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ministry Of war was expressed 10 me
by several farsecing Iiavarian of
Ulcers of high rank. could only
agree with them. aud beg them 10
advocate that view la Bavaria.
The question OF unifying tho con.
stitution OF Germany IN now under
discussion. and trust that Il may
be achieved as n further step In the
development Of our country. II
must not he forgotten. In any such
changes. what Germany owes "a
Prussia and to the other states.
Tho military attaches In neutral
states were nt the disposal OF gen
erai headquarters an In peace time.
They were subject 10 the ambaaaA-
doris and did no political work They
reported any military matters direct
20 the general stan. a copy OF their
report being supplied 20 tho ambas.
sador. This method OF working did
not give rlse 90 difficulties. The at.
tachea also worked on propaganda In
agreement with the ambassadors. In
this branch OF their activities they
received their Instructions from
Colonel won iIaeften.
In the allied countries our mill.
tary attaches had similar taAkA.
Here. too. they had nothing 90 do
with politics. Their most important
duty was TO act as linison officers
between our general headquarters
and the general stats Of the allied
armies.
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meet with that spirit ~ accommo.
dalton which was ~ necessary when
we told the government what the
successful prosecution OF the war lie
mandcd Of them, ~ the German PEG.
pie were 60 be rendered eapabi. Of
victory.
Tho representation Of military In.
tcrests In all questions of foreign
policy during the war and In connec.
ton with the conclusion OF peace
meant frequent dealings. and much
friction also.
Tho machinery OF government in
Berlin gave the impression OF being
extremely clumsy. Tho various de.
partments worked side by side with.
out any real sympathy or cohesion.
and there was infinite Overlapping. "
Tho left hand often did not know
what tho right was doing A Isis.
marck could have made these de.
partments cooperate properly. but
the task was beyond our war chan.
cclors.
Relations between the general
staff and tho government were i'm.
proved and Elmplified IN February.
1911. boy the chancellor appointing a
personal representative at general
headquarters. az first this was Under
Secretary Of State Won Stein. who
was like "A breath 81 fresh air all the
time he was with us In the autumn
81 1917 the position was taken by
Count LimburgStirum. skilful
and wollinformod man OF great pa.
triotlsm. Dealing with him was "A
great pleasure. In much the same
way Colonel Cater General won
Wintcrfcldt represented tho general
staff AT the chancciior's department
In Berlin. He worked AZ his difficult
task with devotion and tact.
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How badly smashed was the
German army by the allied st-
taci, on the Somme Il bluntly
confessed by Ludendorff tomor
row. lie found the whole front
was la danger Of breaking and he
had 10 thin his lines dangerously
elsewhere In order "a avert this
danger. lie also found be must
upset nll the old ideas ~ defense.
abandon the deep dugoutS and
thick barbedwIrc aud devise new
means 90 meet the onslaught Of
the allies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-13
MUCH JEALOUSY
IN THE. ARMY

The ministries OF war Of Prussia.
Bavaria. Saxony and wurtcmbcrg
ranked equal 20 ourselves. They had
their representatives az general
headquarters. in the person Of the
military representatives Of the sep
arate contingents. The Bavarsans
were always changing their repre-.
sentative.
The other function Of these off,
GERS was 10 uphold the interests Of
their own armies "a against general
headquarters II must be clear that
not even In the German army wa.
jealousy wholly nea-cxistcnf. II any
difficulties arose In any part Of the
field. one national contingent was al
times disposed TO lay the blame on
another. ~ one time there would
he complaints 81 too heavy losses,
Mt another Of too little opportunity
to shine.
There were also personal questions
to be settled with the military repre-.
s.nntivcs. These officers cooper
ated well with general headquarters
I think | must have convinced them
that I attended 20 their interests In
dislnterestcd spirit. l have never
made any difference between the
four contingen;s. They all did their
duty and all had their good and
less good divisions. wurteuaberg
alone had only good ones. The Baden
divisions deserve tho nane praise.
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u. S. TAKES BRAZIL'S
TRADE FROM BRITAIN

