The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
Glad to Be Awarded Territory
Where. Danes Predominant,
But Doesn't Seek Southern
Section, Where Germans
Live
By CYRIL BROWN
(StaF Correspondent Of the New VOTE
World and Wheeling mtelAGencer3

World and Wheeling mteIAgencer.)
,'~iyrisht 1919. by the New York World
Especial rnhl" DIspatch.)
BERLIN. May 22.--An intense ma
iirnaIisrIc propaganda is beginning to
grip the German people and may bear
serious fruit. Reports arc current in
uaIIunuliSilr circles thai: III" chI"t vi
staff IN ErriIn has prepared elaborate
plans Tor 4 lev! III InasSc and nation
wit" armed uprising i'll IN" cHcntuaIlE
thar the German p"uEl" caa hr reused /"
~" point of armed resistance against th"-
enforcement OF III" peace Terms.
SuEgrStivr news" Items are going the
rounds Of The natiunaIistic press TO the
nrIrc, tha, General ila1lcr'S Polish army
is composed chiefly Of German and Aus
trfru-PoliSh dcsrrlrrS and of Poles
born in America. and that they Will not
fight when II comes Ia Il showdown on
The cast front. Another news item
recently stated mat Poland had scarcely
50 coo TROOPS i'll addition 10 General Hal
lerS army.
Plans Of Resistance.
These and other symptoms are inter
pretcd to mean that the Nationalists. If
successful IN preventing the signing Of
the peace treaty. intend /" offer at first
only PASSIVE resistance in the west. while
m active war is t. br waSrd IN the east.
This idea is openly expressed by Prof.
Otto liorl&ch. VII" SnyS:
~ stormy. deep excitement goes
through the nation over the peace c"ndi-
lions. Desperately IL defends itself
against the prospects of Acknowledgement
and violation. Let Germans show the
enemy that this nation. despite defeat
and collapse. still harbors the will for
national defense. In the west our
wat chword must be. Let tho enemy como
and take what he wants Voluntarily
we will not suojuSatc ourselves 10 such
.'cunditions
Ready to Fight In East.
But in the east Gcrmany'S defense
must flame into a fight with arms
ngaiuS the enemy. who is not ncccs-
sarIly superior Ia US in strength and who
cannot be excessively supported by the
Entente"
Under the headline. The New War"
the Independent Socialist organ Frci-
hcit. says:
The comedy Of August. 1914. repeats
ntsclf. The decorations and stage man
agcment are the same. only III" actors
have changed. Germary's nilitarists
cry out that I'll" hour has come for WIN
ming back all we have lost. All prcpara-
tions arc made. Tho White Guard
stands ready as the framework Off The
new army. These armaIncntS. however.
arc directed against our inner foe. The
generals know perfectly we'll that. for
the present no successful is possible
against our external enemies. Tho
counter revolution believes itself close
10 It's goal Workers. be on your guard.
= would Recall Delegates.
. With amazing franknesS. Gen. Won Lte-
her, discusses possible military measures
! for Gcrnany's protection" IN h"r East
| ern provinces. Openly, he demands the
recall Of the German delegates from Fcr-
snilles on the ground that negotiations
:, are impossible on the basis Of the terms
, laid down by the Allied and Associated
| Powers Won I.ichert asks that dictator
ial powers be given to Herr N"sR". M1t'
! Istcr Of National Defense. for armed re-
| sistancc TO the utcrrnost In The caS'crn
provinces. Says Won Liebert:
protests. resolutions and other pla-
tonic dcm"nstrations viii not ch nan.
measures tokcfSnd the home e OF I'm inc b EnS
there is nothing left for us but to PR,
an energetic official. receptive TO great
! patriotic ideas and inclined to take pre-
ventrve measures against any threaten
ing calamity. What SHOULD DC done'
Would Levy AL Men
Levy all men capable Of carrying
arms and fighting within East and West
Prussia. Poscn and Silesia and organize
our line and Landwehr troops, strictly
/ eliminating all Polish elements. Tut in
as many officers and non-cprns. as possi-
bio Train these troops for warfare on
the border with the guiding principle
that tho boundary must be- maintained
under all circumstances. Bring up the
II best Of the volunteer troops in tho larG-
est possible numbers to form a firm
nucleus Of larger formations.
Bring up arms. guns. machin" guns
and all war material. Erect arms. am
,nuniuon and food dcpotS nj suitable
places and secure them with absolutely
reliable troops. Place GruudcnS and
Koeniesbcrg in state of defense. and
erect new fortified places and POINTS ni
! SUPPORT in Upper SileSia. Mcmrl and Til.
\ sit. II is equally important hat l5rom'
berg must he protected against surprise.
/ AS soon as possible diplomatic tnnnec-
\ ton must be established with the Rus
sian Government. and we must aErrr
with Russia on a joint fight against
Poland" -