Evening star., 1921-02-27
HINT OF REBELLION
ASF|NAL WARNING
HEARDINGERMIA|NY
Berlin Leaders Urge Against
Revolt Intended to Impress
Allied Powers.
BY GEORGE WITTE.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921
BERLIN. February 26.-Wnl there
be "putsch' (coup d'etat) to impress
upon the entente powers that the
indemnities proposed at present
are unreasonable? Hugo SHINES. the
German money baron. in his Berlin
newspaper. the Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung. warns the people against
attempting any such move at this
time At the same time there are
indications that March may bring an
other period of anti-government agita-
tion throughout Germany Such
development is predicted in dispatches
received from Munich today
According to one of these messages,
Capt. Ehrhardt who was a leader in
the kapp-Luettwitz revolution year
ago. approached Hugo SHINES with
plan to refuse the entente demand
and set up dictatorship with
Ehrhardt's monarchistic troops as the
military backbone and SHINES money
as the financial backbone Cen Luden-
dorff was proposed as the head of the
military organization which it was
said would support the alleged
SHINES coup d'etat plans.
While reports as to Capt Ehrhardt's
doings have received wide publicity
throughout the German press, no
steps have been taken to arrest him.
The German supreme court has or
dered his arrest. because of the
various charges of treason made
against him. yet no steps have been
taken to carry out the order.
SHINES the Unknown Quantity.
Just what connection Hugo SHINES
has with. the London conference or
with the counter-revolutionar plans
it is impossible to ascertain at pres
ent. He was originally proposed as
a delegate to the London meeting.
but his name Has withdrawn after
the original list was announced. Per-
haps it was because the Bavarian
denunciations against him became
known to the federal German govern
ment.
AS predicted in these cables a week
ago the German delegates at the Lon
don conference will reject without
qualification t e demand that Ger
many pay IL per cent tax on all
her exports. as demanded by the Paris
conference. This, the writer UNDER
stands positively from Hans Craemer,
president of the committee of Ger
man exporters, who discussed the
Paris conference demands in Berlin
for the benefit Of the German dele
gates to the London conference Ger
many will probably even refuse to
consider aftax Of less than IL per cent.
Say L. 8. Must Join.
Several meetings have been held in
Germany by committees Of Industrial
and technical experts to determine
just what is the utmost limits of the
country's producing capacity. Direc-
tor Craemer's personal opinion is that
the discussions in London will not
lead to anything unless the United
States. the biggest creditor Of all,
her interest amounting to s11 1000, 600 900
Joins. Mr.. Craemer says that this
question will cause the greatest diff
ference Of opinion among the powers
which have put in demands for vari-
Gus amounts and which owe the
United States huge sums in American
dollars. He thinks the London con-
ference will he inconclusive and will
be followed by other meetings.
Like many others, Mr.. Craemer is
of the opinion that the economies of
the world are interrelated and that if
one nation. Germany. for instance,
falls, all the other nations will suffer
from the consequences. Commenting
on the writer's interview two weeks
ago with Walter Rathenau. in which
the latter said that if Germany were
forced to work eighteen hours daily
she would be able to pay her debts,
Mr. Craemer said:
carrying out such a plan would
mean that the whole world would be
swamped with German goods Ger
man production then would be world
production" He claims that Germany
is trying to settle her debts without
any outside help.