Imposing Monument on th> Field of Tannenburg Dedicated Berlin, Sept. 18.
In the. presence of 19,000 spectators, including General von Ludent dori and many other high officers of the old regime, Dr. Marx, the German Chancellor, and other metabers of the Cabinet and delegates from throughout ut von Hindenburg. gigantic national been erect ed by public subscription on the battlefield of Tannenburg, The speech made by President von Hindenburg was greeted with roars applause. He entirely repudiated the war guilt of Germany and asserted that the German armies had been innocent of any barbarities.
The Tannenburg Memorial must be the largest in the world. It covers an area of forty acres and is octagonal in shape, with eight towers, each 70 feet high, connected by galleries, One tower is dedicated von Hindenburg and statue and pictures in mosaic from his life, Another tower is dedicated to other German military leaders, and a third to German soldiers, while a fourth will contain the battle giment which participated in the Lattle of Tannenburg. Two others will be used as homes for disabled soldiers. The Court of Honour in the centre of the building contains block of marble pierced by a heavy bronze sword.—Reuter,
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