The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04


of German mtarsand shedding the blood Of the world
if Ludendorff had had his way II the German people
could have been whipped to further sacrifices and the Ger
army could been held under forced discipline he
might still be trying to compel the world to give him
peace of justice"
That feeling be escaped in reading his book MY
Thoughts and Actions" the of which will be printed
in The Star beginning Monday In this volume the chief
of the German mitarists the who practically
fdtaor of Germany in the last two of the gives
to humanity inside revelation of that ruthless worship OF
force which successfully surprised startled frightened and
then steeled civilization.
ILUDENDORFF A JUNKER
STILL: UNCONvERTED
Ludendorff is junker unconverted. Driven from power
by the revolt of the German people against further sacrifice
and boodshed he returned find himself execrated
His friends would not take him in for fear Of the mob
From all sides criticism and reproach were hurled at him
for having brought Germany to such pass by his ruth
Iessness and greed of military power.
The who for years had felt he need give reasons
for his actions stung reply He retired to Sweden
and there wrote his opinion Of those who attacked him. He
filings back at them that it is they not he on whom the
blame must rest.
Had the people been willing to suffer for their
emperor and their fatherand had they worked harder
hsv ney des of and
their liberal thoughts from outside had they been
willing to come gu, Ior ne M od oro 0nns u
and forced victory at least better terms than those
that came in the end.
Ex-KAIsER WILHELM GOT
LAMENTABLE LEADERS
He has only scorn for the who at the head OF
German governmentparticulary for Chancellor Won
-olweg None showed sufficient firmness in
drilling the German people to stand behind the army and
think of nothing else.
.sThe monarch on whom such responsibility lay" he
aments did not like his imperial grandfather, find
who were like and Bismarck resolved to demand from
the country everything needed for the prosecution Of the
war"
To those say he hindrance to peace he replies
that for two wears at he always favorng
pansthat he backed the idea of having President Wilson
urge peace on the entente in 1916 But he felt that
Germany could get peace OF justice. 80
What that peace OF justice meant with hlm can be
found staring from his pages:
THESE HE CONSIDERED
JUST PEACE" TERMS
Belgium must be harnessed to German trade and made
unable to defend herself.
Most of Poland must be taken, that Germany could
have wide strip the eastern pahk ol te Vstua river
for strategic defense" - .
The Baltic States we're to be ruled by Hohenzolem
prince.
Frances coal and deposits and her mountain frontier
were tn como under German domination, all these lands
In orraine German soldiers to be settled
that they might breed children VINO would carry on the
work of Germany. m
These are some of the things he sets out as Just
But not alone with the entente did he have his troubles
over peace settlements He was quarfelng with Austria
because the country wanted to have its own king the
Polish throne and he could not trust the Ausans to have
control of the German outlet to Russia
h Again, he was quarrelng with bulgaria, because that
taken from Rumana and he could not consent because
that would nut all the to the Near East under Bull
garian control. -.,u 4. r. n,
Yet again he was sending hot reoukes 10 EnVer Pasha
because that dictator of Turkey was interfering with Ger
plans to get the oil and other riches oil the Caucasus