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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

The surRertion. put forward by The
Buigars TO cloak their detection. that
I was informed that soldiers councils
had been formed among their troops.
IN untrue. II in equally untrue to say
that we had broken a treaty obliga-
ton 20 leave SIX divisions on the Bull.
garlan front. for this obligation was
confined TO the Serbian campaign Of
1915.
when ! came TO general headquar.
tiers In August 1916. there was about
one division in Macedonia The OBJ
legation must also have lapsed on the
formation Of the German supreme
military command for the quadruple
alliance in September. 1915. This su-
prcmc command did not In any way
neglect Bulgaria
The forces opposed 10 each other
there were OF about equal strength.
The Greek troops with the entente
had had no military experience. and
their choice OF sides was not based
on conviction. The Bulgarian army
had had long rest. They had had
the opportunity to strengthen their
forces. and ought rather TO have
helped US In the west than 20 have
sought aid from us.
We knew well that the Bulgarian
army was. In fact. In n bad state:
but there was ground for the hope
that II would be able 20 withstand
the attack which we expected. as. in.
deed. was the case wherever the men
were stlll willing TO fight. We an
ticipated. now as previously. as did
the German chiefs IN Bulgaria. par.
tiai failure. but we did not expect
the complete collapse OF their army.
The rumors which had circulated
In Sofia. TO the effect that the army
would not continue fighting after
September Is. found only too terrible
confirmation. We could not answer
every single cry for help. We had to
insist that Bulgaria must do some
thing for herself. for otherwise we,
too, were lost
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
HAD TO
DEFEND HUNGARY

u WINS obvious that the entente
would attempt 10 recover Serbia, and
20 make an attack from there on
Hungary and Austria. thus giving
the coup dc grace 20 the double mon
archy. Our Balkan front was unsts-
bic. and II was quite uncertain
whether we would be able TO recon
struct II in Serbia and Bulgaria, or
even on the Danube.
The position In Sofa at first was
far from clear. We could not even
tell whether the whole Bulgar army
was really demoralIzed. The Serbian
army had fought for years outside
it's own country. and had shown
fine example OF true patriotism. The
Bulgars could well have done the
same. OF Old Bulgaria. too. not a
foot was In enemy occupation.
II the Bulgar army fell out alto
gethcr, then It would certainly be tho
time for Germany and Austria Hun
gary % send substantial forces TO tho
Balkans.
In the then situation IL was vital 70
do everything 20 secure our position
In the Balkan peninsula, In order to-
prevent the entente moving into
Hungary and making flank ATTACKS
on Germany and Austria. We sent q,
German division from Sebastopoi|
thru Bulgaria and Rumania to 6ona.
Gen. Won ARR also dispatched an Aus
tro-Hungarian division from the.
Ukraine thru Rumania TO Serbia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

Ludendorff energies from the war bitter against his
own peope-the and women ut home who gave their
sons their husbands and their fathers to the Prussan
military masters In todays nstament of "My Thoughts
and Actions appearing seray in The Seattle Star Luden
dori voices his by saying the Germans were not
the iron people about which often told"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
DENIES HE WAS
4 >THt TItftL IN REPORTS

II has been said that my commu.
nianen were unreliable. They were in.
disputabiy true and they were framed
In accordance with our duty TO the
army. the people Mt home and our
allies. The evening communicate
merely described brisf'y the events Of
the day. That OF midday WINS founded
on the reports which reached gen
eral headquarters up TO tho time OF
my signature 1890 n. IN.
wrote them principally for the
army. our soldiers had the right 10
have their achievements and suffer.
ings reported. The unit. officer or
man mentioned In tho oommunique
was proud OF ~. was II not uplifting
20 have ones fame announced 20 the
world7 II provided a stimulus Of no
mean value 10 the conduct OF the
war. and an important psychological
TO achieve. The PEG.
pie at home. too. were rightly proud
to have their sons deeds recognized.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

Three German divisions from the.
east. which had been released for SER
vice In the west, and had in part al
ready set out on their journey
thlther. were diverted to Scrbia>
Lastly. two divisions from the Ita1-.
ian front. which had been handed
over to us by Cen Won ARR for sor-
vice in the west. were also sent,
Finally. even from the hxr6preseef
west front. general beadquarterss selno
the Alpine corps 10 Serbia; this cosDe
had just been withdrawn from ~
line. and still had its mountain equlD-
ment. which was urgently needed In
Serbia. The west thus lost SIN -
seven divisions.
While the one German division
was to be assembled at Sofia to SUP
port the government. the others wee
Intended 20 be grouped at NH.
Transport was so bad that this could
not be completed before the middle e
October.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
EASE UP WHEN TIRE IS WET

