New-York tribune., 1921-11-22

is weak. 1t Is being watched. Snares
are laid in their path and they might
rail- at any moment. While may say
on our side we are ready to do every
thing in order to allow this great
people to return to normal conditions
Of peace, and the German govern
wohncrwehr There is something
else, gentlemen. There is another
force, which is called the Chezheitz
Politse That IL also police force.
1t includes 10000 men. These are en-
listed men. The force is composed
almost exclusively of regulars, officers
and ncn-commissioned officers or at
least non-commissioned officers ready
to undergo new period of military
service. We demanded the dissolution OF
this force, but what happened? The
Chezheitz Politze disappeared, but an
other appeared in it's place, Schultz
Politze; but it was just the same. That
4 included 10000 men. So that instead
of its being local police force it be-
came general police force at the dis
posai of the central government, that
could be used anywhere on German ter
ritcry; 80 that we come to total of
250,000 men, and enough men that are
real officerp, ready to marshal the
tLSVFS ltidt dic tIAlulHEt To De IcQuy
instantly in case Of war. These men
arc constantly watched by the govern
ment.
Can Rise Within Few Days
"The government keeps them under
their hands. These 100000 men have
not returned to civil life, to civil oc-
cupations entirely. They are grouped
together in this marvelously ingenious
way which the German people always
have when they want to achieve their
purposes. They are called Frei Corps.
or former combatants' associations, and
what not. Any day, any anniversary
and Germans are rather fond of ami
versaries--is favorable in order to con-
vene these men and marshal them to
hand ready to do the work that il to
be done. We are Frcnchmen. We
know that. 1t is happening at our
door. And I will only give you an cx-
ample to show You how rapidly these
organizations might be put on war
footing. Just one second. When the
upper. Silesian question reached a
somewhat acute stage recently, within
lew weeks | might almost say within
lew days, there were, cut Of these
Frei Corps or other bodies, about 40.-
coo men ready with guns, machine
guns rifles, armorcd trains and with
most perfect military instruments. so
that this force should have it's full
combatant value. These are facts,
gentlemen. l am not noticing them
and bringing them here just to make
my case better. They are facts that
have been verified, and that everybody
can ascertain for himself. Therefore.
as question Of fact and from the point
OF view Of effectives, Germany can
11se IN few weeks, and perhaps al
most III few days and can begin to
raise her 100000 or 100000 men
with their officers again, and the non
commlssloned officers are ready to help
them do the work.
France Watching and Waiting
Now l must ask the great people OF
the United States, so fond of Justice.
SO noble in their purposes, to answer r
me when | tell them this: Suppose that
by your side, oh, American people, a
nation, nation which has been for
years and centuries in bloody conflict
with you; and suppose that this ma
tlon, you feel, is still ready, morally
and materially, to enter into new
struggle. What would you do? Would
you turn away your eyes? Would YOU
close your eyes to a danger that was
threatening you? You that are said to
be such positive. such a precise peo-
pie, would you close your eyes? Would
you not desire to do everything in
your power in order to safeguard YOUR
lie, and, what is more, your honor :?
Would you do anything to weaken
yourself? No. There is not one citi-
zen IN the whole United States who
would not answer me, mo. never in the
world
France is looking upon what is
happening. France does not exag-
gerate. She is only watching and
waiting.
II now come to the question Of war
materiel. We have been told that there
was no more war materiel. It is true,
the commissions Of control in Germany
have done admirable work. A great
many guns-artillery. l mean-have
been destroyed. Some of the destruc
tlon has been supervised by the Allied
officers. 1t is real.
Germany Always Had Two Arms
Other destruction has taken place.
as we have been told. We might have
doubt. We are not quite certain.
But we must give the opponents the
benefit of the doubt, and we believe
the destruction on that side is prac-
tically completed.
But the problem of war materjel
is one that can easily be solved. You
have seen, in the war, with what
promptitude--and that was lucky. be-
cause If the help had not come so
quickly we might have been down.
finally-you have seen how quickly
immense armies have come over to us.
provided with the most modern ma
ttsre!. and fought ON our side upon
the battletlelds.
"Well, what is Germany. but vast
country of ndustry-industria or
ganized? Germany always had two
arms, the first was trade, commerce.
And that is only natural The second
was war. All her industries, all her
manufactures, have been working to