HINDENBURG REPLACES LUDENDORFF AT THE FRONT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 5

HINDENBURG REPLACES LUDENDORFF AT THE FRONT

CROWN PRINCE RELIEVED OF COMMAND FOR SIX MONTHS GROWTH OF REVOLUTIONARY SENTIMENT IN THE RANKS. Router. (Rewired 7.40 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 31 A Berne telegram states that Hindenburg has returned to the front, replacing Ludendorff at the Kaiser's request. An unconfirmed report states that the Kaiser, in order to placate popular opinion, has given the Crown Prince six months' leave of absence. ,;, ' /■'; . Reutcr'B • correspondent at British headquarters : writes: A capr tured order signed by Ludendorff reads : It has come to my knowledge that men on leave have spoken publicly. of a revolution in Germany after the war.' One soldier from Rhenish Westphalia declared that with this object, the men of his district going on leave had taken weapons with them, namely, captured revolvers or hand grenades. I desire the kits of men going on leave to be searched as a test when occasion offers. . Officers who are detected, must be severely punished. Above all I wish to impress on superior officers who hear such talk, or hear it through others, that they should deal with it immediately. The home authorities will take corresponding measures: /'