Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-02
GERMAN DICTATOR
Of UKRAINE, TYRANT
vow EICHHORN, SLAIN
Field Marshal Won EiChhom,
Distinguished German Off,
Ger, and a Captain, Victims
of Youth of Twenty-three

AMSTERDAM. July 31-F1eld Mar
mander in the Ukraine, and his adju-
tant were seriously wounded by bomb
in Kiev Tuesday. says an Official an
nouncement received here from the
Ukrainian capital
The bomb was thrown at the men
while they were driving to their head
quarters from the casino. The field
marshars adjutant is named Captain
Won Dressler.
The bomb which wounded the field
marshal and the adjutant was thrown
from a cab which drove close to their
carriage as they were approaching the
Geld marshal's residence.
The assassin and the cab driver have
been arrested
1t has been established, the telegram
declares. that the crime originated with
the socialist revolutionists in MOSCOW
A later message from kiev announces
that Field Marshal Won Eichhorn and
CAPTAIN Won Dressler died last night
The kaiser. before ne learned that the
men had been mortally wounded, teie-
graphed the following to Won Eiehhorn:
I learn with indignation and deep re-
gret of this abominable crime
General Herman Won Eichhorn, the
German military dictator of Ukraine.
bad a brilliant career in the armies of
the German emperor. lie played an IN
portant role in the development of the
German military machine and was one
OF the first commanding generals TO use
the telephone in directing operations OF
troops in the field.
when the war broke out he was as
signed 10 the Russian front where ne
took part in several campaigns. HIS
work attracted much favorable atten-
ton and he was in command OF the Ger
man army which captured the Russian
stronghold of Kovno in August, 1918.
For this achievement he was awarded
the Order of Merit by Emperor Will
liam. He continued to direct opera
lions in southern Poland until Rus
sia's collapse.
In April. 1918, he was sent to Ukraine
by Germany to supervise the establish
ment of a government for the new re-
public. Upon his arrival he placed the
whole republic under German martial
law and arrested members OF the min
istry who he. said were conspir1nS
against the central powers. This was
followed by a request to Berlin from the
Ukranian rada that he be recalled but
he was retained in Ukraine as virtual
dictator He brought about the over
throw of the Ukrainian government in
May. and succeeded in placing in au-
thority General Skoropadski, who has
since been operating virtually under the
orders of General Won Eichhorn.
When il was found that the peasants
of Ukraine had secreted their stores of
grain General Won Eichhorn put into
operation strong measures which
of a
stores of food held in the country. 1t
has been reported that ruthless meas
ures were adopted against peasants who
organized to oppose the forcible footing
of their possessions.
Late in May he sent an urgent APP
peal to Berlin, asking that troops be
sent him TO meet the menace of an in
surrection in Ukraine. 1t was later
announced that large number Of troops
were held subject to his call Then fol-
lowed a general strike of railroad men
in Ukraine and General Won Eichhorn
asked that engineers, firemen and la
borers be sent TO him so that the rail
roads could be kept running.
General Won Eichhorn was born on
February Is. 1S4S, at Breslau. He re-
ceived his education at Breslau and in
the military school at Berlin. He en-
tered the army in 1866, being assigned
10 the artillery. During the period be-
tween 1900 and 1914 he held commands
at numerous places, notably at Saar-
bruecken and Frankfort. He is surviv-
ed by his widow and one son and one
daughter.
The assassin OF Field Marshal Won
Eichhorn was a lad of %. He declared
at the inquiry held after the crime, the
advices state, that he came from the
province of RyaZan, adjacent to Moscow,
on orders from a communist commit
tee. to kill the field marshal. He reach
ed Kiev yesterday.