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Evening star., 1919-09-27
Endured Because It Won.

To me it seems of utmost import
ance that the world should appreciate
the true meaning of Won Tirpitz's ad-
built on the rock of victory. Its sole
justification, even to the German peo-
pie. was the amazing cycle of success
es which it had achieved. It was
costly. 1t was obnoxious, it was bru-
tai. but it was to be endured be-
cause it won battles and conquered
provinces, because it was efficient
But the moment that it was defeated
and the fact Of the defeat was unmis-
taxable it had no possible justifica-
tion. 1t was defeated at the Marne in
a clear test under the most favorable
possible circumstances. 1t disclosed it,
self as inferior as a military machine in
revelation was one Of the great dis
coveries of human history. It destroy
ed the whole notion that militarism.
a military caste, nation organized
Joffre defeated Moltke afterward.
Petain defeated Falkenhayn. Foch
first defeated and then conquered
Ludendorn. In the three great tests
end Germany lost the war and was
compelled to sign the most disastrous
and humiliating peace since that
which followed Jena.
one of the greatest deliverances. one
Of the truly decisive conflicts of world
history, and when the truth which
Tirpitz testifies to at last reaches the
German mind then there will be hope
of a new era in Europe. Today the
German leaders are making every eff
fort to establish the legend that it
was the civilian collapse in the sum-
mer and autumn Of 1918 which drag
ged down the military with it. but
Tirpitz discloses the actual truth
that it was the military which failed
and failed not in 1918. but in 1914. when
the public was not only unshaken but
unconscious of failure.
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Evening star., 1919-09-27
Only Necessary Force Advised.

Representative Kendall On Questioning
Smallwood after he had made his state
ment brought from him an admission
that he did not believe a prisoner should
be beaten up just because he resisted
arrest.
Chairman Mckenzie later question
ed Smallwood and had him admit that
IL he was ordered by an officer to ar
rest a man, and was threatened with
being beaten up, he would have to
use force on the man to carry out the
orders-but Mr.. Mckenzie said he
should use only such force as was
necessary to arrest the man and carry
out his orders.
Mr.. Kendall said that the American
people are amazed and aroused at the
barbarous and inhuman treatment of
the boys in the military service. Rep
resentative Mckenzie asked Repre-
sentative Kendall if he was in favor
of abolishing Walter Reed Hospital.
He said no, "but I would reform it,
e,vilize it, AmericaniZe IL"
Evening star., 1919-09-27
Fatally Defective Position.

Stripped Of all military phraseology
this means that in the ten days be-
tween the battle of Charleroi and the
opening of the Marne, Joffre had been
able so to re-establish his armies as
to bring to nothing the whole concep-
tion OF the Germans and compel them
to open the decisive battle in a po-
sition fatally defective. From that po-
sition they extricated themselves. aft
er vain effort to defeat their enemy,
with that supreme skill which to the
very end marked German retreats.
Their losses in prisoners and in men
at the Marne were insignificant. Un-
questionably they fnffcted heavier
casualties on the French than they
Evening star., 1919-09-27
PICKING GERMAN OFFICERS.
War Ministry Takes First Steps in
Selective Process.
ii THE AMERICAN FORCES IN

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
GERMANY. September 10 (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press).-
Oficers for the new German army
permitted under terms Of the peace
treaty are to be chosen by selection
of the fttest. and the German war
ministry has already taken the first
step in the selective process.
There are 100000 officers still in
service. and as the number must be
reduced to 1000 by March 81. 1920. =
large field Of choice is available.
Evening star., 1919-09-27
Will Not Be Court-Martialed.

