Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-14
GERMAN WRATH T
AGAINST SIMON s
Monarchists Stage Demon
stration on Revolution
Anniversary
BAVARIA REFUSES
Business. Men Alarmed at Economic
Rcsults-Boycott Advocated-Si-
mons Calls Move Gross Blunder"

/ Berlin, March 14-Althorgh For
! eign Minister Simons survived the
! storm of criticism and has received a
vote of confidence, the storm has
started three important political
waves, which rapidly are gathering
headway.
Nationalists, gmonarchists, organi-
cations of Pruss;an officers and for
! mer members Of the Baltic expedition,
as we'll as men who engineered the
monarchist revolutions Of year ago,
combined in a demonstration yester-
day morning, today being the revo-
lu:icn's anniversary. The Independent
Socialists also paraded. The police
department began extraordinary pre-
cautions last night to be prepared
ior a possible coup, but beyond pa
rading and speech making there was
no serious disorder.
A second critical movement Is re-
ported from BAVARIA Bavalian mem
bers Of the Reichstag already are
kicking over the traces, and the Ba-
varian press is fomenting trouble on
account of the National Councils ac-
ton in approving yesterday the en-
forcemcnt Of disarmament March -.
The Munich Ausburg Evening Gazette
saws Bavaria does not dream of
abandoning the Einwohnerweir.
The third movement is. afoot among
;ndustralists ard bankers headed by
Hugo Ssinnes, who Is dissatisfied with
DR.. Simons" action at London. Gen
eral dissatisfaction increases hourly
as the economic results OF Lloyd
Georges Rhineland customs house
system become apparent.
With orders totalling hundreds OF
millions already cancelled, contracts
declared broken and many business
enterprises threatening to suspend
on account OF stoppage Of trade be-
tween the occupied and unoccupied
zones. Germany's business men are
becoming frightened and are turning:
against the political leaders who
brought the situation about. !.
Berlin, March IA news agency;
dispatch from Stuttgart says the
Chambers of Commerce throughout
Wurttemburg, in a joint appeal TO
trade, commerce and industry and
the population in general, urge
boycott against English, French and
vokes what are termed the coercive
Belgian goods until the Entente re.
.pnaltics against the Germans along
the Rhine.
DR.. Walter Simons, the foreign
secretary, delivered q 90 minute
speech in the Reichspag Saturday,
during which he gave. an elaborate
exposition of the proceedings at the
recent reparations conference in Lon
don. The tone of the speech was no.
t;ceab.c for It's extreme moderation,
The speaker appeared to question
whether the Allied demands had been
rightly estimated in Germany.
81 must say" DR.. Simons declared,
''that when one comes face TO face
with our opponents. in London; when
one hears what the situation is in
their countries and under. what dis
tress ard cares they themselves are
laborinr, it becomes clear that their
demands are not inspired merely BY
the intoxcaiton Of victory or Just Tor
power, but that on the contrary they
are the result Of extraordinary heavy
troubles and distress in their own
countries.
While stoutiv maintaining the al
legged i!legalty of the penalties, ne
declared he was strongly opposed to
rupturing relations with the Allies
because "our position in the world Is
not such that i. could be improved by
a breach >
DR.. S!mons admitted that it was
possible to ges a better world per
spective from London than from Ber-
lin and thereby realize how general
the opinion is that Germany IS in the
wrong and has not done enough TO
requite' that wrong:
'.If we now resorted @~to severe
measures" said 2Dr Simons.1Sth:s
would only be regarded as cDnfirma-
ton of that opinion and we should
lose all that good viii we so sorely