is with genuine emotion that the world will Join with Germany in mourning the loss of one of her most brilliant sons in the person of Genera! Erich Ludendorff, One of the big out~ standing gures of the Great War, General Ludendorff rendered most valuable services to his country, both on the eastern and western fronts, and his exceptional talents as a strategist and organizer were fully recognized by those opposed to him, and even by so fine a soldier as Marshal Foch, Gon. Ludendorff brought to his work enormous capacity and strength of will, added to which he had an unrivalled knowledge of military history and'the science of war, Time is gradually cutting down all the great personages who added so much to the history of the world during there fateful years from 1914 to 1918 and humanly speaking-it will be but a few more years before they become mere memories, That inevitability, does not Fender the sense of loss when such men pass any the less, and it is possible to sympathize with the striking tribute to the dead general which Herr Hiller has caused to. be - published. Ludendorff had a by no means easy ta3k towards the end of the Great War. That is fully possible, No question of nationality fs allowed to Interfere with or mitigate the admiration of such men, General Ludendorit lived a life of devotion io his country and the Jove he had for it is reflected in the sorrow naturally felt at his passing.
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