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Show MMBMMifr,Mw",WW1 1 'wiii 'i hum i ii cm iii iBii i ii n in iiiirimrrnm ; J From the Translation ol the Three Hundred Paes Already ' Finished of I ; Which Will Appear in The Salt Lake Trihune9 Sunday September 7th We Can Say Unequivocally That His Revelations. Will Startle the World I It is not a defense, or justification, of the German crimes. It is a frank confession in detail of the most colossal I failure of might against right in the world's history. Ludendorff admits that from 1916 the German cause j seemed hopeless, and lays bare the impotence and weaknesses of both the German armies and the imperial j statesmen. I ! A Few High Spots From the Three Hundred Pages of Ludendorff s . Story Already Translated TELLS how Germany feared that Holland and Denmark ' ADMITS REPEATEDLY the weakness of German would join the Allies and give her her death blow on 1 statesmen, and lauds the abilities of Lloyd George, j 1 1 those unprotected frontiers which she had not a Clemenceau and Wilson. j it single man available to defend. r . u I si a CLAIMS that the constant talk of peace by German I 1 1 RELATES in detail how the high command saw nothing statesmen destroyed the will of the people to wage I but defeat facing them in 1916, and of the countless war successfully. - I j efforts made to bring about peace. . ' ' . I SHOWS that the Crown Prince was for peace with- I REVEALS that Germany had' no inkling of Russia's col- out any gains for Germany as early as 1916. 3 lapse previous to its happening. Had they known of it in advance, Ludendorff would never have fa- CONFESSES that the campaign against Rumania, II vored unrestricted U-boat warfare, which brought which seemed a brilliant military victory for Ger- I j the United States into the war and sealed Germany's many, left her in a greatly weakened condition, with-I with-I fate. out compensating results. 1 EXPLAINS that at no time had he any hope of the col- RECOGNIZES the Allied determination to defeat the - lapse of any of the Allied Nations. ' Central Powers and to accept no other ending of the I CONFESSES that Verdun was a colossal mistake, with war. its Shast1 to11 of wasted lives and material. 'JELLS of the unwillingness of those in power to take ' I TELLS of the battle of the Somme and admits the ter- any responsibility for unrestricted U-boat warfare I rific effectiveness of Marshal Haig's policy of attri- and divulges who actually gave the order at last. tion, which caused huge losses that Germany could ill afford. 1 REVEALS that Germany hoped in September, 1916, I I AX,T,T,r 1t-.t ,,,,,,, r ' that President Wilson would act as a'go-between for - FRANKLY ADMITS that the weakened man-power of ace Says the German Government knew in Noli No-li the German Army and the shortage of munitions on vember, 1916, of President Wilson's' plans for his ii the Western Front was more alarmingly serious than note Qf December 18th, on "Peace Without Vic-I Vic-I j the Allies ever suspected. QTy 1 ACKNOWLEDGES that at the end of 1 9 1 6 the German JELLS how Von Bernstorf f attempted to further Wil- . ! ; roPs n the Western Front were completely ex- sons and t k Unted gtates t hausted- , of war. 1 I ADMITS that the attempt to organize the' Polish Army 'a,to j. ah- j j ' . , to increase their available man-power was a com- ADMITS that the Allied propaganda against Germany nlete failure throughout the world was eminently successful, m J contrast to the complete failure of the German prop- EXPLAINS how many of the fighting methods of the " aganda. Allies were adopted by the German commanders. ' I - BITTERLY ASSAILS the publication of . Bernhardrs i GIVES DETAILS of the serious troubles between Ger- book man .statesmen and the High Command on the one I side and those of Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey on ADMITS the so-called strategic retreat to the Hinderi- I the other. . burg Line was actually a necessity with no alter- REFERS AGAIN AND AGAIN in terms of scathing bit- native. s I terness to the inefficiency and lack of co-operation " .THROWS NEW LIGHT on the attempts of Germany to I i of the Imperial Government. embroil Mexico with the United States. Jl AMONG THE PAPERS THAT WILL PRINT THE LUDENDORFF STORY ARE I I XEW YORK WORLD MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SAX FRANCISCO EXAMIXER 1 1 CHICAGO DAILY XEWS BUFFALO TIMES LOS AXGELES EXAMINER 1 1 -ROSTON POST BALTIMORE NEWS SAN DIEGO (CAL.) SUN 11 mXSnx-nrn Tat OMAHA WORLD-HERALD - NASHTVTLLE TENXESSEAN AND. II Ji TnTTDWtT PORTLAND OREGONIAN ,;t AMERICAN 1 LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL WASHINGTON POST ALBANY KNICKERBOCKER PRESS f 2 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH PHILADELPHIA LEDGER u TACOMA TIMES j j ATLANTA GEORGIAN PITTSBURG GAZETTE-TIMES CINCINNATI ENQUIRER J LUDENDORFF'S STORY OF THE WAR, AS ONLY THOSE IN THE HIGH COMMAND IN GERMANY HAVE UNTIL NOW KNOWN. IT, WILL BE RELEASED FOR DAILY PUBLICATION, BEGINNING SUNDAY, SEP- ! TEMBER 7Lh, ABOUT 2500 WORDS A DAY FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED DAYS I |