The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04

ccptiou, the famous Schiefflon en-
vclupment. Of which Caunac is tho
classic example, Eut almost inn
lncdiatoly IL was abandoned for the
final conception, which was an tf-
Tort to break the center OF the al
Lied front, extending from Paris 30
Nerdun. This was the ultimate
German directive which, so far as
the German high command was
concerned, dominated the battle Of
the Maruo on the German side.
hIuCk Takes His own Way.
But, already while the earlier
conceptions were in force. KlucI<
had taken matters In his own
hands ordered To- rcmain a days
march behind I5uluw, he found him-
self a day ahead and concluded that
it was for him, not for Buluw to
cut the allies off from Paris. Hence
his famous march south Of the
Marno, which kept him a day ahead
Of Bulow. In all this time he and
the Gormay general staff itself, were
Ignorant Of the concentration or
Mauuourys army I'm the fortified
area OF Paris nor did either know
% the existence OF FOch's Ninth
army.
Kluck tells us quite frankly that
he believed at this moment all the
German armies had been successful
and were advancing irreSiStiblY In
roint Of fact as KluCk was to be in
formed later at a critical moment
he whole left wing Of the German
hosts, the Sixth and Eleventh arm
les had been defeated and held be-
lore Nancy, the Fourth and Fifth
had been similarly held back about
Ncrdun. Worse than this Joffre had
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east to the west. IN a word, Renerai
headquarters had kept the army
commanders on the right flank.
where the decision must be had, in
complete ignorance of the true state
of affairs and Kluck, who disobcyed
orders, throws the blame on his SUI
pcriors, who failed to inform him
of the whole situation, thus permit
ting him to take chances
Zero Hour for a Universe.
We now approach the critical
moment. 1t Is september ) In
the afternoon. Joffrcc has already
issues its orders. Kluck Is to
rctaking of the offensive by all his
armies. Al this moment the
German general staff, on It's side,
issued its orders kluck IS To
cover Paris ON n front from the
Disc 10 the Marnc. Bulow from
the Marnc TO the Sicnc: Hansen *
to pierce the French center ai-
vancing toward Troycs, the final
objective. In this moment kluCk
Is warned that Joffrc has sent
troops 10 Paris from the Nancy
front.
But at the hour kiucIS gets his
orders, four of his five corps are
actually south of the Marine he
tween the Seine and the Marine,
not between the Disc and the
Marine In fact kluCk's left wing
Is in front of Bulow's right, Bu-
low is leading behind, his roads
blocked by kiuCk: hnu-cu Is still
north of the Marnc, although his
is Ia bc the decisive blow. More
over, and this Is the significant
fact, Maunoury's advance guards
coming east from Paris have al
ready struck tho single corps left
hy kluClS north OF the Marnc,
where all and the first army
shouid he. Thus at noon on SEN
tcmbcr ; the first shots of the
battle Of the Marnc have been
fired.
What happens Is now clear, con-
fused as It WAS in the past. At last
brought face to face with the facts,
Kluck turns north, His fourth re-
p
Narne, along the west bank Of the
Ourcq is Immediately reinforced by
the second and fourth active corps,
hurried up in the night and day ot
September and thrown in pcic"-
meal as they come into the field.
Meantime his other two corps, the
Third and Ninth. are turned over to
Bulow for the moment, Between
these two corps and tho three now
on the Ourcq, Kluck throws In his
cavalry commander by that Of Mar
WITT who will force Pcrshlng In the
Mense -Argonne to fin the gap.
Into this gap comes the British
army, close on the heels Of tho two
corps gone north, close enough 10
exchange shots Meantime y Espc-
rcy's Fifth French army, lately com
mandcd by Ian2crac ~ Charlerui
and Guise, attacks KluCk's two left
corps, the Third and Ninth, now
under Bulow's command, as the rest
of the y Esporeys force and that uf
L'o,b attack tho balance Of TIIDW'g