Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-23
BERLIN DECLARES BRAND
ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE
Protection Police Organized
at Entenle's Direction and
Supervised by 1t.
II FEW AnsENALs REMAIN
Military Establishment Without
HcaNy-Cnlihcrcd Guns-Rcirhwch
Not Nucleus for Future Great
Army, DcrIin Asserts.

BERLIN, Nov. GIN a statement;
German government officially takes
Issue with the charges OF Premier
BRAND OF France in his address be-
fore the Washington conference yes
tcrday that the German police forces
and the rcichswchr constituted
nucleus for Il future German army.
II declares Nj. BRANDS assertion
that the reichswehr is composed ex-
Ciusivcly Of officers and noncommis-
stoned officers of the old army Is in
correct and that on the contrary. the
bulk Of the rcichswehr is made up of
youths between the ages of 10 to 81,
recruited since the war.
The statement then says that the
protection police" were created at
the bidding of The entente. and adds:
The r.!chswehr is wholly unuftii-
lated with the schutzpoIizei. which
took the place of the security police
when the entente ordered the lattcr's
dissolution.
Is LAW and Order Body.
The schu,zpolizei is primarily an
agency TO maintain law and order.
and is not subject to the authority of
the ministry OF defense. II takes or
ucrIS SpltlE from the ClNillan MINIS
tries OF the Federated states. Its
numerical strength and it's compost
ton with reference to the ratio Of Of
fccrs and men are designated and
supervised by the, entente control
com misSion. =
The number of rifles and small
arms il is permitted 40 have is care
fully specified. !; does no, possess
heavy adhered arms suitable to con
vert into unit OF fighting troops. The
cinwohnerwehr. or civilian guards re-
fcrred 10 bJ' N. BRAND. have been dis
solved. and their arms have been sur
rendered and destroyed"
Denies Drinnd's Assertions.
The statement disputes that the
BRAND assertion that Germany still
possessed numerous arscnals equipped
To turn out war materials, and as
serts that these plants now are linn
tied 10 two or three required 10 keep
the German array supplied and that
their output is carefully supervised
by the entente control commission.
The governments statement re-
fers the French Premier To the re-
cent address from the throne in
which King George OF England de-
clared that satisfactory progress had
been made by Germany in the execu-
lion Of her financial and disarmament
obligations.
The newspaper comment generally
NJ Briand's speech as
-"hat falsehood." bu; most OF the
Journals express fear that America,
which is not so well informed on the
European situation, may believe what
he had 10 say The opinion generally
expressed was that the French Pre-
irier's attitud" was likely TO under
mine and nuilify the whole effort
toward disarmament.
Berlin Comment.
The following excerpts from Ber-
lin newspapers are generally char
act"rls,ic OF the comment:
Taglichc Rundschau - yesterday
the whole disarmament question was
consccrated. Mil!tarism Is dead: long
live militarism"
Krcuz Zeltunc-' The principal
thing is that France docs not con
slider disarmament. and so disarma-
rnent by land is settled so far as
the Wash inEton conference is con-
oorncd."
.Angcmeinc zciung "Amer!canS
VIII no, sec through the politics OF
France. Under the cloak Of keep
ing peace on the Continent. she seeks
military political and economic con-
troll, which She hopes TO extend even
over Russia"
Lokal AnzciEcv-"M Brands arg
umcnts We're new and striking
American ears"
Tagcszctunr M BRAND reckons
on the almost nnbers Tablc iercduli,y
OF Americans That tins English, Jap
ancsc ana Italian delegates believed
him. he himself would scarce dare to
presume"
The newspapers say that while
talking disarmament France is
really strengthening her army. add
ing new formations OF tanks and
Airnianes and reinforcing her troops
OF occupation.