The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-29
CHATTER XIII
Germany TERROR Of Invasion

appeals OF October first. Tho reply
is:
why didn't YOU send mo long
ago tho endorsements about
which you are talking tpday7"
And colonel Hcyo adds.
"Whcu the great general head
quarters decided Go make an Offer
OF peace. 10 believed that an hon
ornhlc peace could be concluded.
But We must accept the decisive
battle if the conditions imposed up
on us touch our honor
Mr.. Solf replies.
"It IL refusal breaks Off tho no
gotiatlOus with MitHuu. Will you
take the rcsponsihillty7'
yea answered tho general
They separate without coming 20
a decision ana on the twentieth
H .1nrf pushes forward Marshal
Lat.aafnd pplstio OF which this Ia
tho c%ssoutial phase:
n We were beaten, our situation
which is bad would not he appreci'
ably worse than N We now accept
the terms II is sought 10 impoe" nv.
on us. We cannot. ! insist. give
up submarine warfare without com.
pensation. 10 is better TO Tight to
the last man 20 save honor
lHtNr are Only WNINNs AhfN hNN
without cff'ct. for tho high com
hand has lost It's faco. n talks, II
writes. no one believes u. Baron
Won Bersncr. liaison officer at Ger
man headquarters. telephones a Tow
DAYS afterwards;
Tho great general STAFF. n furi-
GUS But basing myself upon tho Ions
experience have Of II ! Fan utN
place YOU on your guard In tho most
prc8Iiug name against the pos
sibility ~ having faith In ~ prom
ises. and J recommend that you 40
not allow yourself to be turned
awuy from the policy Of pcac"
which we have adopted. The mill
tary situation In today every bit as
desperate ns u was three weeks ago,
No Improvement Is TO he looked for
and the invasion OF our territory BE-
only a question Of weeks or at the
very best n few montha."
The truth Ia that It Is Ludendorf
who Is wrong and bersnor who is
right. Since September 20. Mar
shall Foch, who had rcgained the
initiative on July rs. has oxplointed
his success. Three %coucentric and
uninterrupted attacks on n wide
front have deeply modified the
strategic situation. In h north.
from September IS 20 October IL.
the enemy has been driven form the
Belgian coast. from tho region OF
Lille. from the basin Of Lens and
has been forced to establish him
self behind the TcrVueren canal, the
Scheldt and the Northern canal In
the center from September ~ TO
October 10, tho Hindenburg line
has everywhere beer broken
through ana tho enemy is thrown
back beyond the Samhre canal, the
Oise and the Serrc, In Champagne
and In Argonnc q hard and arduous
battle brings Us. between Scptcm-
Der 10 and October -, up 60 the
AlAne and the Are. on October 20
tho German armies from the sea 20
the Mcause are everywhere IN re-
treat. In four weeks, they have
had 10 engage l39 divisions out OF a
total OF l91, They have only seven
fresh divisions In reserve and a are
utterly worn out. The average
strength OF tho companies &, only 30
men although 40 per cent OF the
battalious have been reduced from
four companies TO three. Two-thirda
or their divisions have been almost
constantly iu line since Scptcmhcr
first. They are short seventy thous-
and rclHfarccmsnts every month al
though tho class Of 1920 Ia already
called to the colors.
War material cannot bo removed
Compared to juno there are % per
cent less machine guns. II per cent
loss field pieces. and &c per cent less
heavy artillery. The l~atoriai rail
ways which from one end OF the
front TO the other permit trans
portatiou Of men and material. the
voies de rocado, OF which tho Ger
man staff made so fruitful a use
during the war, are no longer ~
their disposal-four Of the second
airy lines and one principal line are
wholly or I'm part Ia the hands ot
the allies. Those whl,E remain are
blocked with supplies and evacua-
lions, so much so that In tho
first three weeks OF October Il has
only been possible TO displaco three
divisions lateru'iv. instead 81 10 SO
moved in May Remember also that
an enormous amount OF war ma
torial ia scattered all along the
front and behind II. To sav this,
Germany has abandoned the on
portunitv that r. rapid retreat might
nave afforded Resides, this retreat
~ difficult Tor the forces which are
az q distance from the German
frontier, that is TO say for the Eroup
~ armies Of the German crown
prince and % tho crown prince ~
bavaria, 100 divisions I'm all that
nave only "a zone Of rs kilometers
In width which 20 withdraw. Finally
The morale rs low, very lOw. Hopes
had run $50 high In July, The great
general STAFF says II is the fault ot
the government which has not the
interior We'll In hand. Tho govern
mont iB right Ia replying that Il ls
rather the fault OF events.
The generals have demanded the
armistice, the ministers take them
az their word because they believe
with Won Lcrsncr that "the Invasion
OF German territory Is only "A mat.
ter 81 weeks or at most n few
months" Invasion: \ word that
for a hundred years Germany has
been wont To apply only 10 It's al.
vers0ries. II becomes the obsession
OF the government. Capltulation on
terms TO be fixed by the vlctors
alone IN accordance with President
wilson's decision, or invasion with
the sole Of a ievee en-
mhsse peculiarly problematical in n
country that has already called
fourteen million men TO tho colors
put there n no other alternative
The ministers make their choice
They will capitulato.
After n week Of consideration. ~