Wet rubber cuts much easier
than dry rubber. For this reason
fast travel over rough road sur
faces. particularly broken stones,
will be very destructive to the
tires when they are wet. This Is
especially true ms regards solids on
ia heavy truck.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
ACCUSES UNITED
STATES OFFICIALS


on the 18th. or at the latest. the
nth. Gen. Lukow. In command Of the
troops on the Struma. wired TO the
tsnr Ferdinand Of Bulgaria. that he
must conclude an armistlce. he could
not desert us publicly and throw
himself into the arms Of the entente
too soon.
a few days after the 18th, a secret
report Of the French general stan fell
into my hands which made II evident
that the French no longer expected
any resistance from the bulgarian
army, Entente propaganda u d
money and the niied states repre-.
sentative. who had remained In sofia.
had done their work. die again pays
his respects to Dominic /. Murphy.
the United States consul general. who
sat tight In Sofia" aa Ludendorff
puts II. despite German protests. He
had great influence with the Bul.
garian cabinet In the critical days
and helped arrange the armiAtice)
In this instance again. the entente
had made a thoroly good job OF It..
ibrhAbt9s t''s ffRiNfA'FiHN AHfiIfuttH
from Russia had crept In. Neither
the tSar nor our representative In
Sofia knew anything Of this. Gen.
Jckow knew all about IL. few days
before the battle. which was known
10 be imminent. he developed ear
trouble. / understand. and went 20 a
clinic in Vienna.
Gen. Won scholtz and all the Ger.
mans had done their utmost. Where
Germans were In command the Bul.
Rarinn army held out. On the noun.
tain sector the Buigarians refused 20
have n German command. They even
went no far as TO leave a divisional
general there whom Gen. Won Schoitz
wlshcd 90 have removed because he
did not trust him: and they made nu.
merous alterations In personnel in
that sector.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

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The new car Is equipped with all
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
EVERY WORD
WAS WEIGHED

Every Nbru IN inc OFFICIAL CpfuN1u-
niauc was carefully weighed. great
events were given in detail: only the
most important OF lesser engage.
mentH could be mentioned. In quiet
times frequent report read: "Not.r
ing particular" or NO events Of i'm.
portance": from this an intelligent
reader gathered that on all parts OF
the wide front German men stood
night and day doing their difficult
duty to the Fathcrland with loyal
devotion.
should certainly have preferred
In times OF stress to have employed
curt phraseoloRy rather than 90 give
fun reports. for the events of such
times were appropriate TO these
phrases. But "A report on the Flan'
dcrs battle: "Langemarck Is held"
or lost. would have satisfied nobody.
Losses Of ground were mentioned.
II they affected the general situation.
hut not until ma harm could be done
To the troops engaged by doing 50.
Nobody could expect me Ia communi.
cate our losses In guns and prisoners
~ the enemy. not even the Germans
who think 10 objcctiveIy.
NOT AN
IRON PEOPLE"
We were not the iron people. about
which I was 50 often told In those
very days. The habit Of reading en-
envy communicates had done damage
enough already. Suspicion of the re-
port from general headquarters went
at times so far n to cause them to
be compared with enemy reports.
That was typicaIly German.
Was Il not. for example. n great
strategic victory for US to have held
the line in Flanders In 1917. altho
wo suffered tactical rovcrses. that
cost us prisoners and materials of
war; II I mentioned in my report
that the enemy had reached our ar.
tiilery lines. one could deduce tho
loss In prisoners and guns. Was that
not sufficient? Did people wish TO
wallow in misery?
General headquarters had allowed
the enemy communicates TO be pub.
lished, in reliance on the clear.sight.
edness of the German people. ! had
the impression later that II was a
mistake. The enemy used his COM
muniques for propaganda. and low
cred our morale. A belatcd order for.
bidding the publication OF these re-
ports seemed TO me even more ques-
tionable. France knew what she was
doing when she forbade the publish
ing OF our communicates. altho ours
were never used for propaganda.
/ have mentioned that | had also
TO consider the effect OF our official
reports on our allies. This was i'm
portant In our case because our allies
relied entirely upon us.
one thing must be admitted:
VOLTS commentaries on my reports,
edited In Berlin and intended solely
for the ncutrals. were not happily
wurded. There was good reason for
the tone OF these kilograms. but
stopped them. altho too late, as soon
as realized the harm they did.
ADMITS
HEAVY LOSSES
on the Woevre plateau the evacu
alton Of the salient was carried thru.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

when the switch IL open. yet
sparks are seen upon dlsconnccting
and touching lead wires. there - n
short somewhere along the line. BY
repeating this test in different loca.
tons Il is possible to locate the posi-.
ton OF the short.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
my THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS"
By Gen. Eric Won Ludendorff

