The New York herald., 1921-11-22


officers. l mean, gentlemen, regu-
lars, all having served in or hav-
ing belonged to the old army.
Therefore, the cadres are ready
there; the officers and non-commis-
stoned officers are ready to marshal
the army Of tomorrow.
And what is that army? Is it
in conformity with the require
ments of the peace treaty? Is it
only for purposes of public order?
| No. There are certain number
of those on which I have to ex-
press the state of facts as they are.
According to secret instructions
issued by the military authorities,
the Reichswehr is to prepare not
only for police purposes, but also
for war, and is to train for war,
with the necessary rehearsals and
manGuvres.
Germany has another denomina-
tion: there is another group called
Einwohner Verein. This group in
cludes almost all the men Of good
will who are ready to serve their
country in time Of need, and in
stead of using it only to preserve
internal order, it might be used for
other purposes.
The danger was so real that the
Allies were obliged to send an ul-
timatum to Germany to demand
this force should be disarmed.
At another moment, under an
organization called the Orgetz,
which is the organization of war,
the Einwohner Verein 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 disposal and he could
raise in a short time an army Of
100000, plentifully provided with
rifles, machine guns and artillery.
Well, that force has been disor-
ganized.
The German Government has
done its duty, and nobody more
than myself is ready to recognize
it. 1t is only a duty on my part,
a mere duty-a mere sense of fair
play. / stated it in my own Par
lament. I am ready to recognize
that the German Chancellor, Chan
cellor Wirth, is man of good will,
animated by fair purposes, loyal
and frank, and that he has applied
every endeavor, acting with no
small merit on his part, in order
to really realize state of peace,
and honor the signature of Ger
many. But this Government in
Germany is weak. 1t is being
watched. Shares are laid in their
path and they might fall at any
moment.
While I may say on our side we
are ready to do everything in or
der to allow this great people to
return to normal conditions Of
peace, and the German Govern
| ment, as I said, dissolved the Elm
wohner Verein-there is something
else, gentlemen. There is another
| force, which is called the Sicher-
heitspolizei. That is also police
| force. 1t includes 100000 men.
These are enlisted men. The force
is composed almost exclusively Of
regulars, officers and non-commis-
stoned officers, or at least non-com-
missioned officers ready to undergo
a new period Of military service.
We demanded the dissolution Of
this force, but what happened? The
Sicherheitspolizei disappeared but
another came in it's place-the
Schuetzpolizei, but it was just the
same. That included 100000 men.
So that instead of its being a local
police force, it became a general
police force at the disposal of the
central Government, that could be
used anywhere on German terri
tory. so that we come to total of
250,000 men, and enough men that
are real officers, ready to marshal
the troops who ire training, to be
ready instantly in case of war.
These men are constantly watched
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The Government keeps them un-
der their hand. These 100000
men have not returned to civil life,
to civil occupations, entirely. They
are grouped together, in these mar
vellously ingenious ways which the
German people always have when
they want to achieve their pur-
poses. They are called Freikorps,
or former combatants' associations.
and what not. Any day, any ami
versary--and Germans are rather
fond of anniversaries-is favorable
in order to convene these men and
marshal them, to see that you have
got them under your hand ready to
do the work that is to be done. We
are Frenchmen. We know that. 1t
is happening at our door. And l
will only give you an example to
show you how rapidly these organ
izations might be put on a war
footing