Col. James D. Glennon. commanding
officer at the hospital, was present at
the hearing today and verified the
statement that Corp. John r. Dull,
Pennsylvania youth. who has been
serving at Walter Reed, and whose case
caused Representatives Kendall ana
Mccullough to denounce certain om-
GERS from the hospital at the hearing
on Thursday, will not be court-mar-
tailed for perjury as threatened be-
cause of statements he made before
the subcommittee.
Col. Glennon said today that he VIII
be discharged mmediately-that is,
justfas soon as his papers can be made
out. The colonel explained that Dull
was held until all the testimony COW
ering his case had been presented to
the committee, and that now that the
complete record is before the COM
mittee he is going to be discharged.
Sergt. Maj Smallwood, who was
witness today for the hospital author
tiles, has served in the Regular Army
seven and half years. and except for
about three months has spent the en-
tire time since October. 1915, at Walter
Reed. He gave the hospital clean bill
&c perally, as regards food, the treatment
OF privates and the way in which pris-
oners are handled.
Evening star., 1919-09-27
ALFRED b. LEET, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. Holding Probate Court.-NO.
26O1S. Administra tion.-This is to give notice
that the subscriber. of the District Of Colum-
bia, has obtained from the Probate Court Of
the District Of Columbia letters tesamentary
on the estate Of Mary Ann Spencer, late of the
District OF Columbia, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof. legally authenticated, to the sub
ecriber on or before the 10th day of Septem-
Der. AID. 1920; otherwise they may by law be
excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given
under my hand this 23d day of September
1919. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST
COMPANY. By JAMES +. HOOD, Secretary
lSeal.) Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of
Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of
the Probate Court. se27 ,oc4 IL
Evening star., 1919-09-27
SULLIVAN 4 CROMWELL, ARTHUR
PETER and w. H. BADEN, Attorneyx.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. holding q Probate Court.-No
$3.50. Administration.-This is to give notice
1hat the subscribers. Of the state Of New Yors
and the District of Columbia, respectively
have obtained from the Probate Court Of the
District Of Columbia letters testamentary on
the estate Of Regina Thiebaut, late of the
District Of Colunbia. deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
tnereof. legally authenticated. to the sub
scribers. on or before the 18th day Of Sentem.
ber A.D. 1920; otherwise they may by law be
excluded from all benefit Of said estate. Given
under our hands this 18th day of September.
New York: WASHINGTON LOAN AMI
TRUST COMPANY. ANDREW PARKER. vice
Pres, 800 st. NV. WASH. D. c. (Seal1
Attest: JAMES TANNER. Register of WINS
for the District Of Columbia. Clerk Of the Pro
hate Court. se2O % 80
Evening star., 1919-09-27
Honest Advertising.

For the protection of ita
readers, The Star carefully
eensors all advertising sub.
mitted for publication. and, %
far 40 is possible, bars all false
and fraudulent statements.
Readers are requested to -.
sist The Star in protecting the
public and all legitimate adver.
tisers by bringing to the ~.
tention of the paper any state.
ment that they might find to b
untrue
Evening star., 1919-09-27

Mrs. Grace Howell. on trial at West
Palm Beach, Fla, for the murder of
i her husband. was convicted last night
accommodation to mercy.
Evening star., 1919-09-27
LEGAL NOTICES.
BARNARD 4 JOHNSON. Attorneys.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. Holding Probate Court.-No.
262l7, Administra tion.-This is to give notice
that the subscriber of the District of Colum-
bia, has obtained from the Probate Court ct
tration on the estate of Daisy SQuier Phelps.
late of the District of Columbia. deceased. All
persons having claims against the deceased are
vouchers thereof. legally authenticated, to the
subscriber on or before the 18th day Of Septem-
Der. AID. 1920; otherwise they may by law be
excluded from all benefit Of said estate. Given
under my hand this I'D day of September,
1919. FRANCIS NJ. PHELPS, Pacific building.
tSeal.) Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register
Of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of
the Probate Court se27 .oc4. IL
Evening star., 1919-09-27
Won TIRPITZ ADMITS DEFEAT
AT MARINE WAS DISASTROUS
Practically ~ Confesses That German Mill
tary Brains Proved Inferior to French
During Test In 1914.

