Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-11-01 | Page 2 | Ludendorff Resigns

LUDENDORFF RESIGNS. Military Brain of Germany Sees Handwriting Hand-writing on the Wall. Berne. The resignation of General von Ludendorff lias caused a' sensation sensa-tion throughput 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 indig-nation is icreasing over tlie fact that the military situation hits been so long concealed or wrongly presented. In the resignation of General Ludendorff Lu-dendorff Germany loses what often has been described as her "military brain." Unknown before the war. General Erich Ludendorff sprang into prominence promi-nence in the fall of 1014 as chief of staff to Field Marshal von Ilinden-burg, Ilinden-burg, then a general in the operations against the Russians. When Von Hin-denburg Hin-denburg was given tlie chief command in August, 1915, Ludendorff was appointed ap-pointed first quartermaster general, but his position in reality has been chief of staff and collaborator with Von Ilindenburg. Soon after his appointment as first quartermaster general, General Ludendorff Lu-dendorff began to be looked upon as the real "boss" of Germany, and was recognized as the representative of the pan-Germans at great headquarters.