New-York tribune., 1921-11-22
Text of Brands Plea
Before Arms Council
tconslnues from saso one,

tconsiHued from pasc one,
could be mistaken about the resl bear.
ing of what was called the Nanp
fatsch. We know very we'll that il it
mad succeeded Germany would have
returned to her pre-war state. md we
do not know what might have happened.
or, rather. we know too we'll what
would have been the consequences of
such 8 state of things.
Quotes Lndcndorff's Book
Gentlemen, volume has bee, NH.
iished by no less u man than Field
Marshal Ludendorff, who still eniovs
crest authority in many German
circles, and who is followed bv n Great
part of the elite in Germany-profes-
sors. writer's, etc. What do we read
IN this book? Gentlemen, should not
IKE to make too many quotations.
should not like to prolong this speech,
ana perhaps draw too much of YOUR
attention, but this is part of my brief,
ana IT you are, like me, convinced THAI
the moral element is of the utmost
importance. you will allow me to reaa
Just two or three passages. This is
the first quotations:
lt is necessary that we should
learn to understand that we live in a
warilke time; that struggle will remain
forever for the single Individual, ms
Tor me state, natural phenomenon,
ana s that the struggle is equally on the
divine order of the world
In the. samc book Marshal Luden-
dorft produces these terrible words of
De Mclcke on the 11th of Decembcr.
1919: -
Eternal peace is dream. Ii is
not even beautiful dream, and war is
one OF the parts of the order of the
world, such as it has been created by
God. 1t is by war that are developed
the. noblest virtues OF man. courage.
disinterestedness, devotion to duty and
spirit Of sacrifice. up to the abandon
ment of ones own life. Without war
the world would sink in the norass
Of materialism.'
"And further-this is Marshal Luden-
dortf himself speaking now:
Cornerstone of Germany's Future
"'lt is for the political education CT
the German people, and it is an in
dispensable notion, with the knowledge
of this fact, that in the future war
will be the last and the only decisive
means of policy, and that the Entente
shall not be able to forbid the Ger
they are trying to take it away
from us. War is the cornerstone of all
intelligent policy. 1t is the cornerstone
OF every form of future even, and
chiefly of the future of the German
people,
"And lastly, Marshal Ludendorff
says this:
The warlike qualities of the Prus-
sian and German army have been put
to the proof on the bloody battlefields.
The German people need no other quail
tiles for their moral renovation. The
spirit of the former army must be the
germ which will allow this renovation
to take place
Such, gentlemen, are the words used
by the highest German authorities
who have preserved, and / can quite
understand it, the full part, the great
part, at least, Of the confidence of the
German people, and that is what we
are listening to now. After a war that
has caused the death of millions Of
men, after the sore wounds that have
been inflicted and that are still bleed
ing in the sides of the countries of
Europe, that is the sort of thing that
is being taught at the very door of
France. How can you expect that
France should close her eyes to such
words?
Sees German Force Of 100000
"I now come to the physical aspects
of disarmament. I can quite under
stand that somebody might say it is
not sufficient to harbor evil designs;
to make war one must have appropriate
means, because when it is a question
Of war economics electives are neces
sary; you must have the officers and
commissioned officers, you must
IL c,,1 -
machine guns, artillery, etc.-and Ger
many no longer has any Of these. Ger
many, from the point Of view of ef
fectives, just emerging from the war,
from q war where her men have been
fighting for four years-and | should
be the last to underestimate the valor
of her soldiers--our soldiers have had
to face and to fight the German sol
diers and they know to what point the
German soldier is able to carry his
heroism; but Germany just issuing
from the war still has 100000 men
over there in Germany who have made
are not actually serving under the flag,
they are not living in barracks. Ger
tainiy! Have these men any officers
and non commissioned officers ready to
be marshaled to the field? 1t is pos
sible to mobilize such an army to-
morrow.
"To this question ! answer yes, and
I am going to explain it. Since thc
war; since the moment peace was
signed, German has constituted force,
a so-called police force, which is called
the Reichswehr. 1t is to include 1O0,-
900 men, and in fact does include 100.-
600 men. But what men? They are
nearly all officers or on-commissioned
officers. mean, gentlemen. regulars.
all having served in or having belonged
to the old army. Therefore. the cadres
are ready there. the officers and non
commissioned officers are ready to mar
shall the army of tomorrow.
Ordered to Train for War
"And what is that army? Is it in
conformity with the requirements of
the peace treaty? Is it only for pur-
poses of public order? No! There are
certain number of those on which
have to express the state Of facts
as they are.
according to secret instructions IS
sued by the military authorities the
Reichswchr is to prepare not only for
police purposes, but also for war, and
is to train for war, with the necessary
rehearsals and maneuvers.
There is something more. Germany
has another denomination; there is an
other group called Einwohnerwehr.
This group includes almost all the men
of good will who are ready to serve
their country in time of need, and in