The Washington herald., 1921-11-22

man, courage, disinterestedness, de-
votion to duty and spirit Of sacri-
flee. up to the abandonment Of ones
own life. Without war the world
would sink in the morass of mate
rialism.'
And further, this is Marshal Lu-
dendorff himself speaking now:
at is for the political education
of the German people, and it is an
indispensable notion, with the
knowledge Of this fact, that in the
| future war will be the last ana the
only decisive means OF policy. that
thought completed by the virile life
of war, the entente shall not be able
to forbid the German people to en-
tertain it. although they are try
ing to take 1t 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 Ludendorf
says this:
The warlike qualities of the
been put to the proof on the bloody
battlenelds. The German people
need no other qualities for their
moral renovation. The spirit of the
former army must be the germ
which will allow this renovation to
take place.
Preserves Confidence.
Such. gentlemen, are the words
used by the highest German au-
thorities who have preserved-and
l can quite understand 1.-THE full
part. the great part at least, of the
confidence of the German people,
and that is what we are listening
caused the death of millions Of
men, after the sore wounds that
have been inflicted and that are
still bleeding 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?
Il now come to the physical as
| poets OF disarmament l can quite
understand 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 enormous eff
| fectives are necessary; you must
! have the officers and noncommis
| stoned officers, you must have plen-
| tiful material-rifies, guns, machine
guns, artillery, etc. - and Germany
has no longer any of these. Ger
Germany. from the point of view
of electives, just emerging from
the war, from a war where her
men have been fighting for four
years-and ! should be the last to
| underestimate the valor OF her SOL
| Giers-our soldiers have had to face
| and to fight the German soldiers
| and they know to what point the
| German soldier is able to carry his
| heroism; but Germany just issuing
| from the war still has 10000 me n
over there in Germany who have
made the war. OF course you will
say they are not actually serving
under the flag. they are not living
in barracks. Certainly. Have these
men any officers and noncommis-
stoned officers ready to be mar
| shaled to the field? Is 1t possible
to mobilize such an army tomor-
| row?
mhlnta1ns FOrce.
ITO this question i answer yes,
and l am going to explain 1t. Since
the war, since the moment peace
was signed, Germany has consti-
tuted a force, a so-called police
force, which was intended for the
maintenance of public order. That
force is called the Reichsweh. 1t
is to include 100000 men, and, in
fact. does include 100000 men But
what men? They are nearly all
officers or noncommission officers
mean, gentlemen. regulars. all
having served in or having belonged
to the old army. Therefore, the
cadres are ready there, the officers
and noncommissioned officers are
ready to marshal the army of to-
morrow.
And what is that army? Is it
in conformity with the requirements
OF the peace treaty? Is it only for
purposes of public order? No
There are a certain number of those
on which / have to express the
state of facts as they are.
| According to secret instructions
issued by the military authorities,
the Reichsweh is to prepare not
only Tor police purposes, but also
Tor war, and is to train for war
with the necessary rehearsals and
maneuvers.
There is something more. Ger
many has another denomination.
there is another group called Elm
Wohnerwehr. This group includes
almost all the men of good will
who are ready to serve their coun-
try in time of need. and instead of
using 1t only to preserve internal
order. 1t might be used for other
purposes
The danger was so real that the
allies were obliged to send an ulti-
matum to Germany to demand thin
force should be disarmed.
AT another moment, under an or
sanitation called the Orgesch. which
Is the organization of war, the Elm
wohnerwehr acquired such strength
and became such threat that the
prime minister of Bavaria, animated
by spirit of revolt, informed the
world that he had at his DISMISSAL
and he could raise in a short time
an army of 100000, plentifully pro-
vided with rifles, machine guns and
artillery. Well, that force has been
disorganized.