The sun., 1919-08-21
Former Quartermaster Generals
Book Also Deals With Overru1ing
of Bernstorff and Forcing the
United States to Enter the War
UPHOLDS TRUTH OF BULLETINS
BUT CONFESSES TO EVASIONS
Contends ItSWas Desirable to Minimize Mis-
fortunes Because of Effect on Germanys
Alies-Berlin Critics Find Little New
in Staff Heads Memoirs
BY KARL III. Won WIEGAND,
St16 Correspondent Of THE SUN.
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By KARL H. wIEGAND,
csyeSs sssg S1sipsst 1872 Sa ntg.t 81 HHs Rssssea sgs
BERLIN, Aug. 18 (deayed) My reports from the
fronts true and formulated conscience
ward the and people at home and toward allies
dictated, asserts former Quartermaser Ludendor
in his book the war; which is be published this
week.
The former commander who was reputed to be the
brain of the German General Staff defends his
ports and denies the charge frequently Germany
during the that they coored that unfavorabe
results suppressed that the reports
otherwise although he admits frankly he puts
the reports primarily for the army"
He dwels upon the Importance of properly written re-
ports stimulus in the conduct of and psychoogi
cal factor with the and with the people behind the
He adds:
'The soldier has right have made public what he
has achieved has through with Troops whether
cers or men, mentioned in the reports proud of and
certainly inspiring them their
to the world. Every word of the reports carefully
weighed"
Admits Dstrust of Reports
points not be expected to give
to the number OF prisoners and
people those days as often declared Continuous
the nemy reports from the front had already
dstust of the reports of the German High
far that they compared with enemy reports"
Cen Ludendorf asks it not strategca
had tactical defeats which they lost prisoners
If reported that the had artillery the
natural
Was desirable emphasize moune insight
publication of reports Later under the
that was a mistake
enemy propaganda among through his reports depresed
our spirits and subsequently the prohibition
reports seemed unquesonaby desirable
did permit the publication reports did not
propagandize in that
II had to take into
on our allies have explained already that this particularly
in the situation where allies placed all their
News Agency Reports Were Colored
In places Gen. Ludendorf surprisingly especially he
wr one thing must be admitted unquafed the tho
Wolff Bureau the from the which
lin and intended primarily for the neutral countries happily
formulated He asserts he stopped them though
Gen. Ludendorf devotes considerable the
winter of 1916197 He that he
Entente Powers made
the
measure left to the Germans bring the decisive
I'm of
Imperial Chapceor Dr. Bethmann owg fully
political responsibility declared himself for Uboat
despatch by Ambassador Johann
ngn January 10 received in which he stated that
memorial on armed merchantmen would bring to naugh President Will
mediation Ludendorf he
information as he had had advces that President Wilson seeking
to make He and the Chancellor concluded that
On January 49, Chancellor Behmnnoweg cabled to Am
determined take ourselves
thsk break with the United Sa
before the reached Berno writes Gen Ludendof
received from the Ambassador at Washington plead
of Uba the ground that president
the basis of proposals for equal
rights for all nations"
Bames Hindenburg for His Fall.
Gen. he explains through
the day Hndnburg
strongly President Wilson The Kaiser
huos,f
asked to be permitted resign The
his offer with the words "Your retirement will make
possible with the assistance the Social Democrats create
nation"
directly from the Kaiser
predicted to him that n fourteen
days shall have Kaiser no longer"
his closing chapters Gen. Ludendorf makes an exhaustive
of the battles the front 1913 and the conditions
which led to the collapse of Germany The German newspapers IN
reviewing the book contains nothing sensational at respect
light throws the Kaiser ana MS