LONDON. Nov. 13.-Brazilian buy
ers i'm London are going back with
out placing orders. declaring the
United States will get the trade of
Brazil Prices quoted them have
been higher than in America and
there has been less assurance of de-
liveries.
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Subject 20 his majesty'a pleasure.
tho chief OF the general STAFF OF the
field army had fun control Of the
direction OF operations. Decisions OF
the first Importance required his
nales;y's approval lie had no eX,
ccutlve authority. Tho emperor was
thus the head Of the general staff.
The chief Of the naval staff. as the
director % operations NJ sea. had the
slnc status aa the chief Of the gen.
cru staff In the field "a regards
such operations he had the same
rights and duties. The general staff
and the naval staff have always
worked well together.
The governors general In BRUSSELS
ana Warsaw were directly rcspon'
siblo 20 his majesty. and took their
directions from tho chancellor In
matters OF policy. In military ques.
lions they took directions from sen.
erai headauartera-an one occasion
Il proved necessary 90 obtain an or.
der from his majesty when we want.
ed some horses from the Warsaw
government.
The other occupied territories fell
under the administration Of the quar-.
tcrrnaster general. and thus under
general headquarters. The real au.
thoritiex in thste areas were the
army hcadquartcr staffs.
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HOTEL GETS 81 900
POUNDS OF SUGAR

CLEVELAND. Nov. 13.-While
dealers and householders were seek
ing fruitlcssly for sugar. $1,000
pounds was being delivered to n
Cleveland hotel. Authorities may in
woke the Lever act.
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HUNTING'S GOOD
IN NEW BRUNSWICK

ST. JOHNS. n. l., Nov. 10
Three large moose heads, measuring
so. 81 and 6lh inches. are the prizes
of three New Workers Just out of the
woods. They also got four black
bears and two deer.
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WANTED A
STRONG EXECUTIVE

General headquarters had further
TO deal with a whole series OF I'm.
periai offices. and also. In questions
OF communications. with the govern.
fnentH Of tho larger states. greatly
missed the assistance OF a strong i'm.
pcrial executive.
Tho disadvantages Of our complI
Gated constitution were plainly evil
dent. The desire for AN imperial
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0UmED AUTHORITY CAUSED FRICTION BETWEEN
HIGH civil AND MILITARY OFFICERS OF HUNS

had been given PRACTICAL, diei.-
'oriai authority as a means Of
saving Germany In the crisis 10
which she had been brought In
the autumn Of 1910. jealousy he.
tween states. between the mill.
tar, and ci,il governments and
the empcror's own household,
jealousy within the army ITSELF
all these made for friction which
he never could overcome In the
days Of his utmost power.
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GIRL Is RIFLE CHAMP
AT THE AGE OF Ia

ST. LOUIS. Nov. Marguerite
r. Kinder. aged "a. IL national junior
champion at rifle shooting She won
this honor last spring. and has just
returned from the navy rife range
at Caldwell. y. J.. with the remark
able score OF 100 possible" at so
yards. with n 22-caiiber rife almost
as large as herself.
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a.. AZ Che things that stands
.,s-, clearly in Iudcndorii's
s,ars i the lack of cohesion
- Inc Imperial system of Ger.
The democratic British
-, and the French aud
s-r.e,. acrnocrarics were able
s.,,er 20 ccntralire authority
! Inc making Of war
,.A,raorG In tcday's chapter
-, vivid idea Of various In
80. which he had 20 combat.
~ tho lllndcnhurg and himself
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ws.. me field marshal and | ar
!, r,ess tthe kalscr's hcadqunr'
Angus, 20. 1919. the question
:, e,s, being moo,cd % the cstao
=. $50, a. a single command Tor the
s..,r,, alliance In an tactical and
..~,,al matters. I warmly adNo-
Iii, and had the pleasure Of seeing
I s,v;,l out. The final deci ION lay
"A No ma je,ty. who gave permits
- 4. ,hs field marshal TO do every
- ~ crier Of his majesty"
!. .rac,sce the actual control was
.s~.s. We had no definite knowicdgc
! ~ quality Of our aliics' troops
= rrrs thus unable, FOR example.
! s-scs that only 50 many troops
80 ~ retained on Austria's ltal-
!. ~cstIer. In practice we generally
=. 70 spmc mutual arrangement,
!. ,s,stirccuons issued by the Ger
Z. General headquarters carried
- ,s~rn certain authority which
,s,ed 10 b. Of great utility.
=, sed marshal and had, &C.
-rs,x.y the conduct of operations
~ wvs,. and IN the east as far as
= pceroda in the south. With ~
q % the Rurnanian campaign. II
:. accessory to come 20 an arrange
-. WITH our allies. and In particu-
!. IN Austria Hungary. The Aus.
->uu-<arnn headquarters stan In
r%,s<- lad under its command the
~ rrcup Of tho Archduke Charles
. r:xsr.a, and the troops that were
- ,eving into Pennsylvania They
..~ca>d however. 80 largely on the
.s--rrr~ We ourselves were about 90
s, IA, the assumption Of the sin.
I. xnnand by our general head
,urxrs nsse no difference whatever
cArt
N Italian and Albanian fronts
~ re exclusive sphere OF Gen.
n crrrat.
csck.ticns IN Macedonia. Bulgaria
,s frrt~y demanded our closest at.
~ecs. bat NC could not have the
b. voice there
- r.nls II tho establishment Of
\ ID command was that the
- ssafs Of the various allies
- purauv<e 10 us whenever dixa.
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my THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS"
Bv Gen. Eric Won Ludendorff

