Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-29

ficers from the line to AveSnes TO dis
cuss events with them in detail.
was told of deeds of glorious valor,
hut also of behavior which, ! openly
confess, I should not have thought
possible in the German army; whole
bodies of our men had surrendered 10
single troopers, or isolated squadrons.
Retiring troops. meeting fresh
division going bravely into action, had
shouted out things like "Blackleg'
and you're prolonging the war" ex-
pressions that were to be heard again
later.
The officers in many places had lost
their Influence and allowed themselves
TO be swept along with the rest.
BIaines Spirit at Home.
At a meeting of Prince Max's war
cabinet in October, Secretary Scheide-
mann called my attention to dlVi-
sional report on the occurrences Oh
August s. which contained similar uh-
happy stories / was not acquainted
with this report, but was able to verify
it from my own knowledge. -,
A battalion commander from the
front, who came out with draft from
home shortly before August ., at
tributed this to the spirit of INSURER
dination and the atmosphere whlch
the men brought back with them from
home Everything had feared and
of which I had so often given warning.
had here. in one place, become re-
ality.
Our war machine was no longer Ell
ficieut. Our fighting power had sur
fered, even though the great majority
of divisions still fought heroically,
C.l A,,sr 81 tho nRclInG
of that fighting power beyond all
doubt and in such a situation, as re-
CARDS reserves, l had no hope of find-
ing a strategical expedient whereby to
turn the situation to our advantage.
ON the contrary, / became convinced
that we were now without that safe
foundation for the plans of CHI o. on
which I had hitherto been able TO
build at least, so far as this is pos
sible in war.
"The War Must BE Ended"
leadership now assumed, as | then
stated. the character of an irrespon~
sible game of chance, a thing ! nave
always considered fatal. The fate OF
| the German people was to me TOO
| high a stake.
The war must be ended.
| THE 9Th of August opened the eyes
of the staff on both sides; mine We're
certainly opened, and so. according 20
his statement in the Daily Mail,
were those of General Foeh. the en-
| tente began the great offensive, the
| final battle of the world-war, and car
! ried it through with increasing Vigor,
as our decline became more apparent
considered it possible that the oc-
| currences since July Is might nave
shaken the confidence of his majesty
and the field marshal in me. Posi-
| bly. also. O. fresh mind might be able
| TO Judge the situation fro n an un-
| nreiudiced point of view. therefore
! EARNESTLY requested the field marshal
| to replace me if he no longer had full
confidence in me, or IL he considered
| it advisable for other reasons. lie
| refused.
also discussed my replacement
with the chief of the military cabinet,
in case they had anything against me
personally. The emperor gave me quite
| special proofs of his confidence IN
those days. was deeply moved, but
remained anxious as to whether MS
majesty really read the whole situa-
| ton Alright. I have since been re-
assured.
The emperor told me later that
after the failure of the July offensive
and after August s. he knew the wal
could no longer be won.
The Official report of the evening OF
| the Sth announced briefly thar the
enemy had penetrated our line south
of the Somme on wide front Tne
following morning General Won era
mon rang me up at once from Baden
| He informed me that my report mao
| caused great alarm in Vienna. / could
not leave him in any doubt as to the
| serious view took of the situation
Nevertheless, he begged me to remem-
her how detrimentally the blunt ad-
mission of a defeat must affect our
allies, who placed all their hopes on
Germany. This occurred again on
September 2.
| The impression made on our allies
by the failure ON the western front
was great The Emperor Charles an
nounced his intention of coming to Spa
in the middle Of August.
Nothing was to be expected from
| Bulgaria. There the Radoslavoff cab
met, under the influence of events or
the western front and the treaty oi
Bucharest, not to mention personal
reasons. had been succeeded by Ma
Ilinoff. Malinoff was no friend of the
alliance: some of his ministers were
openly against it and favorable to thf
| entente.
/ When later the entente occupied
Bulgaria, although Mahnoff was dis
missed, they remained in office. The
Imperial chancellor had to pass ovel
| the behavior of Malinoff's ministr,
| and invoke the assistance of the Tsal
/ to prevent a fresh orientation of pol
! icy. The visit Of few Bulgarians tt
switzerland also gave food fol
thought. That, too. we permitted.
1t was quite obvious that Bulgaria
was intent on peace. 1t was alst
significant that the Bulgarian militar,
representative, General Gantschew
very seldom visited our CHIC.
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