Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-26

found themselves in agreement ana
adopted an antagnostic attitude to-
wards me and my military ideas ana
wishes.
II was obvious that had more sup
porters among those parties which,
like myself, regarded an understand
ing as impossible in view of the enc
my's determination to destroy u.s. ana
| therefore wished the war to be car
ried on with the greatest energy.
never asked for their support. but
they trusted me. These parties De-
longed to the right--the minority.
And so, although | thought only OF
the war, the rest labelled me "reac-
tionary" Had I found my own ideas
accepted by the democratic parties.
should have found supporters among
them also in which case the right
would perhaps have abused me as a
democrat" and, as matter OF TACT,
this happened often enough.
l am neither a ''reactionary' nor a
democrat" All l stand for is the
prosperity, the cultural progress and
national strength of the German peo-
pie. authority. and order, These are
the pillars on which the future of our
country rests, During the war this
was our aim to develop the greatest
energy in its prosecution, and so Sc
cure our military existence, and with
1t our equally important economic eX-
lstence, both during and after the war
Was Made the Scapegoat.
The inertia of the imperial govern
ment in so many matters had unpleas-
ant consequences for me, in that i'll
wlshers, and sometimes even over
Jealous friends. dragged me into the
strife of parties. although | was in no.
way concerned and never put myself
| forward in any way. What | did was
misrepresented and criticized without
reference to circumstances. NY ac-
tons and statements were mlsinter-
preted.
Vague and totally unfounded asser-
lions were spread broadcast. At first
my frank and solderly way of think
| ing prompted me to dismiss all this
with a shrug of the shoulders: it was
not worth notice in view of the great
work on which | was engaged. Later
| on I regretted these occurrences, but
was unable to do anything to prevent
them
I repeatedly asked the press to leave
me alone. Beyond that I was too
| busy to take any action myself Be
! sides, | had no platform from which
| to speak. and, above all, | gave the
| German nation credit for more sense
of the stern reality But it suited the
government to have discovered a
| lightning conductor. Instead of pro-
| tecting me they gave free rein to the
agitators, represented me as a dicta
| tor, put everything down to general
! headquarters, and so embittered the
feeling against me. That was the po
sition, broadly speaking. The two
chancellors DR. Michaelis and Count
Won Hertling, were far above any such
intrigues, but the irreparable mischief
and. in view Of my military position
il was nothing short of a national dis
aster--was already done
Denies He Rationed People.
Ii became more and more the fash
ion to hold general headquarters,
which in this case meant myself. re-
sponsible for our troubles and miser-
les. For example, my name was asso-
ciated, not only with the unavoidable
hardships, but even with some of the
denominations of the home ratlonlns
system. Indeed, | was represented as
their author and blamed accordingly.
Neither the uuartermaster-g general nor
the acknowledgements. nor | had any
thing to do with the food supply at
home, which was entirely in the hands
of the war ministry and the food con-
troll office
After my resignation I heard from
leaders of The social democratic par
ty that / had been responsible for the
manner in which the military COVER
nors had administered the regulations
dealing with the right of public meet
ing. This was entirely outside my
province. .
The following case is typical: In
the winter of 1861. | was blamed
for the shortage of transport and coal.
This was mainly due to insufficient
provision having been made before
was appointed to general headquar-
tiers. In February 1917, l urged the
appointment of coal controller. I'M
fortunately the right man was not
discovered at once, and another had
to be selected later on.
In the summer of 1917. $4,000
miners were released by general mead