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Show j VON HiNDENBURG MAY j j BE WRONG. HI From Berne, Switzerland comes an !i I fexplanatlon of why General Falken-j Falken-j j hayn was dismissed as head of the HI German general staff. The chief, real-I real-I izlng the war was assuming a new( phase rather unfavorable to the cen-I cen-I tral powers, Is reported to have ad-I ad-I vised a shortening of tho German J illnes by abandoning tho Balkan cam-Mi cam-Mi Ipalgn and evacuating the occupied IB' territory in France. Hjf General Von Hlndenburg resented ..HI H this show of weakness, declaring it to ID I be unworthy of the Germans, and Von Ijjjr Hindenburg's appeal met the approval ; of the kaiser. IjHj This is a plausible explanation, as it is characteristic of the hero of the (I Im Mazurlan lakes, if not of Falken-hayn. Falken-hayn. 'if Our decision would be on the side of Falkenhayn. If the Germans per- j sist in maintaining their present lines, I'm while the allies are gaining In gun yj power and numerical strength, they H will Invite disaster. At some point , ll there will come a sudden break- f through, and, instead of an orderly r , retreat, there will be a rout and per- , if haps an overwhelming defeat. 1 1 oo |