suffered themselves, just as Lee, up to
the final day Of Gettysburg, inflicted
heavier losses upon Meade. After the
battle the French were unable to ex-
plot their victory by turning the Ger
man defeat into rout. The enemy
was able to dig in at the Aisne and
German armies stayed in France for
four long years thereafter.
Nevertheless. the real fact of the
matter disengages itself clearly every
day, and particularly in German
statements. The opening campaign
was a clash between two systems of
military thought. 1t represented
forty years of painstaking study by
the best brains of two nations. The
Germans conception was frankly to
destroy the French military power
before Russia and Great Britain could
intervene. The French conception
was to parry the German blow and
hold on until Great Britain and Rus
sia could intervene. When the two
conceptions came in conflict it was the
French which was totally successful,
and after the 9Th of September Ger
many was beaten, provided Great
Britain and Russia played their parts
as France had by that time played
hers.
Situation Reappeared.
Great Britain did play her part. She
raised her great armies with a rapid
ity which surprised the world Rus
sia. on the contrary, after two year,,
collapsed. AS a consequence the sit
uation which existed in 1914 reap
peared in 1918, when German STRAIT
egy was again able to try for the de-
cision which had escaped 1t at the
yyh Ervor ~:
ain were condemned to adopt Joffre's
policy of seeking to hold out until
help could come, this time from Amer
ica.
Once more it was the French STRAIT
egy which succeeded. Ludendorff' S
colossal offensive of March, of April,
of May, of June and of July were
contained and on the 18th of July the
allies. having at last acquired that
superior position which Joffre had
won four years before. passed to the
offensive and totally demolished the
whole German strategic conception,
while. having the necessary reserves
this time. they were able in the end
to get an absolute decision.
The thing that Won Tirpitz blurts
out In his book is of utmost impor-
tance to the world. 1t is a, confession
that German military brains proved
themselves INFERIOR 10 French in the
supreme test of war. The carefully
nourished Prussian legend. extending
from Waterloo through Sadowa and
Sedan. was actually demolished at the
Marne and at the close of this last
battle the German admiral now tells
US that the German high command
was stunned. intellectually conquered.
1t could conceal from the German
people the truth that it had met it's
match. 1t could hide the fact of the
Marne for four years from all Ger
man eyes, but it could not conceal
the fact from itself
Moreover, when it tried again at
Verdun in 1916 it was more COM
pletely beaten. and the end Of a cam
paign extending from February to
November saw it almost in the posi-
tfon from which it had set out to
break the heart of France.
Evening star., 1919-09-27
c. CLINTON JAMES, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia, Holding Probate Court.-No.
25555. Administrat tion.-This is to give notice
that the subscribers. of the District Of Colum-
bia. have obtained from the Probate Court of
the District Of Columbia. letters testamentary
ON the estate of Sarah W. Russell. late of the
District of Columbia. deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same. with the vouchers
thereof. legally authenticated, to the sub.
scribers. on or before the 5th day of August,
A.D 1920; otherwise they may by law be ex-
under our hands this 23d day of September.
1919: WILLIAM T. BALLARD, BEN RUS
SELL. tSeal) Attest: JAMES TANNER.
Register of Wills for the District Of Columbia r.
Clerk Of the Probate Court. ser, ,oca iii
Evening star., 1919-09-27
DEPLORES ATTACK
ON REED OFFICERS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

and that he proposed to fight for the
private soldiers who are being treated
brutally.
Representative Thompson of Ohio,
who introduced the resolution calling
for the investigation of Walter Reed
Hospital, expects to call to the stand
this afternoon Lieut.. Col. Ashford
and Capt. Anderson. who were de-
nounced at the hearing THURSDAY by
Representatives Kendall and McCol-
Tough of Ohio. Representative Thomp-
son said after the hearing this morn
ing that he has been advised the Of
ficers in charge of the hospital pro-
pose to put on two witnesses who
were in the prison at the same tlme
as Caplan. with the expectation that
they will testify that he got wnat
was coming to him." If such testl-
mony is given the anger of members
of the committee is going to break
out again
Evening star., 1919-09-27
PREPARATION MADE
TO TAKE CENSUS
Bureau Occupying Building
Formerly Used by Aircraft
Production Section.

