Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-14
Copyright. 1918.
BY the Press Publishing Co.
(The New York Evening WoFld.t
BY GEN. ERICH Won LUDENDoRFF

| That was the only way; the power to
wage war had its source at home and
found its expression at the front.
The great aim of peace could only
be attained by relentless prosecution
of the war. therefore, the government
at the same time paved the way for
| peace, their noble and immediate goal,
Soon after we were summoned to
assume the supreme command. and
| had time to consider the Situation in
all its bearings, the field marshal and
| laid our views as to the require
ments of the army and navy before
the imperial chancellor and discussed
the problems which they raised for
the country. We called upon him to
cooperate in prosecuting the war and
were buoyed up with hope in spite of
the menacing aspect of the situation.
The government had welcomed our
appointment to the supreme COM
.mand. We met them with frank con-
fidence. Soon, however. two schools
of thought, represented by their views
and ours. began to come into conflict
This divergence of view was a great
disappointment to us and vastly In
creased our burden.
Lloyd George Better Master.
In Berlin they were unable to ac-
cept our opinion as to the necessity
of certain war measures, or to steel
their wills to the point of magnetic
ing the whole nation and directing its
life and thought to the single idea of
war and victory. The great democra-
cies of the entente achieved this.
With an iron will Gambetta in 1870
III, and Clemenceau and Lloyd George
in this war, enrolled their peoples in
the service of victory. Our govern
ment failed to recognize this inflexible
purpose, and the definite intention of
the entente to destroy us. They
should never have doubted it.
Instead of concentrating all our re-
sources and using them to the utmost
in order to achieve peace on the
battlefield, as the very nature of war
demands, the authorities in Berlin fol-
lowed different path; they talked
more and more about reconciliation
and understanding, without giving our
own people strong warlike impetus
at the same time.
In Berlin they believed. or deceived
themselves, into believing, that the
hostile nations were longing to hear
words of reconciliation and would
VI 90 tAitli SONtIllHttflS- tONait POtSts
So little did they understand the mind
of our enemies. both people and gov
ernments, their strong national feeling
and unbending will
Berlin had learned nothing from
history. They only felt their own inn
potence in face of the enemy's spirit:
they lost the hope of victory, and
drifted. The desire for peace became
stronger than the will TO fight for vie
tory, The road to peace was blocked
by the VIII of the enemy, whose aim
was our destruction; in seeking II the
government neglected to lead the ma
ton by the hard road to victory.
"Slid Down the Slippery Way"
Reichstag ands people found them
selves without that strong lead which,
generally speaking. they longed for,
and slid with the government, down
the slippery way. The tremendous
questions arising out of the war were
more and more thrust on one side, for
peoples minds were occupied with
questions of internal politics and
thoughts of self. This meant the ruin
of our country
General headquarters urged the
view that il would be time enough for
us TO lazy down our arms ard think
about understandings when human ma
ture had undergone change; other
wise We were bound to suffer. The