The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-27
CHAPTER XII
IudrpIurff Panic stricken.

t,",n August II to September 20,
...,,s both political and military
fo disturb these hopeful eX-
.,i.rs The local successes
IA rnt come Off, on the contrary
S.. rmes BOO five weeks the allied
s-.os advanced. The Fran 20
.b,Ui.b attack which near Amiens
,Srnos hack the Germans TO their
"a chau.rus- -Eibccourt front. The
g.,,,o. British attack which from
,hS ,Slh 90 the 26th Of August
tine Bapaumc-Pertone-
Sv.ys.Na.ur line. The Franco
p,e.,b attlp. which from August 30
10 september 10 throws back the
eg,my from the Neslc to the Alsne
and farther north almost 70 the
ujgaenbure line. The Franco
pftsh attack which from Septem-
her IS 10 - pierces this line be-
tween Cambria and Saint-Quentin.
Tbe Franco American attack which
f-om september IL to Is reduces the
e. Nihlol salient. BY September 20
me enemy has lost nearly all the
ground he had gained from March
10 Junc. His forces have severely
suffered He has engaged 63 divi-
son, OF which 75 have been in line
IVA or three times. lie still has 6S
divisions 20 reserve which is nine
,sss than in Iunc, but of these only
al ~ fresh divisions-ten less than
In Jnc. To keep up the effectives
AZ these units In the absence Of suf-
felsut rciufarccmcnts, he has had
10 break up Is divisions and use
them as rcplacements.
Al the same time political diff
-glties have begun. on the evening
of the IAN OF August and on the
18th. at Spa. the Emperor Charles
q Austria and Count Burian, eN-
pressed the opinion that direct over
lures for peace should be made as
soon as possible. We have noted the
decisions arrived at by the German
Scrown council on the l4th. The
kaiser. the chancellor, DC general
protest against the suggestion OF
their allies. They hold that such a
step should only be taken later on
and that then il should only be TAX
tn through neutral channels and not
directly The Autsrians departed
unconvinCed and. on the 2lSt, tele-
graphed a plan for a direct appeal
20 the belligerents after having tried
10 obtain for this plan the support
o. Bulgaria and Turkey. Excite
ment runs high in Berlin and at Spa.
The discussion continues three
weeks From September to 5, Won
Hntze and his under secretary of
state, Won Stumm, go to Vienna to
preach resistance. They seek delay
at least til the German army shall
have finished the strategic with
dnwal which is under way, Hin
denturg intervenes on the 10th with
a telegram disapproving the Aus
TRAN plan for u direct appeal
harmful 20 our arms and to our
peoples on the other hand he ac-
i ,epts the Intervention of a neutral
/: power with a view to an Immediate
\ Hegotation." Note the change com
4 pared to the decisions Of August II.
Direct proposals OF peace will not
n be made, but a neutral will be ASKED
n 10 suggest II Immediately. The Aus
f,pians persist nevertheless in their
!, hdta and on September 13 launch
4 iheir note. Germany, at the same
Il tine, seeks the neutral who will un-
4 tsrtako the mission. The search Is
& long and vain. on September 81,
Y Ludcndorff telegraphs from the
N great general headquarters that II
Il might be possible to get in touch
y y With the United States. IL is a con