Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-10-31

ing with a political problem, but l
was not concerned with that yet.
(He thus answers charges that his
brutal methods Of exploiting and Ger
manizing the country turned the pop
ulations against Germany and inter-
fered with the conciliatory methods of
the chancellorO
The chief administrators OF Cour-
land and Lithuania have attracted
much public attention.
Major Won Gossler governed Cour-
land in an unobtrusive and impartial
manner. He was a member of the
reichstag, a landowner and an eX-
Landrat. Since 1906 the Balts had
been very embittered against the
Let's. He understood not only how
to make the former more conciliatory,
but also how to win the sympathy of
the latter and gain their active cor
poration. In Courland they still speak
with gratitude and appreciation of his
just and far-seeing administration.
Admits a Prince Erred.
Lieut.-ColoneL Prince Won Isenburg,
in Lithuania. was more impulsive,
perhaps too much so. He was an
energetic man, who managed his fam
lily estates admirably. My attention
was first drawn to him in occupied
Poland, where he had taken a useful
part in the administration. The lieu
tenant-colonel later fell a victim to
politics.
So long as I remained in Kovno
politics played no part in the admin
istration. Prince Won Isenburg had
full opportunity of interesting himself
in the affairs of the other districts,
and enlisting the sympathies of the
population and clergy of the small
district then under his control.
am sorry | cannot give the names
of various other deserving admins
traitors The personality of the lines
of communication Inspector, General
Freiherr Won Seckendorff, made itself
felt, particularly in the BialystoS dis
trict He gave his administration a
character of its own. Nowhere else
did the lines of communication COM
mandants and the heads of districts
work so well together and with so
little friction from the start
The administrative districts were
divided into circles, often as large as
line of communication area in the
west The onus of the administrative
work, as regards its economic and
agricultural aspects lay on the presi-
dent and the head Of the circle. He
had nothing to do with the law, which
had equal authority with his own.
The heads of the circles ranked with
town mayors of the larger towns.
Made People Aid Germany.
Subordinated to the district COM
mandants were the mayors of the
small towns and the area presidents
in the country, and under the latter
were the village presidents. Attached
to the district commandants were
specialist agricultural officers whose
duty was to supervise cultivation and
estate management. and to take steps
for increasing production and utiliz-
ing the harvest Other officials as
sisted the commandants in producing
all kinds of raw material required for
war purposes.
These districts had a body of gem
darmerie for their police force. In
the provinces they were formed into
detachments, and in the district under
the commander-in-ch in the east
they were formed into corps. | deep
~ regretted the lack of German police
forces Germany could not spare
sufficient gandarmes, and | was there
fore compelled to commander older
men from the front. They received
special instructions to fit them in
some measure for their duties.
Unfortunately individual gendarmes
may have added to the discomfort
which showed itself later. How could
they be expected to give satisfaction
and accomplish anything in a strange
land and among a hostile population,
and with no sufficient knowledge Of
the language? This one question will