The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-17


hide under tho cloak uf some ideal
object or uthcr--suCh as active love
OF their ncighbors readiness to help
the weak and poor and so forth
ip order that with such prctcNts us
a hind, they may wur, for their
real secret ends. u is certainly td-
vSehle to study the activities OF the
great orient lodges. since one can.
not adopt final attitude toward
this world wide organization uutl
II has been thurouphly investigated.
shall not take up the war opera
tuu, iu this work / shall leave
this task uli the moro rcudily Co my
officers uud 60 the historians, since
l. writing az / am without SINGLE
document. would be able To describe
events only iu very broad outline.
when ! look bach upon the four
arduous war years. with thrir hopes
and fears. their brilliant victories
and losscaain precious blood. what
is uppcrufost In my mind H. tho
feeling of ardent gratitude ana uu-
dying admiration Tor the uueuuJlod
achievements OF the German nation
In arms,
Proud nf German Army.
Just us no sacrifice I'm endurance
.
staying at hnmo. 80 also the army.
In defending Itself during the war
ctimiually forced upon us. did not
merely overcome the crushing su-
periorlty ~ 9S hostile nations. but
/ likewise. ou land ana water ana In
/ the mir. won victories whose glory
may have p1led a bit In the mists
/ Of tho present day but for that very
reason, Will shine forth an the more
I brightly iu the Hight of history. Nor
/ is that all. Wherever there was d'a-
tress among our allies. German in
tervcntiun. often with weak forces,
always restored the situation and
often won noteworthy successes
Germans fought on all the battle
! fields of tho fnr-flung world war.
Surely the heroic bravery of the
/ German nation dessrvodN n better
fate than To fall victim to tho dag
ger that trcncherousE stabbed II
from behind, II seems to he the
. German destiny that Germans shall
always be defeated by Germans. re
| comfy | read the unfortunately not
entirely unlustificd words In Ger
many every Siogfried has his llodur
behind him"
! Finally let me say word con-
cerning the German atrocities and
give two instances thereof!
After our advance into northern
France | Immediately ordered that
art treasures be protected. Art his
torians and professors were assigned
to each army, who travelled about
inspecting, photOgraphinR aud de-
sCrlbing churches, ChateuX and
castles Among them Professor
kClcmcu, curator ~ the Rhine Prov
iucr, especially distinguished him
self and reported 10 me, when ] was
at the front, on the protection OF
art treasures,
All the collections In towns. muse
ums and castles were catalogued
and numbered; whoncyer they
seemed to bo imperilod by the fight
ing they were taken away and as'
scmblod. at Nalonciennos and Mau'
bouge, in two splendid museums
There they were carefully preserved
and tho name of the owner marked
on each article.
Tho old windows OF the cathedra
Of ST. Quentin we're removed hl
German soldiers, at the risk Of thcll
lives, under English shell fire. tn
story OF the destruction Of tn
schurch by tho English was told b,
n German Catholic priest. who pub
lished Il with photographs, ana !
was sent, by my orders, TO the pope
At tho chateau of Pinon, which
belongs to the princess Of Polk, wh'
had been guest SDf mine and I'M
empress, the headquarters ot th'
general commanding the Third ARM
cuTur was located, visited thi
chateau and lived thore. Previous
ly the English had been qunrteru,
there and had ravHgod the place ter
Irlbly. Tho commanding general
d Won Loohow, ana his STAFF hnd
great deal 10 trouble getting II INT
some sort Of shape again after m
devastation wrought bv the English
Accompanied by the general
visited the private apartments OF ia
princess. which. up 10 then, ou
soldiers had been forbidden Ia yntol
found that her entire Wurdrob
! had been thrown out Of fh" 'luihc
presses by the English soldiers an
q together with her hats. was lyin
. about on the floor, had every gar
: ment carefully cleaned, hung In IA
presses and locked up, The writin
desk had also been broken into an
( tho princess's correspondence wa
i scattered about A. my comman'
all the letters were gathered togetl
: er, sealed I'm package, placed
the writing desk, and locked up,
Arcrward. all the silverware wa
found buried IN the garden. A,
cording to the villagers this had bee
4 / nrdered IA Carlv AZ the beginning {