WILHELM’S CLAIM TO FAME.
VON HINDEHBURG THE DECIDING VOICE FDD OFFENSIVE. GERMANS LADDCD SECOND DM NAVAL AID SERVICE RECORD. (
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(Received April 6, 8.40 a.m.) ROME, April 5. A Berne correspondent states that the recent offensive was delayed long after ,preparations had been made. The ar Council headquarters debated whether to make a new peace offer, including the renunciation of Belgium and concessions regarding Alsace, or to fight to a finish. A on Hindenburg guaranteed the success of the offensive, and won his point by a majority of one. When the Council ended several showed much emotion. Tho Kaiser went to pray. Yqn Hertling was very moody, von Hindenburg alone being unmoved. A Swiss report states that the Kaiser tried to dissociate himself from the decision until the initial successes were won, and then told the soldiers: “This is my own battle.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12285, 6 April 1918, Page 9
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