the
andthe
Ia and
reserved fos France nsisiaH
eountfsA
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altho they did not form separate
contingent.
In spite or tho variety OF the
| together we'll 10 was only after n
long period Of ner,e-racl,ing toll that
a certain spirit Of hostility mani
tested itself between the Iiayarians
aud the rrussians. Aud this never
applied to officers or higher rank
suCCuMnED To
filE HOMES
In many directions tho war minis
tries complied with our requests, and
| / found them loyal helpers. when
however. the cSiscncica OF war be
gan 90 affect the homo life OF the
people more ana moro intimately
the officials could not shake them
selves free OF home influences. They
sueeumbed instead Of rising superior
to them. and thus failed 10 give this
army that moral support II 30 ur
gently needed.
had no dealings with the general
officers commanding the homo corn
mands. except ON questions OF pa
I triotic instruction. They were not
under tho orders % general head
quarters. Under the Bclagcrungsgc
setN Ctho Law OF tho state OF
sicge'1 they were absolutely indie
pendent. and after the creation by
the rclchstag Of supreme military
authority, ia the autumn OF 1916
they were made responsible 90 the
war ministers. as was already the
case In bavaria Much popular
anger in Germany was directed al
the autocratic ways OF the generals
in command Of various departments
Ludendorft declines 90 take rcHpon
sibillty for thgml
by this appointment tho prussian
war minister became OF much more
Importance 90 the successful prose
! eution of the war Ills RESPONSE
hillty WINS much greater. and he had
now frankly 10 remind the chnnccl
Tor Of his duty 90 strengthen morale
in order that that OF the army should
noe suffer He had also 20 insist
that order should be maintained a,
home from whatever quarter IL was
threatened. This wa what the army
expected Of tho Pru ian war min
tster
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q majesty the emperor was su.
rns var lord In him resided the
kaza.e authority over the army
" szsy. The commanders ln-chief
4 IL knd and sea forces were re-
SENSIBLE to him.
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DECORATIONS
WE'RE DELAYED

: W sf.ssN
Beyond this. general headduar,er-
had nothing to do with personal
questions. save that II was morally
responsible for officers OF the gen,
erai staff. and also for tho award OF
decorations. should like to have
seen at the head OF the military oabi.
net men who had had real personal
experience ~ the fighting. 20 that
we could rely upon them TO do Jus.
tice 60 tho corps Of officers. As Il
was this body worked too closely
on the lines Of itH peace time routine,
and did not bring strong characters
70 the front.
I'm questions OF decorations, too,
the Importance Of which must not
be underestimate, the chief 81 the
military cabinet had Jurisdiction
Here. too. he relied upon the reports
Of the army headquarter staffs. I'm.
fortunately, too long elapsed be
tween the recommendation and the
actual grant Of decorations. II was
only after long and continuous pres.
sure that general headquarters man.
aged TO secure the grant Of n
"woundcd' badge.
The conduct Of the war in the
colonies was In the hands OF the
colonial secretary. In peace time he
had not maintained close touch with
the general staff on the subject OF
the conduct Of military operations in
the colonies. In 1905 General Count
Won Schlieffen only obtained the con.
troll Of operations in Southwest Afri.
ca By a special order.
COLORED TROOPS
IN FRANCE
The colonial office had not paid
sufficient attention to the defensive
possibilities of the colonies. One
cannot estimate too highly the BENG
fits France has rcaped from her
colonies In the prosecution OF the
war. Especially In the summer Of
1918, she carried ON the fighting
largely by means Of colorcd troops.
We could never. OF course. have
done this. but we might have reapcd
greater advantage from our colonial
possessions.
The band OF German heroes In
East Africa succeeded In drawing
off powerful enemy forces, which
thus could not be used against Tur-
key, and had to be replaced to some
extent by other troops, thus weak
enlng the western front In the long
run. followed the campaigns In
the colonies with interest, and was
surprised that Southwest Africa did
not act with more energy. IL should
not have fallen so rapidly. do not
know the cause of its fall. The lack
Of attention of the home government
to questions OF colonial defense can
not have been the sole reason.
In East Africa. In the autumn OF
1917. between the RUM and the Ro-
Yuma, and later. on Portuguese ter
rItory until the end Of the war. Cen
oral Won I.ettow-Vorbeck gave "A
magnificent proof of German cour-
age In foreign parts.
FRICTION WITH
TIE CHANCELLOR
General headquarters and the
chancellor had equal status. Here,
TOO. the common head WAS the I'm.
peror. Our dealings with the I'M
periaI government were frequent,
and not too pleasant. We did not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-13
FRICTION WITH
THE (IItNCEIIOR

