Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-09-26
FAILURE OF ARMY.
BRINGS DISGRACE
TO LUDENDORFF
Germans in Panic of Defeat
Cry for Combination Of Hin
denburg and KuhIrnann to
Save Country,

10y soRNNo JOURNAL srretsl LEASED w,eE,
The Hague, Sept 25.--The worst
week in the history OF the war is Ber-
Inns candid view Of the days which
saw the German army driven from
Amiens and the admission that war on
an extensive scale must be renewed on
the Russian front
The very real panic which prevails
in Berlin is intensified by the Hurried
efforts to check it, in which the press
and the swarms OF police agents are
playing contradictory parts,
Out of the welter of fantastic ru-
mors which occupy the public ear
there emerges one outstanding fact.
Ludendorff has fallen into disgrace,
and for very definite reasons.
He is blamed on two counts. one is
that against the wishes of Prince Rup-
precht he removed large reserves from
the Somme to Flanders, being deceived
by the apparent preparations for a
British advance there.
The other is the breakdown in RUS
sia of all the German plans based
upon the treaty of Brest- -Litovsk, for
which treaty Ludendorff was respon-
sible.
HindenbUrg- -Kuhlmann.
The cry is now raised that Ger
many can only be saved by a combi-
nation of Hindenburg and Kuhlmann
and the friends OF the latter are de-
claring that he will be chancellor-in-
side of three months.
Hindenburg, it is said, from the first
was strongly opposed to the offensive
In the west, which now threatens such
disastrous results.
The speech which brought about
Kuhlmann's downfall, in which he
warned the reichstag against expecting
and early decision in the field, was
consequently prompted by Hinden-
burg, who is said to have forecasted
with such wonderful accuracy the
course of the plans which were put
into operation last March, and which
have led to the present position on the
western front.
The return of Helfferich to Berlin
enabled him to establish beyond all
cavil the impossibility of retaining a
German embassy at Moscow In spite
of the strong guard maintained. he
and his staff lived in hourly peril
Strange tales are told of the reign
of terror which the Russian revolu-
tionaries. have established there.
Warnings were sounded in the most
unlikely places and the daily bomb
explosions which take Nlace are fore
told in advance, and the officials Sc
lected as victims are correctly nomi-
mated
Death turks at every turn, Lenin
and Trotzky, and hundreds of their
most prominent supporters, have been
forced to escape from the city, in un-
dignified disguses and. at their ur-
gent solicitation, the German head
quarters has been transferred to
Pskoff
The PcfFograd Move
AS result of the conference with
the Bolshevik leaders, Helfferich In
sisted that the occupation of Petrograd
is the only measure that can insure
the maintenance of German influence
In Russia.
Nothing could he more unpopular
than a new campaign against Russia.
for Germany is fairly well informed
of the strength of tho anti German ell
ement there and of the possibility of
the recreation of a strong Russian
army in the field at very short notice.
General Brussiloff, the most success
full and popular of all Russia's war
leaders, is believed in Berlin to have
concerted measures all ready for call
ing up strong force TO oppose any Ger
man advance upon the capital
Lenin and his friends are blamed
for permitting this rapid creation of
2 fresh army in the field. It's possibili-
ty Is due to step they permitted when
the Russian armies were disbanded
AT that time eVerv soldier was al
lowed to take home with him his rifle
and ammunition Lenin had deceived
himself into believing that he would
hn al n I 4
of Bolshevikism hundreds of thou-I
sands of ready-made soldiers, all
armed and ready to fight.
The events of the past month have
shown the extent of his mistake. The
call was issued hy Trotzltv, but fell
upon deaf ears. If these rifles are ever
shouldered again it will not be for
Bolsheykism and Germany.
The Kaiser in Brussels.
Another event which has deeply
stirred public opinion in Berlin is thel
retreat of kaiser to Brussels. TO thati
city all the administrat tive machinery
has been transferred from Carleyville,
so long the emperor's headquarters on
the western front,
This step, it is said, has been taken
at the instance of Genrel Won Plessen, |
and against the wishes of the kaiserI
himself. 1t is due to the ever-increas- |
Ing activity of the airmen of the allies, !
and the possibilities suggested by the
calm weather Of autumn,
The cessation of the raids upon Lon !
don the widening incursons of allied |
aviators upon cities such as Frank
fort, and this precautionary measured
have confirmed the German dread I
that the mastery of the air is passing
completely into the hands of their
enemies.
A Peace Offensive.
AT Brussels last weekend a great
council meeting was held, to which