Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-16
MONARCHIST ANDRED
i'm RACE FOR CONTROL
Ludendorf Fosters Far-Reaching Plot to
Overthrow Governments and Re-
establish Dictatorships.
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
VENTS in eastern Europe bear
r. ominous portent.
In plottings and counter
plottings may be seen a race
between two schools OF political
! thought as wide apart as the north
and south poles. The contest for fu-
! ture control of affairs in practically
every nation Is between reactionary
| monarchical schemers and the bolshe-
| visits of Russia. who today are look
| ing toward the complete overrunning
| of the eastern section OF the conti-
nent.
Revelations which have reached
French and British foreign Offices in
| dictate that the collapse of Austria
| must hasten monarchical and dicta-
torship schemes in at least four coun-
| tries formerly part Of enemy terri
tory. While plans are going forward
| to re-establish royal and military
! regimes. comes news from Russia
along the whole eastern front. rein
| forcing them with those armies which
have been operating as far south as
Armenia, in hope Of striking the
| finally successful military blow
against Poland and Germany. as we'll
Efforts Are Crystallizing.
As the situation stands today the
| two forces are fast crystallizing their
efforts. and every prese midday gov
| eminent from Germany eastward and
| to the southeast is in danger Of over
| throw either from enemies within
| their own states. or. in case Poland
and Germany are made bolshevist,
from the disciples of chaos sitting
| in Moscow.
| But it is to reactionary plotters in
Germany, Austria, Hungary and even
| CZechoslovakia that the allies are di-
recting their chief attention at the
admitted from the days Of its tncep-
ton.
According to revelations Just made
in England, Gen. Ludendorn and his
| chief officers during the world war
! are engaged In perfecting military
| den army ever ready to leap forward
and strike for either a military die
tatorship or the return of Emperor
William.
Aware of Scheming.
According to advices received from
Germany, the social democrats in
charge of the government are well
aware of the militaristic schemings of
Ludendorn and a great section of
military leaders. but apparently they
are powerless to act by virtue Of the
strongly intrenched reactonaries-
Furthermore the temper Of g. great
| section of the German people itself is
not to be trifled with at the moment.
there being constantly growing in
clination toward resistance to the
peace treaty. with consequent rallying
around standards of military officers.
| who have fouted the republican gov
| eminent and who daily gain con-
verts by talking Of war, of revenge
against the allies
Everywhere old war organizations
have been secretly reformed. Arms
have been hidden and great stores of
of control have been unable to detect
| even a small portion of the war ma
terials held by the monarchists
Thousands Of armed men are joining
Gen. Won Dassal in east Prussia and
the forces there are assuming gigan-
tic proportions. Secret military for.
nations are being effected in every
section Of the land, all looking toward
the overthrow Of the present govern
ment with consequent return of the
kaiser and drmer resistance to allied
stipulations.
Plot Ii Far-ReachinE.
If the plot were confined to strictly
German territory there might not be
great danger in the situation. but
j Ludendorff, it has been established
! through allied Investigations, has
carried his scheming to Budapest,
Vienna, Prague and to those white
Russians who are ever ready to leap
at the throat of the soviet refine.
| The Ludendorff scheme. as revealed.
provides that Hungary shall be used
as a Capitalization point for German
troops, who shall remain there as
peasant farmers and workmen until
the hour to strike arrives.
Admiral Horthy as far back as last
July consented to the scheme whereby
these Germans. with the aid of the
more than the 10000 men prescribed
by the treaty of Trianon, should at
! the proper juncture march upon vi
| emma. overthrow President Seitz and
his government and unite the one
time Austro- Hungarian monarchy I'M
der a dictatorship, presumably Mag
var in character.
For this support the bait was held
out to Admiral Horthy that Czecho-
! slovakia should be overrun. and all
those territories stripped from Hun
gary and Austria should be returned
elements Of tho wrecked dual mon
archy.
Charles sim Hopeful.
It is known that Emperor Charles
never has forsaken the idea Of re-
turning to the throne. and his con-
fdent statements Of recent weeks are
| said to be predicated on the success
| of Ludendorff Vaccinations.
The announcement of the Austrian
government during the past week
that it would be forced to give up the
reins by January Is by virtue of eco
nomic conditions possibly is true.
Undoubtedly, however. political ma
neuvers play an important role in
convincing the present government
that it cannot live, and to save the
country from return to old conditions
it probably desires to place power IN
the hands Of the allied PREPARATIONS
commission.
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