Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-24
A MASTER CRIMINAL.

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So monstrous a thing as this Ger
man war seems to require a personal
devil for it's inspiration and guidance,
and TO most Americans the Kaiser
fills the bill
Far be il from any editor TO under
estimate the Kaiser's culpability; but
maybe we have not really found the
arch criminal If we may trust
psychological study of Gen Luden-
dorn. written for a Paris journal by
Albert de Pouvourville, the Kaiser
must yield the primacy in wickedness.
Ludendorff. long suspected by in
telligent observers to be the brains
OF the Prussian military system, the
real power behind the Kaiser and
Hindenburg, appears as very gen
ius of evil, seeking to win less by the
sword than by falsehood and treach-
cry, and instinctively preferring de-
vious wickedness to fair fight.
For him." says the writer, "the
affair OF the Isonzo was not merely a
battle of shock it comprised intri-
CUES. betrayals. forgeries, false orders
OF the day, and every other vile thing
which was necessary TO bring about
the desired object.
Thanks to the Russia of Lenine.
Ludendorff. relieved OF half his cares,
is now working on the western front.
~ l.. -. copgacrafad all his dfa-
bolical genius Let us not imagine
that his attack is only made with many
men and many guns. II will be- II is
already, the full power of his versa
tile, inventive energy working against
human frailties. II does not reveal
itself merely over 50 many kilometers
of front-that would be too simple.
1T is in Spain, where are gathered
the boches driven from Central and
South America; il is in pacifist jour
nails and the Germanophile proclivi-
ties of what seems the contrary; II is
in the little terrorized nations of the
north, and It is also in France, here
in obscure laboratories of scandal,
where nj. Clemenceau has not had time
to clean or to illuminate
"Of all these complicated and num-
berless Vaccinations, Ludendorff is
with his supreme power for evil, the
unique and secret inventor and
director"
After reviewing the results of
I.udendorffs subtle schemes in East
Prussia, Galicia, Serbia, Roumania
and elsewhere. the writer concluded,
1--WE are now going to see what he is
worth in France" The words were
written Just before the beginning of
this last German offensive.
Well. we have seen. And the an
cient moral law of the world is vim
dictated once more, as il always is,
whether in fiction or real life. Evil
cannot triumph forever. The most
gifted criminal is caught finally in the
net work of his own crimes The
super-villain comes at last TO a reck-
oning.
Iudendorfrs reckoning has begun,
and with il the reckoning OF all the
criminals that strutted in the shadow
of his evil genius and drove the Ger
man nation to disaster.
"COOD ENOUGH FOR SOLDIERS"
In certain town where troop trains
frequently pass through, carrying men
10 the seaboard en- route to France,
the ladies living near the railroad
have a pleasant custom of grabbing
up ANYTHING good to eat or drink that
happens to be in sight when a train
stops. and passing it around among
the boys. Needless to say, they al
WAYS meet with an enthusiastic re-
ception. and the soldiers appreciation
whets their generosity.
The other day one of these good
ladies, in gathering up her usual arm
full of pies and cookies, happened to,
include a box of cigars belonging to-
her husband. They were a specially
fine brand. bought for party. When
the owner discovered what had hap
pened. he was much annoyed.
Those smokes cost q lot Of money,
he complained You could just as
we'll have bought cheaper cigars to
give away to soldiers"
You and your friends can smoke
the cheap cigars yourselves" retort-
ed his wife
She was right about It. too. Nothing
is too good for American soldiers.