Two hundred cases of blanks and
other supplies for use throughout
the country in taking the fourteenth
decennial census are being shipped
out daily from the census office
headquarters in building D. Az street
and Missouri avenue, now in process
of occupation by the bureau.
The census bureau will occupy u1-
timately the entire temporary office
building. formerly occupied by the
aircraft production section of the
War Department. and now shared by
the joint congressional commission
on reclassification of salaries in the
District.
Five wings on the first floor, three
wings on the second floor and three
wings on the third floor of the
big building, which covers an entire
block. have been assigned the cen
sus bureau by the public buildings
commission, of which Senator Smoot
is chairman.
Already in Building.
The. population division. agricultural
division and geography division of the
census bureau already are in the
building, and other divisions OF the
bureau that will conduct the. four
teenth census are in process of NOV
ing in. Several hundred workers al
ready are in the building and it is
these that are shipping out the sup
plies to all sections of the country
preparatory to the actual census TAX
Director Rogers of the census bu-
reau will have an office in building D,
as we'll as retain his ofnce at the De-
partment of Commerce building. AS
sistant Director steuart VII IL take se.Ie mp
taking in the temporary Office build
ing. Robert E. Mattingly. supervisor
of the census for the District Will
have his office in this building.
Building D will house about 4,ooO
census workers by January next,
when 1t is expected that the bureau
will take over the quarters in the
building now occupied by the re-
classification commission and its stan
of workers. The census bureau at
first, it is understood, wanted the en-.
tire building at once, but members OF
the commission prevailed upon the
public buildings commission to allow
the reclassfficationists to stay in the
quarters until their work is finished.
Make Work Continuous.
AS the census bureau force at build
ing D grows, the census workers will
be added to the jurisdiction Of the
Joint congressional commission on
reclassification of salaries in the Dis
trict. Questionnaires will be given
to the workers as they take up their
duties, and thus the process Of add
ing these federal workers to the roll
of 106, 900 already in the possession of
the commission will be continuous.
Census workers. according to a
member of the reclassification COM
mission. will fall naturally into a
SGPrVICaS' info
which all federal employees here are
being divided. Hundreds of the census
clerks. for instance. will be occupied
in practically identical work, such as
enumerating. counting machine work
and other similar occupations.
Additions Of the complete force Of
census workers to the rolls of the
reclassification commission will swell
the roll to at least 10000 workers,
it is expected. The latest workers
added to the census staff. will be in
cluded in the commissions report to
Congress in January.
Evening star., 1919-09-27
RICHARD A. FORD, Attorney.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS.
trict Of Columbia. Holding the Equity Court
abeth III. Grimm ct al, defendants-In Equity
No. S71H.-The object Of this suit is to sell
and reinvest the proceeds of sale of certain
feaI estate In the District Of Columbia. de-
scribed as part of lot eighteen Cls)l ii square
two hundred and nfty-three (253l, Improved By
premises 1880 street northwest. On motion
OF the plaintiffs 1t Is this 18th day Of Septem-
II. Muilikin and all others concerned cause his
and their appearance to be entered herein on
or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays
ana legal HOLIDAYS. occurring after the day Of
the hrst publication Of this order; otherwise the
cause will be proceeded with rs in case of de.
1nuit Provided, copy Of this order be pub.
hshed once q week for three successive weeks
in the Washington Law Reporter and The
Evening Star before said day. ASHLEY NJ
GOULD. Justice. (Seal) A true copy-Test:
4 z. YOUNG. Clerk By +. Z. CUNNING
SuJLLTVAN = CROHG VVET n DWTI n :,
Evening star., 1919-09-27
Never Thought of Failure.

