Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-15

Importance was done.
The imperial chancellor was per-
fe.tly acquainted with our intention
CT attacking in the west 1T was the
REASON why we insisted on the dip
loulatic negotiations in the east be-
ing accelerated, and why we had de-
cidet to denounce the armistice with
Haasia, He knew the enormous Inn
porsance we attached to this offensive
FURTHER, had him informed of the
l1ge Il was to begin,
cert ,any could not make the enc
mss rotined to peace by fighting. 1T
was rst of all necessary to shake the
eos FOR of Lloyd George and Glenn
enccag by a military victory. Be-
fore that was done peace was not to
Be thought of. All the world, includ-
ing tie entente. knew We we're going
TO ttStk IN the west. Clemenceau
Declared himself decisively. 1 think
.ou tne 81, of March. in favor of con-
tmaag The war in spite of events in
Inc eaat. and in spite of our imminent
attack
saw No Chance OF Peace.
AT that moment | could not possibly
believe in a just peace. Up till now
the enemy had invariably rejected a
peace by understanding, Should we,
in the actual, situation, have offered
him Alsace- Lorraine, parts OF the
province of Posen and an indemnity?
-(This observation is reply to Ger
man critics who have charged he
could have avoided the great slaughter
of 1918 by offering reasonable terms
of restitution to the entente.)
Nor did the imperial government
mention the possibility of peace. Sec
rotary of State Won Kuhlmann. who
was supposed to be conducting the
whole of our foreign policy, was first
at Brest and then at Bucharest,
Neither he nor the imperial chan
cellor had been able to open up any
negotiations which might have led to
peace without further fighting.
They probably continued their en-
deavors in that direction, in spite of
the entente's refusal of the invitation
to Brest. 1t was their duty to spare
the people and army further fighting.
if possible. Count Hertling's declara7
ton of February 25. in which he took
his stand on President Wilson'S four
(sc) points of February II. had met
with no response from the entente.
Secret Peace Feelers.
Colonel Won Haeften had Just been
visiting foreign countries. in order to
discuss questions relating to propa.
ganda. Without my knowledge he es-
tablished communication with a sub
ject of one of the enemy countries.
who was acquainted with the objects
and intentions of the authorities in
London and Washington, and made
me verbal report on the subject.
The terms then demanded of us
were so severe that only a defeated
Germany could have acceded to them
The colonel further informed me that
the then reichstag deputy, Conrad
Hauszmann, who has since confirmed
this statement, and Herr Max War
burg Hamburg had also tried to ne
gotiate peace, but without success.
The government never informed me
of these events, though it must have
known of them,
am all the more surprised that 1t
did not contradict the rumor that a
peace would have been arranged in
March if I had not insisted on at
! personally requested the
imperial chancellor and the vice
chancellor to do so. They both of
them refrained. without ever giving
me any reason for it.
Early in March CHG left Kreuz-
mach, where it had been for more than
a year,
The new headquarters had in the
meantime been established at Spa. We
got every accommodation there. The
offices We're in the Hotel Britannique,
in which / had been billeted before,
during our invasion of Belgium in the
autumn of 1914. Spa was much nearer
the front. and with Verviers, could
accommodate the whole Of G.H.Q.
Intended to See the Attack.
For directing the battle. for opera
lions, 1t was still too far back. | had
therefore proposed to take Avesnes
as the quarters of the augmented
operations branch. From there we
could easily reach all parts of the
front by car. l intended to see a
great deal for myself, and to send my
staff officers to the scenes of impor-
tant events, in order to obtain impress
sions at first hand.
? On March Is the field marshal and
I went to Avesnes with the augmented
operations branch. Our offices there
were not good, everything was very
but it had to do. We had
chosen the place because the 18th
army headquarters had been there,
and the telephone communications
only needed slight additions.
Our mess was at first very unpleas-
ant; later on we found more agree
able rooms. We rationed the owners
and fitted the place IN with furniture
from Spa. To stay in those rooms and
have our meals there was relaxa-
ton we all needed.
His majesty came the next day. He
lived in his court train. which was
side tracked in neighboring station.
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In the next instalment Gen, Luden- |
1orff tells how the great attack of |
1918 was launched and admits that |
failure of one army to advance near |
upset his whole plan. with /
he result that his forces were left
n an "unfavorable position" at the |
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