The Washington herald., 1921-11-22

its duty, and nobody more than my
self Is ready to recognize 1t. 1t is
only duty on my part, a mere
duty; mere sense of fair-play.
stated 1t in my own Parliament. l
am ready to recognize that the Ger
man chancellor. Chancellor 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 sig
nature of Germany. But this gov
ernment in Germany Is weak. 1t is
being watched. Shares are laid in
their path and they might fall at
any moment.
Keeps Police Force.
while ! may say on our side
we are ready to do everything In
order to allow this great people to
return to normal conditions or
peace, and the German government
as l said, dissolved the Einwohner-
wehr, there is something else
gentlemen. There is another force,
which is called the Zicherheits Po-
litzei. That is also a police force.
1t includes 10000 men. These are
enlisted men. The force is COM
posed almost exclusively OF resu-
lars, officers and noncommissioned
officers. or at least noncommis-
stoned officers ready to undergo a
new period OF military service. We
demanded the dissolution. of this
force. but what happened? The
Zicherheits PolitZei disappeared but
another came in its place, the
SchutZpolitzei; but II was just the
same That included 100000 men.
So that instead of it's being local
police force, it became general
police force at the disposal OF the
central government, that could be
used anywhere on German territory;
so that we come to a total of $780,
600 men. and enough men that are
real officers. ready to marshal the
troops who are training. to be
ready instantly in case of war.
These men are constantly watched
by the government.
Under Control.
The government keeps them un-
der their hand. These 100000 men
have not returned to civil life. 10
are grouped together, in this mar
velously ingenious way which the
German people always have when
they want to achieve their purposes.
They are called freicorps. or former
combatants' associations, and what
not. Any day, any anniversary
and Germans are rather fond of an
niversaries-is favorable in order
to convene these men and marsha
them, to see that you have got
them under your hand ready to dc
the work that is to be done. We
are Frenchmen. We know that. II
is happening at our door. And !
will only give you an example to
show you how rapidly these organ
izations might be put on a war
footing. Just one second. When
the Upper Silesian question reach ed
somewhat acute stage recently
within a few weeks. l might almost
say within a few days, there were
out of these freiCorps or other
bodies, about 10000 men ready with
guns. machine guns, rifles armoreG
trains, and with most perfect MILL
tary instruments, so that this force
should have it's full combatant
value. These are facts, gentlemen
l am not noticing them and bring
ing them here just to make my case
better. They are facts that have
been verified, and that everybody
can ascertain for himself. There.
fore, as question of fact, and
from the point of view of electives
Germany can raise in few weeks
and perhaps almost in a few days
and can begin to raise her 5000, 0OC
or 100000 men with their officers
again, and the noncommissioned Of
ficers ready to do the work. and tc
help them to do the work.
Now I must ask the great people
of the United States, so fond of JUS
tice, so noble in their purposes. &c
answer me when I tell them this
Suppose that by your side, o Amer