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
LUDENDORFF BITTER AGAINST GERMAN people

thru Bulgaria 10 the Danube. We
could not hope 10 keep Rumanis neu-
trail. sooner or later, the arrival Of
enemy troops In that country was
certain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

tho with heavy losses. and the Michel
position was occupied The fighting
WAS dying down by the l3th.
nudendorr's brief treatment OF
the American offensive and the re.
markabic feat OF breaking on the ST.
Mihiel salient. IL characteristic Of his
treatment Of American fcnts Ia the
war. When he does not bellttie them
he ignores them 30 far az possible. all
the while showing plainly how badly
he was upset by the coming OF the
American fighting mem
According 20 the reports that
reached me. the continuation Of the
offensive against the Michel position
Din front Of Metz seemed probable
After the 22d the situation changed
In front OF Won Callwitz's army
group. The likelihood OF an often.
sive here diminished and n battle on
both sides OF the Argonne appeared
imminent.
tor. too On front OF Nancy was con.
Eidcred In danger. but that was based
rather on the conjccturcA OF my col.
leagues than on reports 7. on the
other hand, chung 10 my opinion that
the development OF the offensive be-
tween Rheims and the Mcuse was
moro likely than an attack In Lor-
rnine.
Our troops had suffered severely:
their numerical strength diminished.
exhaustion Increased. The situation
grew steadily worse. but the line held
with the exception 81 few weak
places on the Second army sector.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
BuLGARS DID
NOT RESIST

Thus matters stood when events In
Bulgaria forced us to grave decisions.
on September Is the armies OF the
entente attacked In Macedonia, east
OF the Vardar, in the mountains be
tween vardar and the Cerna, and
also with weaker forces near Mon.
astir. on both TANKS the attacks
broke down.
In the center. where the attack
was faced with the greatest obstacles
(here the French and Serbs had to
cross n high mountain range) the
Bulgarian second and third divisions
offered no resistance; they simply
sure ndcred the position. No other
explanation exists for the rapid adj
vance Of the entente troops over bro
ken country, eminently suited for de-
Tense, billy. even mountainous.
Gen. Won Scholtz sought to bring
the Bulgarians to stand on the
second line by moving reserves up
in good time but his hopes were not
realized. The second and third Bul.
garian divisions retreated. as II on
definite plan. without any show of
resistance. behind the Cerna in one
direction and behind the Nardar in
another. The Bulgarian reserves,
equal in strength to three German d.
visions. did not fight at all.
The German troops, which had re-
Gently been reinforced by battalions
from Rumania. could not close the
gap unaided. Tho northern descent
TO the valley OF the Vardar In the
neighborhood OF Krivolac was open
to the entente. All further efforts TO
reorganize and make a stand failed.
! The Bulgarian army went home.
Only tho Bulgarians incorporated In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

German forces between Lake Presba
ana tho cerna behaved better for n
time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
De VICE NOW IN
OWN BUSINESS

With . clientele of patrons
who know Just what Kind of
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Prom tho day he opened his
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exhaustion Increased. The situation
grew steadily worse. but the line held
with the exception 81 "a few weak
places on the Second army sector.
BLOWS RAIN
ON Ills ARMY
Prince Rupprecht. Won Boehn and OF
tho German crown prince had carried
out the Withdrawals from KENNEL
and the Lys plain. behind the Arleux.
Mocuvres canal. into the Siegfricd
system tthe Hlndenburg hnel and on
the Nesle. The movement went with.
out hitch and was completed by the
Eighteenth army. which had furthesi
20 20. by about September Z.
The armies had not fallen back
everywhere 10 the German trenches.
they manned in some places parts OF
the Old enemy line. Everywhere the
enemy followed close on our heels.
They soon resumed their offensive.
which developed particularly keeniy
between Moeuvres and Holnon lin
front OF Arrasl against the left wing
OF the Seventeenth. the whole of tho
Second twest Of cambraD and the
right wing OF the Eighteenth army
twcst Of 81. Quentin) and between the
Ailettc and the Aisne against the left
wing OF the Ninth and the extreme
right OF the Seventh army. dIere
Americans were heavily engaged. bat.
Ting for the hills north OF the Eesle
and west OF RhcirnsJ
Fighting was very keen. but our
line recovered itself. except that in
the second army some weakness stiii
remained. on September Is and 10.
particularly severe attacks we're
launched on the Moeuvres iiolnon
sector: the left wing Of the Second
army was pressed back several kilo-
meters on the Scheldt-oise canal.
north Of St Quentin. the Eighteenth
army being forced TO withdraw it's ex.
IRENE right 10 conform with this re
tircment
Otherwise. the line was held. Sc
we're local fightinE continuing up to
September rs ana 90 The F'rApch ex.
tended their offensive further toward
ST Quentin. II goes without saying
that these days. too. took heavy toll
Of our entire army.
The German crown princes army
group had taken over command OF
the Ninth army from Won Boo h n
about the middle OF the month. This
army and the right flank of the Sew
cnth were constantly in action. The
army group had 20 find its own rein
forcemcnts.
Tension was particularly high on
both sides OF rheims and. after the
22d. also on both sides OF the Ar.
gonne. where on the 2eth another
great battle was to break out. This
refers TO the American-Frcnch ofren.
siveJ The completion of the Her.
mann line behind the two northern
army groups had begun. and similar
work was actively proceeding in the
rear OF the crown princes group.
Behind the line between the coast
and the Meuse. the work OF evacua-
ton was often interrupted by sue
cessful enemy air raids. Huge sup
plies OF material had TO be moved.
which were essential for the further
prosecution OF the war. Many sec
tors had worked on bad supply sys-
TENS and the result was now felt
The Austro Hungarian line held In
Italy. There were no indications Of
an Italian offensive.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-04
ADMITS
HEAVY LOSSES

