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Show Von Hindenburg Ready to Retire , j: 'to Private Life BERLIN, May 2. (By the As-i sociatcd Press.) Field Mar-: ; shal vou Hindenburg has written ' President Ebert announcing his in- ; '; teutton to retire to private life. ; "During the transitional poriod," ; ; says Von Hindenburg, "I consider ; it my duty to serve the fatherland, ;j but with the conclusion of a pre- ! - liniinary peace my task will be ful- : filled and my desire to retire, in ' ; view of nvy advanced age, will be ', ; universally understood, the more so ; !; because it is known how hard it; i ; has become for me, in view of my -', opinions and my entire personality ; . and the past, to continue to exercise ! my office." j;j Herr Ebert replied, assenting to '; i tho request of the field marshal and expressing the "undying thanks" of , ; the German people for Von Hinden-1 Hinden-1 burg's services and self -sacrifice. |