Show f fr r HUN RETiRES TO TOt TOr A r t f FORESTALL w SURRENDER fR Resignation of General Believed to i Indicate Cato Serious Break I of Foes Foe's Military y Morale MoraleT T L O 0 DOl DOK Oct 2 27 Official i.-Official Official announcement an- an was made in Berlin 11 Saturday night that En Will Will- lam Jam ha had acceded c l to the request of r I General the first guar guar- f pcr general that he be t 1 tx t-o resign General surprise was 35 caused in ini in ini i i 1 Berlin on Saturday afternoon b by the fact tact that the daily report from German Gernan Ger Ger- Juan nan man headquarters was as not signed ase as e usual with the name of or General Lu- Lu Later the following official cia cial I announcement was issued I The Th emperor accepting the request to to be allowed to retire of or Infantry l General the first Quartermaster quarter- quarter master general and commander In time of ot peace of or the the- Twenty fifth Infantry brigade has placed him on tho the unattached unattached list Th The emperor decided ed at atthe atthe the same time that tho the lower loer Infantry regiment number 39 9 9 of or which the I general has Ims long been chief shall shaH bear henceforth the name of oC Luden- Luden dorff Isis His resignation It st Is believed belle In Lonion Lonwill Lon- Lon r ion on nn will Ill still t further shake the faith of the German people In their military machine In the resignation of or General Luden- Luden dorff Germany German loses lose what often orten ha has described as her military brain I Unknown before the war General Erich sprang into prom prom- In th the f tin fill 11 of ot 1914 4 as chief of staff to Field Marshal von on f then hen a 3 general In the tho operations against the Russians When Wl-cn Von Yon H was S given cn the tho chief chic command In Au August ut H 1916 Lud was as appointed first quartermaster general but MM his position In reality hiss has been chief of ot staff and collaborator with wIlh Von Yon BIn BIn- denburg Soon after aCter his appointment as ai first ht quartermaster general General Luden- Luden I dorff began hegan to ho bo looked upon a as the thc thereal thereal real boss of or Germany Getman and was recognized as ns tho the representative of oC tho the pan lan Germans GermanI at great headquarters It was waR who brought about the retirement re retirement re- re of oC Chancellor von on and he was aM reputed to have ha been responsible for tho the appointment to the o of Michaelis and Von Yon I both bolh of ot whom ns wore cro described described described de de- I scribed ns IS stop Tho The h generals general's I tulo uJo as first quartermaster general has I amounted to almost military dictator dictator- ship hi I p. p General was r reported ported to tia Have h been n the originator o of the tho plan of or th the tha German offensive of oC 1915 The plan called for offensive operations on the western front which would split the British anti and French armies and compel 1 the allies to beg for peace before th the strength th of oC the American arm army could be at a available to any great Ireat extent It n was planned that If Ie tho the offensive o failed d. d then Germany German would resort to a diplomatic campaign n In order to secure peace I Retirement Cause of Big Bin Sensation Berne Oct 27 The Th The resignation of or General von on has caused a C sensation throughout Switzerland and the central empires and Is commented on as a sign that German militarism is really abdicating Among the German and Austrian peoples anger and Indignation Is in increasing increasing In- In creasing over o the fact act that tho the military military mili mill tali tary situation has been so o lon long concealed concealed con con- or wrongly presented Action Foreshadows rs Armistice sLice Acceptance Bv n al Serried Semite nl Lon London Londo n i Oct General i. 27 General LUlIen- LUlIen resignation coupled with events e In Austria and other indications of ot a near collapse of oC om give ground for tor stron strong hopes that the Germans will atc accept pt the armistice conditions practical practically practically amounting to unconditional surrender surrender sur sur- render which Marshall Foch will soon hand them Luden resignation means the collapse of oC tho the German military morale He Ile I Is known to have ha been bern unsympathetic un- un sympathetic toward the last laet German Tote rote It is believed ell ho he resigned In order to save o himself the thc humiliation of oC an unconditional surrender ro lO 11 uv C Mexico City Oct Owing 26 Owing to the Increase of oC traffic between this city and border bonIer points It ha has been found toun necessary to obtain additional passenger passenger ger coaches to accommodate It It DIrector Di Director Director DI- DI rector General Is II taking stepto steps step to secure forty cars car from the United States for fur which advantageous ad offers have ha been made Two more Pullmans of or the tho o observation type have o be been n secured and will soon be put Into eel ice TONS S OK UP Every er week more more than tons ton of oC supplies for tor the bo boys s 's overseas o leave Atlantic ports for France These supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies are aro shipped b by the welfare cHare agencies agencies agen agen- cies cles working for tor soldiers soldier and sailors I en To 10 maintain this work and to increase it to meet the needs of ot the tho men over o there a united campaign for t funds nd will be made b by the y V. M. M 1 C. C A A. I 1 Y W. W C C. A. A K of or C. C Salvation allon Army American Library association war camp community service er and Jewish I Welfare board The sum Dum of oC mu must t be raised In the week of ot November November No No- vember ember 11 |