Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-04
The Truth VIII Out

THE origin and conduct Of the war re-
mains hidden secret to the German
public Monarchial restoration is
favored by mlny of the more influential Teu-
tons because they have been deceived and
continue to deceive themselves. Hindenburg
and Ludendorff are popular idols. Their
books on the conduct of the war have been
accepted by the German public without ques-
ton, although they were written for the obVl-
Gus purpose of confusing and deceivlng the
people as to the responsibility for the mis-
management and inefficiency that contrib
uted to German defeat-a conspiracy TO keep
the public in the dark.
There is, however, some reason to bel1eVe
that the conspiracy will fail of its purpose
and that sooner or later the people will be
made to realize the truth The self-esteem Of
the German public seems to be in line for
rude awakening when this time comes.
"Ludendorff's right hand man on the East
ern front was General Hoffman, and this
leader recently made few pointed observa-
tions about the literary efforts of his former
chief and Hindenburg.
'Ludendorff's book is whitewash work, "
General Hoffman is reported to have re-
marked. "A defensive book and therefore
stupid, false and all lies from beginning to
end. Whenever he defends himself the book
swarms with errors.
book is enough to make a dog laugh. The
only one who reports we'll and has anything
to say is 'irpitz, because he is a real fellow
Ludendorff's book is Stupid, false and all
lies from beginning to end" and linden
burgs book 'enough to make dog laugh!
General Hoffman must be credited with
frankness, if nothing else, in his comment
upon the literary efforts OF the two big men
of the German army. 1t is frankness OF this
sort that is calculated to awaken the Ger
ohO,1f fhn
duct of the war and it's origin, and when they
are finally made to realize the truth, their
satisfied self-esteem will receive Z. sudden jolt.
Ludendorff in his work demonstrated, or
tried to demons rate, that MOltke and Fal-
kenhayn made grievous errors as chiefs of
the general staff. Hoffman e.grees with him.
and adds that the real soldier in high COM
mand on the Teuton side was Conrad Won
HoItzendorff, the Austro-Hungarian chief of
staff. Lu|dendorff entertained small consider
alton for Holtzendorff.
The statement of General Hoffman is not
the only recent development in Germany that
is calculated to undeceive the people In
recent book, Walter Rathenau, minister OF
reconstruction in the Wirth cabinet, wrote:
"It is a petty thing to say that we were
destroyed out of envy. Why did not envy de-
stroy America and England? The world re-
garded us at once with admiration and with
repulsion; with admiration for our systematic
a laborious ways, with repulsion for our
tradesmanlike ObtruslVeneSS, the bruSque and
dangerous character of our leadership and
the ostentatious servility with which we en-
dured it. If it had been possible anywhere
outside of our naked mercantile and national
egoism to discover German idea, it would
have been respected
Confessions from men of the standing and
stripe of Hoffman and Rathenau may shock
the misguided German mind but sooner or
later the light of truth will dawn and they
will understand why Germany lost the war.