General headquarters and the
chancellor had equal status. Here,
TOO. the common head WAS the I'm.
peror. Our dealings with the I'M
periaI government were frequent,
and not too pleasant. We did not
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-06-27
ATTAWAUGAN

George Brown has new automo-
bile
T. H. Woodward is to preach at the
Danielson NJ. E. church next Sunday
at IL a. m.
Truman H. Woodward visited IVES
leyan University, his alma mater, in
MiddIetown, Saturday and Sunday
and Rev. w. d. Woodward his at Bos-
ton University on Monday and Tues
day 1t was the commencement oe-
casion at both colleges.
Friday nights thunder shower did
both good and damage. The thirsty
gardens were benefited, but the cleo
trio light and telephone circuits were
put hors de combat The transformer
in front of the club house was entire
~ out of commission, and new one
was put in place Saturday afternoon.
The street lights and certain others IN
some parts of the village worked all
right. Many telephones became
speechless and totally deaf. Burtonss
movies scheduled for Friday evening
were kept from moving, and kerosene
lamps fiickered benignantly in homes
fortunate enough to have them.
Lightning splintered a gate-post on
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vices at the church.
Mrs. Elmer Bates of Bates Grove.
Webster Lake, has been spending a
Few days this week visiting her broth
er's family, c. L. knight.
DR.. Miller is intending to build a
cottage to be occupied by his hired
man. The plans call for a seven room
cottage with all modern improve
ments, and probably will be ready
before the season is over.
Miss Wiley and Miss Rusher were
hostesses at the luncheon at the Coun-
try Club grounds on Saturday. Mrs.
Robert Ream entertained the players
on Monday. The membership of the
club is increasing, several having
Joined recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mills and Mrs
Paine attended the graduating exer-
cises of Woodstock Academy on Fri
day. Many more have expressed
themselves that if they had known
Judge Mills was to have been one Of
the speakers they would have attend
ed.
A play entitled Glover Of the
Ages" will be given Wednesday af-
ternoon, July LIST, at O'clock, on the
lawn at Mr.. Decker's residence.
Those taking part are Miss Prudence
Paine, Virginia Elliott, Marion Erick-
son, Harriet Erickson, Harriet Tay-
lor, Anita Fouilhoux, Faith Decker
and Betty Decker. Everyone is cor
daily invited and asked to leave bit
of silver for the Repatriated French
and Belgian children.
The painting on the exterior of
Carolyn Hall residence, which has
been done by Painter Osier and
force of men from Putnam was com
pleted last week. The summer resi-
dence of f. A. Decker has also been
given a new coat of paint by the same
painters.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-06-27
Dansereau-miller

A very pretty home wedding took
place at the parsonage Saturday
noon, June 21st, when Miss Iowa
Miller and Sergt. Albert Dansereau
were united in marriage by Rev. j. X.
Miller. The rooms were very pretty.
The decorations were of laurel, hem
lock, roses and peonies, the colors be
ing pink and white. The wedding
march was played by Mrs. Charles
Clark, sister of the bride. The cou-
pie was unattended The bride wore
gown of white silk crepe de chine
with veil and carried a bouquet of
bride roses.
After the ceremony dinner was
served. Mr.. and Mrs Dansereau left
for short trip, after which they will
live with the groom's parents in Stur-
bridge for the summer. They will
keep house in Southbridge in the fall,
where Sergt Dansereau is employed
as machinist. He recently returned
from France, having been in the ser
vice eighteen months.
Among the presents were china
closet made by Rev. J. r. Miller, who
also presented a gilt banded dinner
set; sum of money from the groom's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Danse-
reau.
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EAST THOMPSON

