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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
3
HUDENDORFF declares the army defeat stark and shattering to the Reichstag. He says the commander was forced to seek an early peace after a plain statement of disaster. The admission was widely whispered but then broadcast from the housetops, exposing weakness before negotiations.
In October 1918 Germany faced a panic as Ludendorff and von Hindenburg admitted victory was unlikely and urged rapid peace talks. Censorship hid defeats while pressure mounted to end the war before a total collapse. The Reichstag and military chiefs moved to negotiate amid fear of a supreme disaster.
General Ludendorff records that G H Q demanded immediate peace talks with the enemy due to collapsing fronts and dwindling reserves. He notes the German army remaining intact but pressed, and argues surrender may spare German lives. He recounts dispatches to Wilson and interactions with Prince Max, von Payer, and dem Busche before a Reichstag address.
Fragmentary diary excerpts reveal Maj Baron von dem Busche arguing that the war is unwinnable and that Germany should seek peace to avoid further losses. He warns of public shock, internal confusion in Berlin, and pressure on the new government to act quickly toward an armistice effort with Wilson’s fourteen points guiding negotiations.
Sealed proposals to sell 4 509 000 pounds of lead and 6 000 000 pounds of spelter will be opened at 12 PM October 16 1915 in the Navy Department Washington. Material stored at Navy Yards and Ansonia Conn.Schedules and forms available from the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Josephus Daniels secretary.
Paris reports the Italian chamber of deputies adopted a resolution demanding Fiume be made an Italian city. Rome notes parliament was dissolved with elections set for November 16 and a December 1 reassembly. A riot in the chamber led to duels and a confidence vote showing 208 to 148 in favor of the cabinet, while Orlando defended Italy’s Paris peace role and cited Wilson’s stance on recognition.
Wright Strawther alias George Cummings a negro was identified by Katherine Peters in Baltimore jail as the man who shot her seven times at her Jericho Park Maryland farmhouse on August 17. Detectives recovered a stolen $50 Fourth Liberty Bond from Strawther's trousers, tying him to the crime. He has been charged with murder.
The fair price list for retail food sales in the district will be altered at a meeting of the fair price list committee at the Department of Justice at 3 p m today. Clarence R. Wilson, food ad...
An administrator said only one complaint about prices after the list went into effect. Officers in charge of selling surplus army supplies and food at the Liberty Hut reported the biggest day since opening with ten carloads arriving in the morning and more than two carloads sold last night. Several more carloads will be put on sale at the station this week. Prices have not been announced.
Cigaret dealers alleged to have bought surplus cigarettes from discharged soldiers face possible charges. District Attorney's office indicates soldiers purchased from the commissary, cigarettes lacking revenue stamps, risking fines from 500 to 6000 dollars or six months to two years in prison. Several dealers and some discharged soldiers are said to be implicated.
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