The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-01
STILL DREAMS OF
DER TAG EVENT.
Ludendorff Nurses Plans
for Monarchy's Return
to Power in Europe
OPPOSED TO REPUBLIC
German Strategist Believes
That Lost Territory Will
All Be Recovered

Ferdinand Tuohy in New York World
MUNICH--It occurred to me as
crossed the Rhine that there were
two ways of judging Germany and
t1e Germans. one could either
Study Industrial, social and politi-
cal conditions in the fatherland.
tempering the inquiry with refer
ences to restaurant prices and to
the carefree, surface life. and ar
rive at a paradox complete and be-
foegtDE, or one could fasten on to
one dominant element or manifes-
tatlon in the life of the German
state and follow IL UP in the hope
of a starshell effect upon the re-
naming German scene. Decision to
prosecute the latter course was what
brought me to the gate of General
Iudendorff's villa outside this city.
What was the strength of the old
brigade, and what did they think
of things today? surely II one
could get that fair and square. much
else might be clarified.
However, 1t was no easy matter
aetting near Erich Won Ludendorff,
erstwhile Capablanca of mighty le-
aions and beaten brain OF the war.
Hard TO Approach.
More than one prominent Bavar-
ian to whom 1 applied for an intro
duction replied that Ludendorff re-
ceiyed none save intimate friends.
There seemed to be almost a COM
mon and tacit society in existence
for the protection of Ludendorff.
incidentally, 1 had heard that
Ludendorft was wont to keep two
l. trietf,ln n
desk) and that he kept a stove per-
petually burning in case of an
emergency calling for the destruc.
ton of his private papers, but even
such knowledge hardly prepared me
for the circumstances of my advent
al the Villa Ludendorff and of my
meeting with its owner.
The villa, in a suburb OF Wilhelm
shohe, a big, white mansion stand
ing in Its own grounds and hedged
in by trees, l could see commanded
a gorgeous panoramic view OF q
winding river valley far away be-
low-happy haven of an unpen'
stoned, dismissed officer. The gate
opened, and for the honor of the
Allied and associated powers l hat
perforce to proceed.
The "Excellcnz" Enters.
Would I pass into the salon7
moved forward into the center o.
the room. may have stood two OF
three minutes. l recall studying
three highly colored and life-siz,
paintings on the walls. one Of th'
kaiser to his ever true Comrad'
Erich Won Ludendorff, another o
Hindenburg, more passionately in
scribed, and a third OF Ludendorf
himself, STOPPING over map, com
pass In hand and planning battl
when I became aware that Their
was somebody else In the room. Tn
same instant the maid announced
"Excellenz Won Dudendorff!"
The general had come in withou
making sound and stood bolt up
right, his wife beside him, in tn
doorway, some six PAGES from me
Tall, massive and with fair mus
tache curling upward at either en-
In the approved imperial style, h
fixed his penetrating blue eyes up
on me. l noticed that ne had o.
knickerbockers and wore the Bavar
ian peasants blue cotton coat, int
the left-hand pocket OF which on
fist was jammed hard down, but nc
enough to conceal the outline OF
revolver muzzle sticking rorwar
within.
Finally-it seemed after an age
he appeared to have come to som
decision. A yard from me he dre'
himself up. bowed about an inch i
Jerk, extended nerveless han
and said: "Ludendorff!" To whic
l was just replying when he ol
dered: "Sit down in that chair owe
therel No, over there!"-all thl