Mrs. Abbie Buell. received post
card shower June 21st, at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. Miller, where
she is visiting, it being her 18th birth
day.
As Charles Clark and family were
returning from East Thompson Sat
urday afternoon, where they had
been TO attend the wedding of Miss
Iowa Miller, they met with an acct
dent while going down the Pomfret
hill. The oil tank was coming up the
hill oiling the road In turning out
the car slowed, striking the fence,
knocking down post, and swhen the
car stopped one front wheel was over
the bank clear from the road. II Mr..
Clark had been driving fast no doubt
some of the occupants of the car
would have been seriously hurt. As
it was no one was injured, but con-
siderable damage was done to the
car
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-06-27

Quinebaug river.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lamothe and
son William, Mrs. George l.. Madags
and Clara visited relatives at Woon-
socket, X. l., Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Russell of Sturbridge
Mass, visited Mrs Daniel Braytou a
few days and attended the graduation
/. at the Tourtellotte Memorial High
school
Miss Florinda Belisle and John
Heinbuch were united in marriage
Monday morning, at the Sacred
Heart church, Rev. FIR. Dykeman of
Putnam performing the ceremony
They have the best wishes of their
many friends. After a trip spent in
Worcester, New York and other cit
les, they will reside with Mr.. Helm
buch's mother.
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THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

rs state road through the town is
~ oiled.
ss kingsbury is spending the
mer at her home here.
r. White of Woodstock is spend
Few days with her sister. Mrs.
rcy Cutler has moved into the
ment in the ell of the Jerome
p house.
Z. and Mrs. Clarence Jacobs Of
cester have been visitors in town
past week.
IS Sherman is spending a time
armed beach, going away from
on Tuesday.
ass Sherman attended the Yale
ard race on Friday, going with
Bebee in her car.
iss McMullen of New York is Wis
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
len, at Brandy Hill.
aIss Edna Jansen of Worcester
NJ the weekend as guest of Mr..
Mrs. Dalbert Mackenzie.
~oiS tioSSu LOT the summer va
ion on Friday. Miss Jones will not
urn as teacher another year.
Landlord Lyman and Mrs. Lyman
the Vernon Stiles Inn have been
kay Few days on an auto trip.
Miss Sarah Crosby has arrived at
pr home here and will spend her
nmmer vacation with her parents.
Felix Wendelshafer spent the week
nd with his family at their summer
ONE on the reservoir road, Quadic.
Wanted to buy, standing grass
MI also take job or jobs cutting
ay. w. II. Danforth, Putnam r. F.
}. ADV.
Newton Ballard and family of Put
am were visitors in the village on
unday, attending the morning SER
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Thompson w. c. T. u.

The Thompson Women's Christian
Temperance Union held its annual
Flower meeting at the Kings Daugh-
ters' hall June 10. There was an un-
usually large attendance and many
beautiful flowers were brought in.
The president, Mrs. Minnie Bixby,
had charge of the meeting, which was
opened by all repeating the twenty
third Psalm; prayer by Rev. j. K.
Miller: roll call, in which all respond
ed with verse of scripture; song,
lover Us His Banner" ladies' quar-
tet; reading, "Why the Flower Mis-
sion," Mrs. j. r. Miller; clipping, Mrs.
Mary Woodward; solo, 1.-The Blue
Rose" Mrs. Clara Mills; original pa
per- Flowers" Mrs. H. L. Soper ;
reading, Sweet Peas" Mrs. Josie
Ransom, solo, God Doth Keep
Elizabeth kutscher; reading Lies
Tourist Mrs. Emma Peckham; Mrs.
Edna Walker gave the Legend of the
Arbutus; solo, "The Master Stood in
His Garden" Miss Thyra Walker;
reading, Thanksgiving Ann Mrs.
Eva Huntingdon song, Praise the
Lord" quartet; remarks by Rev. Mr..
Miller and Miss Rosamond Danielson
of Putnam. Mrs. Minnie Bixby gave
an interesting report of the county
convention held at Danielson in May.
at which time Bertha Spalding Gallup
was elected county president to NIL
the office made vacant by the resig-
nation of Mrs Liza Fuller, who had
held the office for nearly quarter of
a century. At the close of the pro-
cram a social hour was enjoyed and
cake and ice cream were served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Emma Peckham,
Elizabeth Bixby, and Eva Hunting
ton The flowers were made into
bouquets and sent to the sick and
shut-ins. There were about 29 mem
oers at the Day kimball hospital who
wee remembered. 1t was very
profitable meeting.