Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-05
VARIA MAY
ECEDE FROM
SRERLIN'S RULE
louthern Portion of Country
Refuses to Dismiss Citi-
zenS' Guard.

MUNICFfS Msy ST the radicaIiEa-
ton of the Berlin government contin-
ues, Bavaria may choose to become
temporarily, at least-a separate entity.
Rather than be dominated by a radi-
cab proletariat central government ut
Berlin, Bavaria may prefer to secede
from Germany to protect her own In
situations, founded and built up upon
democratic principles, not class distinc-
ticn.
Bavaria refuses to dissolve the so.
called ''eIawohnerwehr," or citizens
guard.
The Bavarians defy the Berlin govern
nent to enforce the order Of dissolution,
given as 8 result of the entente demands
under the Versailles treaty.
South Germany, democratic long be
fore tkA revolution of 1919. which over
tl&E kaiserism, is today the main bull
fpSark in Germany against radicalism.
Last year north German troops drove
cut the bolshevistic regime in Munich
and other Bayarian towns upon the ap-
zeal of the Bavarian government.
South Germany will do the same thing
for north Germany in answer to SINH
lar appeal.
DIR HEM KNOWN
KING OF THE FARMERS.
The above constitutes the substance
Of statements recently made by DR..
Esim, famous Bavarian leader.
DR.. Helm is one OF the most f9rceful
men in Germany today.
He is known as. the king OF the
Farmers" and is generally credited with
being the leader OF the Bavarian sepa-
ratist movement.
This he Denies however.
Discussing the growing antagOnism
Between the absolutely democratic
south" and the Increasingly radicalizej
German capital. seat Of the central Ger.
man government, Or. Helm said:
AFT you ask me whether l am a sparta
cist, must SOY mo-
THE reasons are simple. Bavaria has
no seaport, no coal no iron.
s'If you ask me whether. despite that
circumstances might drive Bavaria 70
what would be temporary separation
from Germany, I must answer yes.
"These circumstances would be: 4
rndical workingmeu's government at
Berlin which is but another name for
bolshevism, or soviet regime.
ALREADY a strong reaction against Ber-
lin is flaming up among the Bavarian
people.
BAVARIANs DON'T
WANT DICTATORSHIP.
"In other words, Bavaria 'wird night
n1itmachen'-win not adhere to Berlin
Il dictatorship is established there.
I'VE do not believe in a dictatorship
] by any class.
Il Though the kingdom Of Bavaria was
Thoroughly democratic long before the
!. 1919 revolution. the Bavarian people are
kdrmly dstermiuede to maintain their
#SAaccratic institutions and not 10 par
Z ticip3Te In any class, conscious dictator
ship Of one class or another.
come in Berlin, I can conceive that
Baden. wuerttemberg. and possibly
Il Hessen may Join Bavaria in declaring a
4 barrier against radicalism, running from
the Rhine eastward"
Or. Helm is a man OF huge stature
q and massive head. with face that has
i strikingly BlsmarckiGn resemblance.
He wears a large black SLOUGH hat,
similar to that affected by cotton plant
ers Ia the south Of the Uuitsd states.
He Is one Of the mOst forceful per
sonalities IN Germany today.
He has Il frank. open. straisht-from-
the-s shoulder way OF talki1g that reminds
! one OF Noske
DENOCNCEs BERLIN AS
"THTNLY YELLED SOVIET"
He characterized the present German
4 government as a "tkinly yelled soviet
anu me 4tuAtAAaA4I anu NCMAi AoAAt DuAA-
i geoise elements In It as "sponges snd
y corks, driven on the waters as The wind
\ blows
81 He added:
The only zeal man In the government
a was Noske--and they threw him out"
Asked II Bavaria could feed and main
4 tain itself, the king Of the Hawaiian
i fs[Es said:
Yes, Bavaria ig two-thirds an agri-
$cultural country
DR.. Helm admitted that French politI-
cal agents had approached aim on the
subject Of a Bavarian separate state.
Il did not leave them in doubt as 10
& where I Stood he added.
II am opposed TO ell intriguing, plot
& ting, and subterrsnean work.
Il am no separatist, but II that pig
pen in the north does not come to- an
n end, l could become q separatlst"
Asked II 1t was true that the French
favored Bavaria becoming a monarchy
81 again, Dr. Helm said France had given
&c TO understand that she would have
no objection and even would be willing
to accept revived Bavarian monarch