise was caused i'm Ber-
lin on Saturday afternoon by the fact
that the daily report from German
headquarters was not signed as usual.
with the name Of General Ludcndorff.
Later the following official announce
ment was issued:
The Emperor, accepting the request
to be allowed 60 retire OF Infantry
General Ludendorff, the first quarter
master general and commander in time
OF peace Of the Twenty-flfth Infantry
Brigade. has placed him on the unat-
tached list. The Emperor decided at
the same time that the lower Rhenish
Infantry Regiment No. 80, OF which the
general has long been chief. shall bear
henceforth the name OF Ludendorff"
His resignation, IL is believed in Lon
don. will still further shake the faith
Of the German people in their military
machine.
10 Is persistent,y reported that riots
are Of daily occurrence I'm various parts
OF Germany, resulting in conflicts with
the police and loss OF life
b. 1oa o. IL 4.n1
for explosives, is seriously hampering
munition workers. 10 is stated that
krupps have been compelled TO dismiss
many workers.
BERNE, Oct 2s.-The resignation OF
General Won Ludendorff has caused a
sensation throughout Switzerland and
the Central Empires and is commented
on as a sign that German militarism
is really abdicating. Among the German
and Austrian peoples anger and indig-
nation are increasing over the fact that
the military situation has been so long
concealed or wrongly presented
PARIS. Oct. 2s.-The Echo de Paris
says that Genera. Ludendorff resigned
because he saw the impOssibility Of
continuing the war
The Malin says: Germany will rep
resent the retirement OF Ludendorff as
a new proof OF The subordination Of the
military to the civil power, but this
will deceive no one. LudendOrf, who
four months ago made the Reichstag
and the German people believe the fall
Of Paris and the surrender OF France
were imminent, now disappears be-
cause he is beaten and desperate |
Germany is faced with capitulatiOn."
AMSTERDAM Oct 2s-The Nord |
Deutschc Allgemelne Zeitung, In an
artlcel commenting on the peace note o.
President Wilson, says:
The German people arc In the midst
OF rendering secure a new system, the
fundamental Importance OF which Pres
ident Wilson recognizes. other peoples
have required decades Of stormy devel-
opment for this task. 10 is impossible
10 solve the questions Of such impor-
ance in dependence upon an armistice.
We therefore assume that President
Wilson. whose care above al is human f,
ty. is using all his influence to reach
positive result in the negotiations
With his allies"
The Cologne Gazette says:
"The issue solely depends on whether .
h6 military advisers Of the Entente
Illlcs make the armistice condition a
question Of capitulation. as in the, case
4 Bulgaria. and demand that occupa-
ion measures he placed on Germany .
imilar 10 those on Bulgaria. or :
whether they would be accessible to .
he idea that evacuation in itself is a
uhlcient guarantee"
The Frankfurter Zeitung says:
The conditions in President vii /
on's note are assuredly the most hu
that Germany has expert !
need since the days Of Napoleon. We
must. therefore, seriously reflect II
uch conditions are really demanded
The worries Of unemployment are
yoided by cultivating the WANT 40 :