on the Woevre plateau the evacu
atom Of the salient was carried thru.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-09-26
PLANS MADE FOR
CLUB HOUSE BY
FERNDALE FOLK
PRIZE WON AT STATE FAIR TO
BE USED AS NUCLEUS OF
FUNDS. ...
LAND GIVEN BY ]. I. JENnE1TE
Building viii Have Library and other
Attractive Features and VIII Be the
Center of Social Activities of the
Neighborhood.

With the prize money obtained at
the state fair as nucleus, the Fern
dale Club will raise sufficient funds
to construct the first community club
house in Maury county. This decision
was reached at well attended and
most enthusiastic meeting held on
Wednesday afternoon which was at.
tended by Miss Sophia Mai Shadow,
home demonstration agent, and Prof.
K. A. Mclean, the county agent.
The club won the first prize at
Nashville at the fair on community
exhibits, which amounted to $3.50.
This will be very substantial start
on the erection of the club. 1t is
planned to raise something like $4,000
for the building and for the purpose of
putting in library and also such com
forts and cOnveniences as will make.
the room attractive. ]. It. Jennette,
one OF the prominent members of the
club, promptly gave the land on which
to erect the house. The gift was ac-
cepted and the club house viii be To-
Gated on Mr.. Jennette's farm near the
center of the community.
1t is planned to have every possible
convenience at the club, to make it
especially attractive to the younger
people Of the community. 1t will be
the social center of the activities of
that section. Plans are already being
made to duplicate this years achieve.
ment next year at the fair at Nash
Vile
Miss Shadow, the demonstration
agent, who rendered such valuable
in the collection and ar
of the exhibit at the State
Fair, hopes that the movement launch
ed at Ferndale will be the beginning
Of many similar efforts over the coun-
ty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-09-26
MAURY'S MULE IS
ALMOST THE OLDEST
LACKS ONLY FIVE YEARS OF
EoUAlING HOLDER OF
WORLDS RECORD.

A dispatch published in the morn
ing papers today states that the old
est mule in the world is living at
Richmond, Va, forty-two years OF age.
Maury cuonty has mule that is not
far behind the Virginia mule. On the
farm of Joe w. Fleming, on the Cul-
leoka pike there is gray mule thirty
seven years of age that is sound. does
good work and gives every promise OF
living many years longer. Mr. Flem-
ing, the owner, eighty-fiye years of
age, often drives this thirty-seyen.
year-old mule to Columbia. Not only
that he frequently rides him over his
farm. Probably no such combination
can be found elsewhere in this state
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-09-26
WILSON DECLARES FOR
FLAT ACCEPTANCE OR
REJECTION or TREATY
ARE KNIVES BEING
STUCK IN DOCUMENT" SAYS
PRESIDENT.
IS INSURANCE AGAINST WAR
President Says He Is Honor-Bound to
Mothers, Wives and Sweethearts TO
Do All Passible to Make Wars Inn
possible.
(By United press.)

DENVER, Sept 25.-"Hyphens are
the knives that are being struck into
this document, President Wilson
charged today in speech demanding
acceptance of the treaty of peace.
He made with emphasis the accusa-
ton that outside of legislative halls'
the only organized opposition to the
treaty came from the same forces that
favored Germany in the war.
There is no question of reserva-
ticns or amendments to the treaty"
he said. The issue Is fatty, accep.
tance or rejection. Acceptance means
insurance against war;" he declared,
"and that is the whole game
There was tremendous demonstra-
tion when he said that he was honor
bound to the mothers, wives and
sweethearts of America to do all pos
sble to prevent another war.
Talk of a uper-government being
set up over the United States by the
league of nations, the President de-
nounced as sheer nonsense.