Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-17

German hands. In view Of the pecu-
liarities of our allies and their busi-
ness. methods, This Certainly offered
the best guarantee for the permanent
proper consideration of our rights and
interests, and our allies agreed 70 Inc
course proposed.
Quarrel With Bulgars.
The Bulgars soon caused consider
able difficulties to the German au-
thorities in the Dobrudja, who We're
under the command OF General Kurt
Won ITnger. The matter was even
brought before the supreme army
command / stood firm against the
Bulgarian desire to control the line OF
communications, and was greatly
strengthened by the attitude OF the
German officials, who fought with
spirit against the selfish actions OF
our allies.
General Won Unger and his German
subordinates saw to i that the rleh
oil stocks at Constanza and the other
materials were transported out OF the
district. and thus were put to the use
that really Law in the Interests of our
selves and our allies. The land was
cultivated as we'll as was possible in
the difficult circumstances. II the
Bulgar army did not receive the sup
plies from the Dobrudja that it could
have Welded the fault lay solely with
the attitude adopted by them and
their government
We had reserved the right to buy
materials in the army zone of the Bird
Bulgar army. The Bulgars felt them
selves injured by this. and put many
difficulties in our way.
Austrians Also Jealous.
The administration set up in Walla-
CHA contained a strong Austrian ele-
ment, which was naturally far from
convenient We had. however, to put
up with this on the simple ground
that Germany had not the strength to
carry out everything herself In many
cases the Austro- Hungarian officials
made our life burden; they feared
an increase of German influence in
Rumania and sought to obtain for
themselves advantages of every de-
scription Bulgaria, too, made the
administration more difficult, acting
at first in a most arbitrary manner
Turkey was loyal.
There were highly satisfactory sup
plies of agriculture produce of all
sorts, in particular of wheat AMI
maize. but also of peas, beans, plums,
eggs and wine. The autumn sowing
was undertaken at once. Everything
was done to encourage production.
The sowing of winter wheat was most
important, as we had to reckon on
the Rumanian harvest for the critical
period before the Hungarian harvest
i'm July and our own in August. Veg
etables were also of importance tol
US and their production was made asI
profitable as possible. The stocks of
cattle had been greatly reduced by
the war and those that remained were
now used for draught. The export of
meat was thus confined to very mod
crate limits.
British Destroyed OH.
The stocks of oil that we found in
Rumania were not large. The boring
plants had been absolutely destroyed,
and the wells very cleVerly blocked
up. The English Colonel Thomson
had fulfilled admirably his duty of
making it difficult for US to exploit
the oil fields. His work was not. it is
true, of decisive assistance to the en-
tente, but it did materially reduce the
supplies of our army and home. We
must attribute our shortage N part
to him,
To many people in Vienna. suffer-
ing severe privation and not we'll
disposed toward us. 1t seemed that we
were not proceeding quickly enough
with the gathering of the harvests and
the resumption Of oil working, and in
February 1917, complaints came from
Vienna and were repeated TO ME from
Berlin. / was uncertain for mo-
ment whether the work was really
being well done. / was, however, able
to Judge of the difficulties to be over
come in Rumania from my own ex-
periences in Kovno, and | did not let
myself be deceived. In April the conf
plants ceased, and the government
was generally approved
The distribution of the stocks from
the Dobrudia and Wallachia was car
ried out in accordance with special
agreements with the allies. There
was no great difficulty in the settling
on a basis for the distribution of the
oil. but the sharing of the agricul-
tural products of Wallachia was one
of the most unpleasant tasks of the
ouartermaster-g general, General Hahn
| dorff, whose clear and thoughtful
manner and wide understanding of
/ war economics made him particularly
suited for the task,
Great Game of Bluff
bulgaria stood aside from the dis
uibution of the Rumanian stocks, as
she was receiving the Dobrudja har-
vest Turkey received only small
quantity, having been allotted adj
vances from the large stocks lying in
! the Dobrudja.
The real question was thus one of
an arrangement between Germany
and Austria Hungary, or. more cor
rectly, Austria alone. The Austrian
inegotiators made huge demands; we
took leaf from their book and made
/ equally large claims. The happy me-
dunn proved here, too. after bitter
discussions, to be the way to agree
ment, and ultimately to satisfaction on
both sides.
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Germany's war spirit was breaking
as early as the opening of 1917. Ever
the army was feeling the effect OF
the discomfort among the people. A
r powerful agency in speeding this dis
: Indignation was the propaganda OF
! the entente. Memories of its effect
have drawn from Ludendorff chap.
! ter of bitter complaint, which will be
: printed tomorrow.
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