Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-07 | Page 4 | Protesting Letter from Ex-Kaiser's Aide Ignored; Book Sales Mount

Protesting 1 Letter From Ex Kaisers S. S s 1 Aide Ignored Book Sales Mount Mot 1 If I J- J v Fb Former 1 wife Reve Reveals ls a N New w f j Book Apparently Lacks Malice alice ay By MILTON BRONNER BRONNER LONDON DO N July 6 G rEA EA-At At a a. time Uma when It a appears p s poss possible ble that that cX Kaiser ex-Kaiser Wilhelm may r return urn to Germany a a. striking g book ook blasting g. g the glories of ot the one time tims war war lord f and written former former former for for- for for- I mer wife wife Frau Il Margarethe retho L Luden- Luden den den- I 1 dorff has become the the literary liens lien sensation sen sen- s stIon Uon of ot Europe q With Germany mourning the tho stigma of ot war guilt guil faSte fastened ed Upon it by the tr treaty aty of ot Versailles her book When I Was Vas Wife a a. striking etching ng o of the ex- ex kaisers kaiser's old aide Is being read widely Tho The book re e reveals Js a a. Luden ortt pal pale with anguish and disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment over over- the kaisers kaiser's dismissal of him from the vast power he badover had bad I over the German armies annles in the battle battie battle bat bat- tle tie zones a a. trembling with fe fear r fleeing In disguise into Sweden to escape the wrath of ot the tho revolutionists a foaming foamIng foamIng foam- foam Ing with wrath because his old as as- as President Hindenburg re refused refused re- re fused to visit him in Munich a a. making a a. fool of ot himself in the Kapp and Hitler both of which miserably flopped flopped- these thes are some of the pictures of the Uie one onetime time German war idol HE HAS PROTESTED The book la Is being eagerly read by byall all ll Europe Her Ier former fornier husband has since since- married D has bas Issued 8 ar letter letter let let- ter of ot protest st about about- th the book booc but the reigning opinion Is that deftly and with t any malice mallco or oi ill will but merely showing sio him himas as he here really was Frau has skinned I him alive Sho Sha married him in 1909 and they lived together until 1926 The rho book is full of plums iTo To I begin with she kills the legend about Hindenburg and According to to the German yarn arn when the kaiser in a panic called upon old Hindenburg to come out of or his enforced retirement and take charge of ot the eastern front tho old warrior is supposed to have said That I will ivill only do with wu L Luden dor dorff dorf t as my assistant if PAIR GREW IN POWER Frau remarks that at that time tIDe with the kaiser as supreme war ar lord no officer er would have dared make terms As Asa a a. matter of fact tact she sho says Hindenburg Hindenburg Hinden Hinden- burg and were both as assigned assigned assigned as- as signed to the Job by the kaisers kaiser's choice Their dazzling successes Inthe in inthe the battle of ot Tann and other conflicts on the eastern castern front soon m made them national heroes Luden LUden- dorff dorl and nd Hindenburg went on from triumph to triumph until they seemed bigger than the kaiser He Ho was the figurehead but they for tor a time lime had had th the real power But ButI I L seemed o to have a n presentment pre pre- of ot what would happen to him some Bome Cia day Once when he came camo to Berlin and was given a frantic mighty mIght ovation from I crowds he said to his wife A Ah believe me nie the f favor of ot f cr crowds like Ike the the favor favor of ot rulers J. J ii 1 J very c ch changeable ble You Tou will se see see f soon there will be stones flung t In 1918 Frau Fra says 1 the situation o on the western front r i C grew Y e steadily worse wore due to the l. l jf t fact ct that every steamer steamer landed big it fe f forces of ot American troops troop who J-j- J fresh tresh in body tody an and spirit m ft n forth rt In overwhelming numbers There were wera stormy debates In the German Gernan reichstag In the closing 1 t. t I days day o of the war the k kaiser urgently urgent AX 1 Y summoned and Luden dot dorff to Berlin Berin The The kalser kaiser was waa angry an an- gry H He vented his wrath on his p 0 two generals His His Ris bitter bitter criticisms v jl j ff were esp especially directed at what he t termed fatal mistakes mistakeS' 4 XU J The latter replied fe f i fI With deepest pain I must rec- rec A. A I from the reproofs of ot your your i A t majesty that I 1 no longer possess J l lk k ry your you confidence and th that t my labor bor t won w- w L on the front does no not find favor tavor in n t your eyes I must respectfully ask uk f t for dismissal my ray The Th kaiser hesitated a moment then replied 4 J 11 1 will thank you ft if It you OU go y You u V Vl l ease the situation for me thus Jm- Jm im m I will seek eek with the aid of the social democrats to build up upa upa F 4 a new reich PREDICTED REVOLUTION i hurried home H He H J. J was deathly pale and he be fell fen into info x seat eat in a a lump Almost tonelessly i from front hi his lips Ups came the words worda to his wondering wife wite The kaiser has sent m me away I am dismissed dl i- i Ho He was thunderstruck H He had hd t imagined he was indispensable Hill wife tried to console consolo him It wu was 1 useless Then he sprang up muttering muttering mut mut- You will see in int fourteen days dayn we will not longer have an empire nor a k kaiser ls r. r Revolution broke out out all aU over oyer Germany name was Wa universally reviled His friends urged him to flee His Hla wife says ua she he did not advise this because she be shedid did not think such conduct worthy i ot of him Adorned with a flue t beard and blue goggles the once famous general slunk dunk out of or his I country and ran away to Sweden n. n BITTER AGAINST DEMOCRACY f From Cope Copenhagen hagen wrote he-wrote to the 1 wife of ot his heart i Its ns all like a a. bad dream to m mi me I do know whether I did right t to go away Once he said to io her The biggest piece of ot too foolishness the revolutionaries did was to let Itt all all' of ot otus us lI live e Well We If it ever I come come into power again there will be no pardon With quiet con conscience I f would see Eb Ebert rt Germanys Germany's first president n and company com corn pany strung up and hanging Frau gives th the Inside story of ot his Ills quarrels with the German Ger Gex Ger- Ger man crown prince the Bavarian crown rown prince and President Hindenburg Hin Hin- I denburg The one time great reat man matl manis I is Is' shown to be very ery small potatoes potatoe and very few feu in in- a a. row It Is a ij devastating book