The gigantic thrust through Bel
gium envisaged possible British par
ticipation in-xhe war, but SO carefully,
so minutely had the Germans plan
been fashioned. SO confident were the
German commanders alike in their
army and in their preparation. that it
never for a single moment occurred
to them that there could be failure.
On the other hand, we see clearly
now that on the technical side French
armies were inferior to German ar
mics, French preparations insufficient.
We see that the French general staff
underestimated the extent of the
German blow through Belgium and
made many, il not all. of the mistakes
which the Germans hoped and believed
would be made, with one exception.
They never sacrificed the opportunity
to maneuver.
Thus, when the French offensive had
been defeated, when the Germans con-
centration in Belgium was disclosed
twice as strong as Joffre had believed
possible, when Kluck was revealed
moving far west of the Sambre in MS
turning movement, Joffre was able to
draw his armies back systematically
from a dangerous position until the
German armies had involved then, ,
selves in a hopeless mess. They nad
outrun their heavy artillery. their mu-
nitions. They had exhausted tneir
men in UNPARALLELED marches, and tney
now offered to the French an unpro-
tected flank open to precisely that en-
veloping operation which they had en-
deavored to bring off against Jonre.
Evening star., 1919-09-27

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half hour after sunset.
Up-River Waters.

Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, Septem-
ber 27.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers were clear this morning.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1919-09-27
BY FRANK H. sIMoNDs.

over the world of the fifth anniver-
sary of the French victory at the
Marne, there comes testimony from
pleteness of the success. In the first
installment Of his comment on the
world war Admiral Won Tirpitz ex-
plains that the stand of the allies
which defeated the fianking move
ment and checked German advance
left the reins of the German army
trailing on the ground. He says fiat
ly that the Marne destroyed the unity
in army operations since the carefully
laid plan for the sudden invasion of
France was defeated. He confesses
that up to that moment the German
army had been dominated by the single
thought that it could not be stopped,
and the arresting of the forward
movement at the Marne was a ter
rible blow to the army leaders, which
left them baff1ed and stunned as to
the future.
This is, as far as 1. know. the first
complete German admission of the
meaning of the battle of the Marne.
It Is worth while to recall that
German government and German
sympathizers stoutly maintained that
there never had been battle of the
Marne, and l remember, after having
been the guest of the French general
staff and having visited all the bat
tlefield from Nancy to Meaux early
in 1916, when countless evidences of
the intensity of the struggle were
stills visible, an acquaintance Of mine
who sympathized with Germany.
soIemnly declared that there had
never been a battle of the Marne and
that the whole legend was-a French
fabrication.
Supreme Strategic Conflict.
The reason for all this German de-
ception becomes even clearer with
Won Tirpitzs admission. The great
German general stan knew that II
had lost the supreme strategic con-
flict of the war. The extent OF the
disaster unnerved the hlgn commaho'
and it became. from its point Of view.
a matter of life and death to preserve
the prestige of German high COM
mand. To do this it was necessary to
abolish the fact of the Marne itself.
therefore, every agency of German
intrigue, propaganda and publicity in
dustriously labored to- destroy the
Maine as a human fact.
In doing this, as in all else. the Ger
mans skillfully used such truth as
was possible. The Marne was long
misunderstood by western publics. 1t
was not a great battlefield. 1t was in
a sense as indecisive as Gettysburg.
At Gettysburg Lees great conception
of carrying the war into the north
failed. His effort to destroy the
Union Army led him into a costly
battle and he was obliged, at the close
of the battle, to make long retreat.
but his army was not broken. his re-
treat was orderly and the disappoint-
ment of the north at what Lincoln
called his escape was boundless.
Now the fact of the Marne, as
opposed to the legend. was simple.
The Germans over many years had
formulated a great plan for the de-
struction of the military power of
France. The invasion of Belgium
was an essential detail, since it was
impossible to use the numbers avail
able on the narrow front of the
Franco German boundary, and the
war would have infallibly degener-
ated into a struggle of positions on
the Murthe and the Moselle, and not
tho Aiane and the LyS
Evening star., 1919-09-27
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