The One of the most Surrender by Themselves. Hindenburg in his orders to his generals, copies of which fallen into the hands of the French, scathed in merciless terms the lack of morale on the part of the German troops which permitted them to surrender by thousands without the slightest steps to overcome this condition were given. Since then, however, this tendency of the Germans to surrender on every possible occasion has increased so steadily, that Hindenburg himself has been forced to take heroic measures to overcome it. Lay Waste the Land. German soldiers now being taken prisoners as well as other sources confirm the fact that it was Hindenburg who conceived the idea for the wholesale devastation of all territory which the Germans are forced to now abandon. It is under his orders that all German regiments now falling back on the western front have regularly appointed crews whose sole business it is to destroy all property and to leave every inch of the ground that goes back into the hands of the French a veritable desert. These same sources confirm likewise that one of Hindenburg's principal objects in this is to place the entire German army now on the west in a position where it will realize that it is better to die fighting than to surrender and where it will realize that only fighting to the last will save their own homes from the same fate they have inflicted on France. Dogs Are In Dutch. LONDON—Dogs are in with the British government and are going to be taxed accordingly. Bonar Law announced in commons a proposed increased taxation on all canines. 