Show 1 Other Points Point of View ViewFIELD I FIELD ut A That war ar deals sternly with Its unsuccessful ul votaries I Is Illustrated b by tho fate of or one nc of ot the former military h heroes eroes of or Germany Field Marshal von on Mackensen Is r a L p prisoner In a a. chateau In Hun Hungary ar and l French rench soldiers hold I t tho he key lccy that locks him In The Prussian arm army commander it will wilt bo be recalled o overwhelmed Serbia Russia and Rumania No Hun leader was more ruthlessly thorough In devastating vast ast territories territories terri tern t tories ories and In Imposing his will upon the unfortunate conquered conquered con con- q people Finally the victor of the and became one of or the thc three most mont popular military c chiefs In Iii Germany And after atter the decline of the popularity o of or f and set ot In ho he was easily tho the f ft first hero In the hearts of or the German people During t tho he summer of or 1918 there thero wa was much talk about his being s sent ent to overwhelm o the tho armies of or General Diaz on tho the Italian ItalIan Ital Ital- i ian an front and even en of or his being placed In supreme command command com corn r mand nand of or tho the Franco-Belgian Franco front But the end came too quickly for Von Mackensen to reach these honors When hen Bulgaria and Hungary Austria-Hungary capitulated this swashbuckler found himself cut off oft In Rumania where he had been passing the time quietly and I InglorIously pJ planning one ne day how he could coul increase the tho severity of his decrees ees of or the previous plc da day With Ith him were well trained German soldiers veterans of or the campaigns ag against Russia Hussla Serbia Serbin and Rumania Under t the he terms terms' of or the armistice negotiated with General Diaz Hungary Austria-Hungary interned Von and lii his arm army Not trusting the Hungarians tho French l' l a military force Corce to the Danube at Belgrade Belgrado and a military commis commis- commission commission sion slon to Budapest The German waa waH Interned at 1 Foth near the Hungarian arlan capital and in charge of or in soldiers Fearing Von Yon Mackensen was was was' about to escape the French commander sent a regiment of or cavalry to Foth arrested tho the stern field fleM marshal and took toole him to Chotek on the southern edge of or Hu Hungary gary Thoro There under tv u French guard tho man who achieved conspicuous success In fighting fight Ight- ing InS poorly armed and Ill fed Serbians and lIl ill fed fecI and ancI Ignorant Russians fumes and broods over his fate Rumor had it once that ho was going to Berlin with his veterans to start a counterrevolution to restore tho the kaiser to power or to Place hImself on the throne But the courage and alacrity of or a French officer changed his fortunes and now he must ask asIc a French lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant when he may take his exercise To the victor over the armies of three nations it is an fate Such Iswar Is la war however r and the Von Mackensen specter has hns been eliminated Oakland Oakland Tribune |